Network Engineer - Patching

Salary: £143,000 - 143,000 per year

• Strong hands-on experience in network engineering, network operations, patching, or infrastructure upgrades.
• Experience implementing software or firmware updates in live enterprise network environments.
• Good understanding of routing, switching, LAN, WAN, firewalls, and network resilience.
• Experience with change implementation, technical testing, troubleshooting, and rollback procedures.
• Ability to identify technical risks, dependencies, and potential service impacts.
• Experience using network monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical teams.
• Comfortable supporting out-of-hours maintenance and patching activities when required.
• Strong technical knowledge and hands-on experience in at least one area: datacentre networks, branch and campus networks, or network appliances.
• Datacentre network experience may include core routing and switching, datacentre interconnects, spine-and-leaf architectures, WAN connectivity, redundancy, failover, and maintenance of resilient infrastructure.
• Branch and campus network experience may include branch connectivity, WAN, campus switching, wireless networks, resilience, large-scale device upgrades, staged deployments, and remote troubleshooting.
• Network appliances experience may include firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, NAT, high-availability clusters, traffic policies, certificates, licensing, and application or security validation.

• Carry out software and firmware patching across enterprise network infrastructure.
• Support the planning, preparation, and execution of network patching and upgrade activities.
• Review technical prerequisites, dependencies, and potential risks before implementation.
• Develop and execute implementation, validation, and rollback scripts.
• Perform pre-change health checks and post-change testing to confirm successful deployment.
• Troubleshoot failed changes, support recovery activities, and escalate technical issues when required.
• Work with Network Operations, Engineering, Change Management, and platform teams.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, patching records, and implementation evidence.
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve patching processes, testing, and automation.
• Ensure changes follow agreed security, operational, and change-management standards.

• Firmware
• Support
• LAN
• NAT
• Network
• Security

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We are seeking Network Patching Engineers to support software and firmware patching across a large, complex enterprise network environment, with opportunities in datacentre networks, branch and campus networks, and network appliances. The contract is initially three months, with a likely extension to six months or longer. The role is based in Sheffield, Leeds, or Manchester, with flexible hybrid working and potential for out-of-hours work to be completed remotely. Candidates do not need experience across all three network areas, but should have strong experience in at least one.

last updated 44 week of 2026