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# Network Engineer

- **Company:** Razorblue Group
- **Location:** Stockton-on-Tees, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £48,000.0 - £53,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Collaborative Learning, Computer Networks, Monitoring of Systems, Multi-protocol Systems, Network Security, Nagios, Wi-Fi Technology, Computer Network Technologies, Firewalls (Computer Science), Juniper, SolarWinds (Software), Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, Cisco
- **Published:** May 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gb05b2648d2fd1446eb9c2d7ae497b058f

## About the Role

Hold a Service Provider or Enterprise Network (Juniper/Cisco/etc) certification at the "Professional" level; Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer or equivalent Next-Generation Firewall vendor certification (Desirable)
Working knowledge of the ITIL Framework.
Extensive experience with multi-vendor products is essential. Juniper, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks experience is desirable.
Proven experience in planning and implementing networking projects.
Experience using monitoring systems such as SolarWinds, Nagios, Splunk etc.
Experience working with complex Wi-Fi deployments & Unified Communications
Experience working with BGP in an ISP environment.
Experience working in an MPLS environment.
Strong understanding of ticket systems and understanding priorities and SLAs
Essential Soft Skills
Effective communication
Methodical approach to diagnosis and documentation
Independent research; organisation and prioritisation
Full clean UK driving license
Excellent conversational fluency in English is required to clearly explain complex technical issues.

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join our growing team of like-minded tech people. Should you choose to accept, your responsibilities will encompass:
Resolving monitoring issues for our internal Infrastructure
Ensuring core networking and hosting platform are performing at optimal levels
Design, plan, and test networking platform projects, for maintenance, expansion, and upgrades
Ownership of delivering internal projects to a high standard
Escalation for the service desk of client issues they cannot resolve
Mentor non-senior engineers to develop skills and knowledge
Participation in our on-call rota for the Networks team
Our perfect candidate should have a wealth of knowledge spanning various technologies and being able to use these skills to troubleshoot and deliver five star solutions that keep our clients happy is a must!
Customer service is paramount to us, which is why we only look for candidates with excellent customer facing skills and the ability to communicate effectively. Your friendly tech-savviness will truly shine here.
razorblue requirements:
We know its unrealistic to find someone who ticks all of these boxes (extra points if you do), which is why we seek those eager to develop over time through our development resources and peer learning. If this aligns with your own personal growth mindset, we would love you to apply.


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