Data Centre Engineer - 6 months - Hybrid

  • Hamilton Barnes
  • Dundee, Angus
  • Mar 26, 2026
Contractor Telecommunications

Job Description

Data Centre Engineer - 6 months - Hybrid

We're working with a large Neo Cloud provider based in Dundee who are looking to bring in an experienced Data Centre Engineer to support a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining Cisco-based networking within the data centre, with a strong emphasis on modern technologies like VXLAN and EVPN.

Essential Skills

  • Experienced Senior Network Engineer.
  • Experience in a 24×7 NOC and incident management.
  • Strong focus on people, processes, and systems.
  • Essential: Experience with Cisco and Dell networking.
  • Essential: You will be part of the network team on-call rota.
  • Preferred: Experience with VMware NSX, Azure, AWS, and Barracuda.
  • Preferred: CCNP certification or higher.

Responsibilities

Engineering:

  • Design and plan network solutions to meet specifications.
  • Design, manage and maintain our multi-datacentre UK Network.
  • Enhance product reliability and serviceability.
  • Support customer and engineering teams with network device troubleshooting and upgrades.
  • Participate in hardware and software selection.
  • Design budget-appropriate, cloud-focused multi-vendor network solutions.
  • Familiarity with network automation tools (OSS, Linux, Ansible).

Operational Management:

  • Oversee network infrastructure monitoring, KPI tracking, and incident management.
  • Design operational processes to maintain industry leadership.

The offer

  • Start: ASAP
  • Length: 6 months
  • Rate: Market Rate
  • Model: Hybrid
  • Location: Dundee

Data Centre Engineer - 6 months - Hybrid