About Now Hiring: DV Cleared Nexus Engineer – MOD Data Centre Upgrade 📍 Location: London (On-site, Secure Location) 🔐 Clearance Level: Active DV Clearance Required 📄 Contract Type: Contract (6–12 months) 🚀 Start Date: ASAP 💰 Rate: Competitive (DOE) Tektora is proud to be partnering with Networkology on the search for a DV Cleared Nexus Engineer to support a secure MOD data centre upgrade based in London. This is a high-impact contract role focused on delivering critical infrastructure improvements in a sensitive and highly regulated environment. You’ll be working at the heart of a secure MOD site, implementing and optimising Cisco Nexus infrastructure — including 5K, 7K, and 9K series switches — while adhering to strict security and compliance requirements. 🛠 Key Responsibilities Design, configure, and deploy Cisco Nexus 5K, 7K, and 9K switches within a secure MOD data centre Lead and execute data centre migration and upgrade activities, ensuring compliance with MOD protocols Collaborate with network architects, project managers, and security teams to meet classified standards Perform hands-on troubleshooting and resolve complex issues during migration and post-deployment Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and support handover to BAU teams 🧠 Required Skills & Experience Active DV clearance (essential) Proven experience within MOD or classified government environments Deep expertise in Cisco Nexus 5K, 7K, and 9K switches Strong networking knowledge: Layer 2/3, VDCs, vPC, FabricPath, OTV Experience with large-scale data centre migrations and infrastructure upgrades Familiarity with secure change control processes ✨ Desirable Cisco certifications (e.g. CCNP Data Centre or CCIE DC) Exposure to automation tools (Ansible, Python) Understanding of hybrid/cloud-integrated secure architectures 🌍 Why Join? Be part of a mission-critical MOD infrastructure upgrade Work hands-on with cutting-edge Cisco technologies Long-term opportunity with potential to support future secure projects Nice-to-have skills • Ansible • Python • London, England Work experience • System Engineer • Network Engineer Languages • English