From our headquarters in London, we’re busy empowering organisations to make bold, strategic moves with the power of data and technology. Founded in 1975, our operations take place from multiple offices across the UK, Europe and India with over 1600 full-time employees and an annual turnover of £179m.
Our expertise spans industries, from retail and education to public sector and transport – delivering intelligent solutions that drive progress and create measurable impact. Whether it’s business intelligence, customer marketing, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, critical national infrastructure or data management, our approach is never one‑size‑fits‑all.
We don’t just deliver solutions; we build for the tomorrow’s world, all while fostering a culture that allows employees to be their authentic selves and succeed in their careers.
About Network Services
CACI Network Services is a rapidly expanding specialist IT and Networks consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within challenging and exciting environments with our major clients in Global Media, Banking, Government, Telecoms & Utilities.
The role
A Senior Network Engineer is required to join the Deployment Team, responsible for the deployment and planning of our customers network infrastructure.
The team is responsible for the delivery and deployment of network/security projects and requests to enhance the client’s infrastructure to meet current and future business demands.
Key responsibilities
Plan, manage and deploy technology changes to support DC services
Deploy LAN infrastructure to support end user services requirements
Includes patching schedules for facilities to cable network equipment
Diagrams for Network Operations
Inventory management
Create implementation plans for RFC’s to a high level of detail.
Correctly document pre and post checks for change verification purposes
Understand and document back out plans, clearly identifying back out points.
Identify points of no return
Support the stability and uptime of essential services by planning changes with a documented best approach mind set.
Identify where changes can be complete with zero downtime to hosted services.
Plan and implement changes with a cost effective resource strategy.
Identify, understand and document change risks and mitigation tactics.
Identify, understand and document impact of planned technology changes, including documentation expected output from verification.
Document network estate for Operation Support and to support change planning
Complete network diagrams to a high standard.
Peer review and validation of technical deployment plans
Provide constructive feedback to peers to support change control requirement and maintain high standards of detail and quality offered by CACI.
Core skills, knowledge and experience required
Good level of Cisco Routing & Switching
Proficient with multiple routing methods, route summarization.
Designs medium enterprise routing domains.
Experience in EVPN Implementation Deployment.
Automation / scripting experience in python
Experience in configuring VLAN trunking, Ether Channel, Layer 2 redundancy.
Designs Layer 2 topology to avoid loops, tuning STP for large networks.
Designs medium to large enterprise switching networks.
Ability to handle numerous separate projects concurrently
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail.
Able to implement BGP policies, communities, route maps.
Analyse, review and understand network topologies.
Experience in designing rack layouts, structured cabling for medium DCs.
Able to implement BGP/OSPF within data centres.
Designs hybrid DC connectivity (MPLS, Direct Connect, Express Route).
Coordinate multiple projects, change management and governance efficiently working both independently and as a member of a team.
Good understanding of networking principles.
Good customer facing skills with the ability to keep the customer informed at all times and understand their requirements
Expected behaviours
Proactive
Adaptable
Flexible A team player
