Network Engineer

Role overview

This position is a hands-on network engineering role within an outsourced setup, supporting a global client in Aberdeen. The work centers on installing, refreshing, configuring, and delivering network equipment across several international sites.

Key responsibilities

• Assemble, set up, and hand over network solutions according to a predefined technical design.
• Work with LAN, WAN, and firewall technologies, including Fortigate, Palo Alto, and Cisco hardware, while understanding how these components interact with wider IT systems.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional project team to deliver technical outcomes and implementation support.
• Help shape technical design for new solutions and partner with IT Architecture teams to define and apply technology standards.
• Produce clear and standardized technical documentation.
• Carry out practical testing of new equipment and solution components.
• Show awareness of adjacent technologies and their dependencies.
• Act as a third-line escalation contact for problem management alongside support teams when business-as-usual services face incidents or outages, in line with service criticality expectations.
• Be prepared for global travel for approximately 60 days each year.

Qualifications and experience

• IT degree-level education or an equivalent background in experience.
• CCNA and CCNP certification, or active progress toward them.
• Relevant experience in either network support or network project delivery.
• Working knowledge of industry standards and current technology trends.
• Understanding of IT operational risk management, project delivery, and service frameworks such as ITIL and ISO.

Personal attributes

• Proven capability in implementing IT projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to build effective working relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
• Comfortable working under pressure, meeting tight deadlines, and adapting pragmatically and flexibly.
• Self-driven, energetic, and enthusiastic.
• Able to work with limited supervision and take ownership of moving work and projects forward.
• Willing and able to travel, sometimes at short notice.

Additional information

This role is based in Aberdeen and is fully on-site. No salary, stipend, number of openings, or start date was provided in the source information.