Job Description
IT Solutions Engineer (Networking)
Home based - Berkshire, Hampshire or Surrey, with regular travel to customer sites including London
£40,000 + car allowance/van
(Internal job reference: Specialist / Team Leader)
Focus Group provides essential business technology to around 30,000 customers across the UK. We're looking for a networking specialist to lead technical projects for our Operations team — someone who knows their way around VLANs, firewalls and SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network), and enjoys being the person others turn to when things get complex.
The role
You'll design and deliver network projects for customers across the UK — LAN/WAN (Local Area Network/Wide Area Network) refreshes, SD-WAN rollouts, firewall and wireless deployments — working across vendors like Meraki, Aruba, Cisco, SonicWall and Ubiquiti. You'll be the escalation point for tricky network issues, scope solutions on customer calls, and mentor other engineers along the way. You'll also get involved in the wider infrastructure picture: cloud migrations, server and virtualisation support, and security implementations.
What you'll bring
- Proven experience in IT support, infrastructure or solutions delivery
- CCNA certification
- Genuine expertise in networking: VLANs, routing and switching, firewalls, WAN/SD-WAN and wireless design
- Confidence with networking vendors such as Meraki, Aruba, Cisco, SonicWall or Ubiquiti
- Strong troubleshooting instincts and clear communication with non-technical customers
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites
What you'll get
£40,000 salary, car allowance or van, a genuinely flexible home-based setup, and clear progression into Team Manager, Technical Consultant or Technical Pre-Sales Consultant roles.
If networking is your specialism and you want real variety and real ownership, we'd love to hear from you.
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We’re here to help your business shine. We’re committed to creating opportunities for our customers and for our own team, together with developing trusted relationships in our local communities. Ultimately, we believe in doing business the right way and we’re here to make good things happen.
Employing over 1000 exceptional individuals across the UK, in offices from the south coast to Scotland, we’re here to take care of all your IT, telecoms and connectivity services. This means everything you need in one place. Leaving you free to focus all your energy on the important stuff. Like growing your business.
Our teams are experts in their field; passionate about finding the right solutions for you and committed to ensuring your business runs like clockwork. We’re by your side to keep your IT optimised, your business phone system at the top of its game, your data secure, your teams connected and your customers happy. At all times.
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