Senior Network Engineer

CleanTech Talent
Liverpool, UK
3 months ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£75,000.0 - £95,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Border Gateway Protocol Cloud Computing Configuration Management Computer Networks Software Debugging Distributed Systems Network Topologies IP Addressing Internet Protocol Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC) Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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Python (Programming Language) Network Security Networking Basics Network Planning and Design Routing Radio-Frequency Identification Ansible TCP/IP Virtual Local Area Networks Dynamic Routing Scripting Cloud Platform System Delivery Pipeline Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Firewall Services Module Terraform

Job description

We are proud to be supporting a fast-growing technology company at the forefront of satellite and cloud infrastructure in their search for a Senior Network Engineer. Because this engagement is sensitive, we’ll share the client’s name with candidates at the shortlisting stage., Network Design & Architecture

  • Design L3 network topology across satellite, ground, and cloud environments
  • Define IP addressing schemes, segmentation, and routing domains
  • Model connectivity patterns and failure scenarios

Routing & Connectivity

  • Implement and operate dynamic routing protocols
  • Design route advertisement, filtering, and failover strategies
  • Handle intermittent and flapping connectivity gracefully

Overlay & Secure Networking

  • Build secure multi-hop paths with strong encryption and isolation
  • Implement secure tunnel configurations (WireGuard / IPsec)
  • Define and enforce SSH access policies, firewall rules, and least-privilege communication

Automation & Infrastructure

  • Develop automation pipelines using Terraform and Ansible
  • Support scalable rollout and configuration management across distributed sites

Operational Integration

  • Align networking behaviour with satellite scheduling and operational windows
  • Design safe state transitions and failover scenarios
  • Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting across the stack

Requirements

Our client is seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong technical fundamentals and a genuine passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges. You’ll be comfortable working across architecture, implementation, and troubleshooting, and you take strong ownership of everything you touch.

Essential Experience

  • Advanced-level experience with IP networking and routing
  • Hands-on BGP experience covering design, operation, and troubleshooting; familiarity with distance-vector protocols
  • Solid Linux networking skills, including VLANs, MTU, TCP/IP, and complex NAT
  • Proven experience designing and operating VPNs and tunnelling technologies in distributed environments (WireGuard, StrongSwan, GRE + IPsec)
  • AWS networking expertise: VPC, TGW, Cloud WAN, VPN, and edge or hybrid networking
  • Strong grasp of overlay vs underlay networking principles
  • Extensive infrastructure automation experience with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent
  • Scripting or coding ability in Python
  • Proven ability to debug complex, distributed systems

Desirable

  • Exposure to satellite, telecom, or RF systems
  • Experience with hardware operations, rack installation, or cable management
  • Broader cloud platform experience beyond AWS, This role is being managed exclusively by Cleantech Talent on behalf of our client. If you have the background and ambition to take on this challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits & conditions

  • High ownership from day one, you’ll design and ship, not just maintain
  • Join a technically exceptional team building something with real-world impact
  • Shape architecture at an early stage of a complex, mission-critical system
  • An opportunity that sits at the cutting edge of clean technology infrastructure

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