IT Solutions Engineer (Networking)
Home based - Surrey/Kent/Sussex, 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 Surrey/Kent/Sussex and London — 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.
Let's connect. Let's grow.
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Skills Required
- Proven experience in IT support, infrastructure, or solutions delivery
- CCNA certification
- Expertise in VLANs, routing and switching, firewalls, WAN/SD-WAN, and wireless design
- Experience with networking vendors such as Meraki, Aruba, Cisco, SonicWall, or Ubiquiti
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Clear communication with non-technical customers
- Full UK driving licence
- Willingness to travel to customer sites
What We Do
Welcome to Focus Group. Established in 2003, we’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading independent providers of essential business technology. Here to take care of all your telecoms, IT and connectivity services. This means everything in one place, one point of contact and one bill to cover everything you need. SME or global enterprise business; public sector, service sector or charity…whatever your size, shape or service, we’ll take the time to get to know your business and deliver the technology to fit the bill. 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 business phone system at the top of its game, your IT optimised, your data secure, your teams connected and your customers happy. At all times. Leaving you free to focus all your energy on the important stuff. Like growing your business. Telecoms | Mobile | Connectivity | IT solutions | Cyber security | Energy Let’s connect. Let’s grow.
