Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Randstad UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 169KJob location
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Wireless LAN
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Border Gateway Protocol
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Computer Networks
Data Centers
Python
Routing
Network Segmentation
Open Shortest Path First
Ansible
Zero Trust Network Access
Wide Area Networks
Wi-Fi Technology
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Multi-Cloud
Firewalls (Computer Science)
Gitlab
Firewall Services Module
Terraform
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Big Ip
Legacy Systems
Job description
- Design & Implementation: Build and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centers, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, OCI)
- Security First: Implement Palo Alto Firewall policies aligned with Zero Trust principles
- Traffic Engineering: Optimize complex OSPF and BGP environments for maximum resilience.
- Automation: Replace manual tasks with Python, Ansible, and Terraform to drive speed and consistency
- Collaboration: Work alongside Architecture and Cloud teams to ensure solutions are scalable and secure.
- Modernization: Drive the transition from Legacy systems to VXLAN/EVPN fabrics and SD-WAN technologies.
Requirements
To be successful, you need deep, hands-on expertise in:
- Enterprise Network Engineering
- Complex OSPF & BGP routing.
- Design of resilient, high-availability traffic flows.
- Firewall & Security
- Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls.
- Network segmentation and Zero Trust architecture.
- Data Center Architecture
- VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics.
- Experience with Arista (or equivalent) and F5 BIG-IP (LTM, APM, ASM).
- Automation & NetDevOps
- Scripting with Python and Ansible.
- CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Desirable Skills (The "Nice-to-Haves")
- Aruba Central/ClearPass
- SD-WAN technologies
- SaaS and cloud-delivered WLAN/WiFi solutions
- Prior experience modernizing large-scale Legacy public sector networks