£850 per day Umbrella Inside IR35

London / Hybrid (2-3 days on-site)

12-Month Contract

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My client is a leading international financial services organisation seeking an experienced IT Network Hosting Services Engineering Lead to join a major infrastructure consolidation programme. This role will focus on the design, delivery, and optimisation of enterprise hosting environments across on-premise, cloud, internet-facing, and market data platforms. You will play a key role in a multi-year transformation programme focused on consolidating data centres, networks, hosting platforms, storage, and compute services across multiple business entities. The position requires strong hands-on technical capability combined with architecture and engineering leadership experience.

Key Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in Network Engineering, Hosting Architecture, or Network Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking across L2-L7 technologies.
• Experience designing and supporting hosting environments across data centres, cloud, and internet-facing platforms.
• Proven expertise with AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or Oracle Cloud networking.
• Strong understanding of BGP, multicast, low-latency networking, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience supporting market data platforms, trading infrastructure, or real-time data distribution environments.
• Strong knowledge of network security architecture, segmentation, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 connectivity, SaaS integrations, and hybrid networking.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business teams.
• Hands-on experience with network automation technologies such as Python, Ansible, Infrastructure as Code, or API-driven platforms.

Nice to Have

• Financial Services, Investment Banking, or Capital Markets experience.
• Experience with Bloomberg, Reuters, exchange connectivity, or market data platforms.
• Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure consolidation, cloud migration, or data centre transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of Cisco networking environments and enterprise security platforms.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating within a complex transformation programme, driving hosting architecture decisions, supporting infrastructure consolidation initiatives, and delivering resilient, secure hosting platforms across critical business services.

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#4820770 - Liam

My client is a leading international financial services organisation seeking an experienced IT Network Hosting Services Engineering Lead to join a major infrastructure consolidation programme. This role will focus on the design, delivery, and optimisation of enterprise hosting environments across on-premise, cloud, internet-facing, and market data platforms. You will play a key role in a multi-year transformation programme focused on consolidating data centres, networks, hosting platforms, storage, and compute services across multiple business entities. The position requires strong hands-on technical capability combined with architecture and engineering leadership experience., * 8+ years’ experience in Network Engineering, Hosting Architecture, or Network Infrastructure Engineering.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking across L2-L7 technologies.
• Experience designing and supporting hosting environments across data centres, cloud, and internet-facing platforms.
• Proven expertise with AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or Oracle Cloud networking.
• Strong understanding of BGP, multicast, low-latency networking, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience supporting market data platforms, trading infrastructure, or real-time data distribution environments.
• Strong knowledge of network security architecture, segmentation, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 connectivity, SaaS integrations, and hybrid networking.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business teams.
• Hands-on experience with network automation technologies such as Python, Ansible, Infrastructure as Code, or API-driven platforms.

Nice to Have

• Financial Services, Investment Banking, or Capital Markets experience.
• Experience with Bloomberg, Reuters, exchange connectivity, or market data platforms.
• Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure consolidation, cloud migration, or data centre transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of Cisco networking environments and enterprise security platforms.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating within a complex transformation programme, driving hosting architecture decisions, supporting infrastructure consolidation initiatives, and delivering resilient, secure hosting platforms across critical business services.