Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Test Engineer Networking in Telecoms £400/day - £425/day London Remote or hybrid RECENTLY POSTED Graduate Junior Mid Senior Leader Description Your new companyWorking for a renowned telecoms organisation Your new roleSeeking a technical hands-on Test Engineer with strong experience in networking, managing, coordinating, facilitating & executing test plans, defect management and status reporting; primarily for Layer2 & Layer 3 testing work.What you’ll need to succeed****Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with Layer 2 Metro Ethernet networks and Layer 3 networking. Proficiency with Cisco equipment, Versa SD-WAN, and ideally Meraki. Solid understanding of Layer 2 features: LAGs, Spanning Tree, CoS/QoS, TACACS, SNMP, FTP, SSH, NTP, ACLs, and device configuration/management. Familiarity with Layer 3 protocols, Cisco IOS, and SD-WAN technologies. Experience with traffic generators and tools such as Ixia, Byteblower, Wireshark. Testing & Automation: Skilled in manual and automated testing, including: Resource coordination (people, equipment). Defect investigation and management. Documentation (process updates, test plans, results, configuration). Status reporting. Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages (Bash, Python). What you’ll get in returnFlexible working options available.What you need to do nowIf you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk Role tech stack Python iOS Bash Secure Shell (SSH)