Job Description Network Engineer/Network Architect (CISCO/Netgate/Fortinet) is urgently required by a Global and leading IT Services Provider in the defence sector, for an initial 4 months rolling contract, to be based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Responsibilities & Skills:The successful applicant will be an experienced Network EngineerExcellent client facing experienceSME Knowledge and extensive experience of the following are required: CISCO product set, Netgate product set and Fortinet product set.Delivery of Network IDS/IPS capability, as well as Resilient/Load Balanced solutions and AutomationEndpoint Protection experienceAs a Network Engineer/Architect you will be involved and help to design network solutions for managed hosting environments.The production and maintenance of Network Design artefacts based on high level customer requirements, working under own direction, and supporting others while ensuring work conforms to standards set by the company.The production and maintenance of Network Integration and Test artefacts to ensure the through life support of the Network product sets.Hands on technical support for all networking components. Including, but not limited to, patching cycles, product updates, Firewall Configuration, Switch and Router Configuration.This is an urgent requirement; please apply as soon as possible if you would like to be considered. Please apply via this site in the first instance, or send a CV to A national security clearance is required for this role so candidates must either hold this level of clearance or be willing to achieve this.The CompanyA leading global IT services organisation with 10,000 employees and annual revenue of nearly £2 billion in the UK alone. Projects delivered for private, Government, International and Defence customers are some of the largest and most technically innovative solutions found in the world. Their business is rapidly expanding to meet current and future commitments due to numerous exciting programmes currently being developed. These solutions will use the latest technology to resolve some of the most complex requirements for a challenging group of customers.Diversity Project People and our clients are fully committed to developing an inclusive workforce. Applications are always fully considered, irrespective of race, gender, faith, sexual orientation, ethnic origin or part-time status.Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.