Proxy SME

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong implementation, architecture, and engineering experience across routing, switching, and security technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Skyhigh Security Web Gateway proxies.
• Ability to translate high-level architectures into low-level, technically viable plans.
• Proficiency in deploying and manipulating dynamic routing protocols and firewall rules.
• Business analysis skills and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of stock exchange and low-latency trading network connectivity.
• Ability to maintain focus in a dynamic business environment.
• Willingness to embrace and promote software development for automating network processes.
• Understanding of financial institution culture and compliance landscape.
• Must reside within 40 minutes of the office in Chester.

Responsibilities

• Implement configurations and engineer new services into production.
• Build end-to-end solutions that balance business needs with security, availability, and resiliency requirements.
• Carry out hands-on implementation and configuration of devices.
• Collaborate with support teams, business lines, and third parties to create seamless solutions.
• Elicit, analyse, and document technical application and service requirements.
• Maintain design patterns and provide feedback into architectural standards.
• Participate in the change management process.
• Manage stakeholder requirements across projects and provide ad-hoc consulting.
• Serve as a third-level escalation point for troubleshooting production network issues.
• Identify and manage risks within the environment effectively.
• Ensure documentation is updated to reflect changes to the environment.

Technologies

• Firewall
• Support
• Network
• Security
• Web

More

We are offering a 12-month contract for an experienced Proxy SME to join our team in Chester on a hybrid basis, with 3 days per week in the office and 2 days working remotely. The role is inside IR35 via umbrella, with a daily rate of up to £600. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and abilities. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, we will support you through the process.

last updated 31 week of 2026