Network Engineer, Cisco ACI. Technology decommissioning. Remote

FT Select is a niche technology search and selection company, specialising in recruiting elite Sales Executives and high-end Technology Specialists for high-growth tech businesses. We are resourcing for a critical Networking project for a Global Bank.
Join a high-impact global initiative to modernise load-balancing infrastructure for a leading financial services client. We’re assembling a skilled engineering team to deliver a full-scale upgrade of the F5 Big-IP estate.
This is a remote, 6+ month contract with a leading systems integrator as part of a dedicated team, offering the chance to work alongside seasoned engineers.
The role:
A Network Engineer role, with a focus on decommissioning

Keys Skills and Experience
•Understanding of structured methodologies for safely decommissioning network infrastructure, including planning, risk assessment, and execution
•Experience with the physical and logical removal of devices, cables, and software configurations, ensuring all assets are securely retired
•Maintaining accurate records of decommissioned coordinate decommissioning activities and minimise disruption
•Analytical and detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to problem solving and comfortable chasing approvers
•Experience working with ServiceNow, management and monitoring tools
•Experience working in large organisations with mature processes and rigid change management framework

Must have technical skillsets
•R&S
•Networking background with Cisco CCNP level experience
•ACI
•Good understanding of ACI in general with hands on experience
•Able to perform basic leaf level tasks to perform Pre / Post checks, Planning,
•Decommissioning of switch ports and associated configs
•Troubleshooting
•Rollback
•Fortinet
•Good understanding of Fortinet/Forti manager in general with hands on experience
•Able to perform basic Policy level tasks to perform Pre / Post checks, Planning,
•Decommissioning of rules and associated configs
•Troubleshooting
•Rollback
Nice to have
•Some experience/exposure to F5 platforms or willingness to learn F5
•Some experience/exposure of Cisco CSP
•Understanding of virtualization technologies

Summary:
The objective of this project is to migrate a total of 188 F5 VE (Virtual Edition) Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) devices to the newer F5 rSeries tenant architecture. This migration comes as a result of the current virtualised platform, Cisco's Cloud Services Platform (CSP), reaching its end of life and necessitating a transition to a more modern solution.
Current and Target Platforms:
At present, the legacy CSP virtualisation platforms, along with the new F5 r5900 and r10900 models, are integrated with an Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric. The newly introduced F5 rSeries appliances have been built in parallel to the existing environment, ensuring a seamless transition process.

Migration Approach:
The applications running on the existing F5 VE devices will be migrated to the rSeries tenants on a like-for-like basis. This approach will maintain the current load balancer configuration settings and IP addressing, ensuring continuity and minimising disruption to services.

Deployment Status:
The deployment of the F5 rSeries chassis has already been largely completed, and these devices are now connected to the ACI fabric. It is important to note that the scope of this project is strictly limited to virtual migration activities, with no physical infrastructure work required.