Network Engineer – Financial Services

Cisco Network Engineer Location: City of London Company: Large global financial services organisation Salary: Up to £75,000 plus bonus and comprehensive benefits Working pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week in the London office) A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Cisco Network Engineer to join its growing technology team. This is a key role with responsibility for the design, delivery, and ongoing support of a global enterprise network, working in a complex, high-availability environment. You will play a pivotal role in modernising network infrastructure, driving technical improvements, and providing senior-level support across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and support large-scale enterprise networks Take ownership of network enhancements and infrastructure modernisation initiatives Provide technical leadership and guidance to other team members Deliver Level 3 network support and participate in an on-call rota Implement and support routing, switching, firewall, and SD-WAN solutions Integrate switches, routers, wireless controllers, SDN, load balancers, NAC servers, and cloud platforms Ensure network security, resilience, and high availability across global environments Skills & Experience Required Proven experience designing and implementing networks in a large user or enterprise environment Strong Cisco background (ideally CCNP or CCIE) Palo Alto Firewall experience In-depth knowledge of Layer 2 technologies (VLANs, VTP, STP) Experience with high-availability technologies (vPC, SVL, HSRP) Strong understanding of routing protocols Hands-on experience with SD-WAN technologies Experience with Cisco Wireless solutions