Services of a Network Engineer - CHIIP

CHIIP are seeking a Network Engineer, for a role, with demonstrated expertise in proactively resolving issues and engaging effectively with stakeholders. This role will be directed by HSS to: • The Network Engineer will undertake physical network discovery activities within Health Service Provider environments, including hands-on tracing, identification, labelling, and documentation of existing Ethernet and fibre cabling to support switch-over (transition) readiness. • Provide technical expertise to plan, execute, and test the switch-over of end-user equipment from the legacy network to the new segregated health Local Area Network (LAN). • Utilise endpoint analysis tools to identify devices and ensure correct tagging within the appropriate micro-segments. • Analyse equipment traffic profiles using endpoint analysis tools to ensure firewall rules and access control lists (ACLs) are correctly configured to support communication between micro-segments. • Develop treatment plans using pre-determined templates, providing detailed checklists to support equipment switchover activities. • Collaborate with service delivery teams to resolve issues related to supporting services, including DNS, DHCP, certificates, and group policy. • Liaise with service delivery teams to develop treatment plans for voice services to be established on the new LAN. • Solid Cisco enterprise networking fundamentals, with hands-on experience in Catalyst switching and practical L2/L3 troubleshooting in large campus environments. • Foundational understanding of Cisco SD-Access, including fabric concepts (edge, border, control-plane), VXLAN, LISP, and SGTs, with experience supporting SDA environments even if not designing them end-to-end. • Experience supporting live production networks, ideally in hypercare, transition, or post-cutover phases, with the ability to follow runbooks, escalate appropriately, and methodically isolate faults. • Basic exposure to security and visibility platforms, such as Cisco ISE, NetFlow/telemetry, or OT visibility tools (e.g. xDome or similar), with the ability to interpret logs and flows rather than design the platforms. • Apply experience with IoT, particularly within medical environments, to identify appropriate treatment plans and coordinate configuration changes with third-party providers. • Work with Health Service Provider representatives to plan the switch-over of on-premises compute platforms and hypervisors to the new LAN. • Document treatment plans and engage with technical change management to ensure adherence to established governance and best-practice processes. • Develop and execute test plans to validate backbone establishment and switch-over activities. • Complete all program reporting in the required format and at the specified frequency.