Cisco Test Engineer

Cisco Test Engineer
6 Month Contract
Newbury (Hybrid)
£300/day (Outside IR35)

Cisco Test Engineer needed for a 6 Month Contract in Newbury (Hybrid). Start ASAP in June 2025.

Must have specific experience of testing Telecoms Network Infrastructure including: CISCO Switches, Routers, Firewalls, RFC 2544 testing + Network Connectivity testing.

A chance to work with a global IT services consultancy for a large-scale Network Infrastructure programme for an end-client in the Telecoms domain.

Hybrid working - typically 1 day/week working in the office + 4 days/week working remotely (WFH). Occasional travel to other sites including: Farnborough, Bath, Oxford, Warwick + Birmingham.

Key experience + tasks will include:

• Test Engineer needed to support a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) network connectivity transformation programme.
• CISCO Switch / Router console commands, setting up network test equipment for RFC 2544 testing + handling fibre optic cabling.
• Creating test scripts from Test Plans and Low Level Designs for Network infrastructure -eg- CISCO equipment, Switches, Routers, Firewalls.
• Importing test cases, test case management, collecting test execution evidence, reporting execution and defect management in ALM.
• Using StableNet Network and Service Management tools.
• Interpreting Network infrastructure design from HLD / LLD + understanding Data Centre operating procedures.
• Telecoms sector experience strongly preferred.