Senior Network & Infrastructure Consultant
If you need someone who can design, fix, migrate, or untangle complex infrastructure, you’re in the right place.
I’m a senior network and infrastructure engineer with hands-on experience across enterprise, ISP, MSP, and multi-site environments. I specialise in taking messy, fragile, or outdated systems and turning them into stable, well-documented, supportable platforms.
Whether you’re planning a migration, troubleshooting a critical issue, or just need a second pair of experienced eyes — I can help.
What I Do
I work across the full infrastructure stack, with a strong focus on networks, security, and platforms that actually have to work in the real world.
Core areas I help with:
- Network design, routing, and switching (LAN, WAN, SD-WAN)
- Firewalling, VPNs, and perimeter security
- ISP and carrier-facing connectivity (BGP, multi-homing, resilience)
- Data centre and on-prem virtualisation
- Hybrid and cloud networking (Azure / AWS)
- Voice, SIP, and Teams Direct Routing
- Automation, monitoring, and operational tooling
- Migrations, upgrades, and “this was built 10 years ago and nobody knows how it works anymore”
If it involves packets, uptime, or something business-critical breaking at 2am — that’s usually where I get called in.
How I Typically Work With Clients
I’m comfortable dropping in at any stage:
- Design & Planning – greenfield builds, redesigns, or sanity-checking an existing architecture
- Migration Projects – hardware refreshes, firewall swaps, platform moves, site consolidations
- Troubleshooting & Stabilisation – performance issues, outages, weird edge cases
- Short-term Consulting – unblock a team, validate decisions, document tribal knowledge
- Ongoing Support – retained or ad-hoc help for teams without deep in-house networking skills
I can work independently, alongside internal teams, or embedded with MSPs and ISPs.
Technical Background (High Level)
I don’t list this to tick boxes — just to give you confidence I’ve been around the block.
- Networking: Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, Meraki, VyOS, Cradlepoint 5G.
- Security: FortiGate, WatchGuard, Meraki, OPNsense.
- Virtualisation & Platforms: VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Docker
- Storage: NetApp, TrueNAS, Ceph, ZFS
- Cloud: Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS (compute & networking)
- Voice: Asterisk, AudioCodes, Teams Direct Routing (SIP)
- Automation & Ops: PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, SaltStack
- Monitoring: Observium, LibreNMS, PRTG, SolarWinds
- Operating Systems: Windows Server, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat
If you want the full CV, just ask.
Who This Is For (and Who It Isn’t)
Good fit if you are:
- An MSP or ISP needing senior-level engineering without hiring full-time
- A business with critical infrastructure but no in-house network specialist
- A technical team that needs design review or escalation help
- A company planning a migration and wanting it done properly
Probably not a fit if:
- You’re looking for the cheapest possible option
- You want someone to blindly follow a bad design
- You don’t care about documentation or long-term maintainability
Location & Availability
- Based in the UK / East Midlands.
- Available for remote work and on-site engagements (UK)
- Contract, project, or ad-hoc consulting
Availability varies — short intro calls are the best way to check fit.
Get In Touch
If you’d like to discuss a project, problem, or just sanity-check an idea:
👉 [Contact me here]
(or email: HireMe@phillip-cooper.co.uk)
No hard sell, no obligation — just a straightforward conversation.