Network Specialist
Shoreham-by-Sea (Hybrid)
**Must be willing to travel 2 day's onsite to Shoreham-by-Sea and occasional travel to client sites**
(Internal Job Level Reference: Senior Specialist)
Focus Group is a rapidly growing £300m technology services provider, backed by Hg Capital and recently valued at $1bn. Supporting over 30,000 UK businesses, we’re investing heavily in top technical talent and we’re looking for a Senior Network Specialist to join our Networking & Security team.
The role
This is a hands-on position where you’ll take ownership of complex, multi-site network and security projects end to end. Working in a hybrid setup from Shoreham, you’ll act as the technical specialist across SD-WAN, SASE, firewalls, and core networking, delivering high-quality solutions for a range of clients.
You’ll produce detailed designs and documentation, lead implementations, support delivery teams during key project phases, and work closely with Solution Architects to turn designs into real-world solutions.
What you’ll bring
- Deep, proven expertise across firewall and security platforms (FortiGate, SonicWall, WatchGuard, and/or Cisco — including centralised management and logging)
- Strong design and delivery experience on at least one major SD-WAN platform (Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Meraki SDWAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, or comparable)
- Practical experience delivering SSE or SASE solutions (FortiSASE, Cisco Secure Connect, Cisco Secure Access or Cloudflare One)
- Solid fundamentals across routing and switching, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, IPsec, QoS, DNS, DHCP, and wireless (Meraki, Cisco, Aruba, Unifi)
- A strong track record leading multi-site network and security project delivery end to end
- The ability to produce clear, customer-facing documentation and translate technical complexity into plain language
- A calm, methodical approach under pressure, with a genuine commitment to mentoring the engineers around you
Desirable Experience with Fortinet NSE 7+, cloud networking (Azure/AWS), or Zero Trust/ ZTNA solutions.
Why join us?
You’ll be part of a high-performing technical team with real ownership, working on varied and interesting projects. We offer strong career development, support for certifications, and a genuinely collaborative environment.
Benefits
At Focus Group you can be proud of what you do, how you do it and feel a true part of the team. We work hard to create an inclusive, collaborative and rewarding environment where you are inspired to achieve brilliant things and really make a difference to the future of our business.
We’re proud to have built an outstanding place to work where people thrive and are recognised for their achievements. We’re delighted to have been named one of the UK’s best 100 Companies to Work for 2021 and a British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) 2023 Vision Award Winner for London & South East for our commitment to culture and ESG.
Skills Required
- Strong experience in SD-WAN (Meraki, Fortinet, Viptela)
- Strong experience in LAN and WLAN (Cisco, Meraki)
- Strong experience in Security (Fortinet, Firepower)
- Valid driving license
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.
