SD-WAN Engineer (Contract, £450/day)
hace 1 día
Newcastle upon Tyne
If you’re the person people call when an SD-WAN rollout actually needs to work — not just look good on a slide — keep reading. Our client is a market-leading communications and technology transformation partner, trusted by thousands of organisations to modernise how they connect, communicate, and operate. They don’t sell theory. They design and deploy real-world, enterprise-grade solutions at scale — across CCaaS, networking, cyber security, and unified communications. Growth has been strong. Complexity is increasing. And they need a senior Fortinet SD-WAN engineer who can lead from the front. This is not a “follow the runbook” role. This is ownership, architecture, and execution. What You’ll Be Trusted With: You’ll take the lead on designing and delivering Fortinet SD-WAN solutions across enterprise and service-provider environments — end to end. • Owning SD-WAN architecture, design, and deployment from HLD to LLD, • Leading migrations from legacy WANs to modern, secure SD-WAN environments, • Configuring and optimising FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer, • Acting as the technical authority in front of customers and stakeholders, • Mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across the team, • Troubleshooting complex, high-impact networking issues when it matters most What You Bring: • 5+ years in network engineering, • 3+ years delivering Fortinet SD-WAN in production environments, • Deep hands-on experience with FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, • Strong grounding in BGP, OSPF, MPLS, IPSec, QoS, • Confidence leading large-scale deployments and migrations, • The ability to communicate clearly with both engineers and non-engineers Nice to have (not blockers): • Experience in MSP or complex multi-client environments, • Exposure to cloud integrations (AWS / Azure), • Fortinet certifications (NSE5–8 / FCP / FCSS) Location: UK - Remote Contract: 3 months Rate: to £450 per day Start: week 1/2 January 2026 Eligibility: UK based If you’re a Fortinet SD-WAN specialist we’d like to speak with you!