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# Network Lead (DC) - Consultancy

- **Company:** Hamilton Barnes
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £90,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Complex Networks, Data Centers, Network Planning and Design, Routing, OpenShift, Computer Networking Systems, Low Latency
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815090663-network-lead-dc-consultancy

## About the Role

* Strong networking experience within financial services
 * Hands-on experience with VXLAN
 * Strong multicast networking expertise
 * Senior-level routing and switching knowledge
 * Experience leading complex technical projects
 * Strong customer-facing communication skills
 * Ability to operate as a technical escalation point
 * Experience across network design and implementation, * Corvil
 * Arista networking
 * Palo Alto firewalls
 * OpenShift
 * EVPN
 * Low-latency networking
 * Market data environments
 * Trading infrastructure
 * Data centre networking

## Description

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join a specialist IT solutions provider delivering networking, security, and infrastructure services to organisations of all sizes. Working with leading technology partners, the organisation provides end-to-end solutions, from consultancy and design through to implementation and ongoing support.

The organisation is looking to hire a senior Network Technical Lead into a major financial services customer environment. This is a highly technical, project-focused position for someone with strong experience across modern data centre networking, financial services infrastructure and complex enterprise transformation.

Responsibilities:

 * Acting as the technical lead across complex network projects
 * Leading technical discussions with customer stakeholders
 * Supporting network design, implementation, and migration activities
 * Working across VXLAN-based network environments
 * Supporting multicast infrastructure and traffic flows
 * Working within performance-sensitive financial services environments
 * Providing technical direction throughout project delivery
 * Troubleshooting complex network and application flow challenges
 * Supporting infrastructure transformation initiatives
 * Collaborating closely with engineering and architecture teams

Required Skills/Qualifications:

 * Strong networking experience within financial services
 * Hands-on experience with VXLAN
 * Strong multicast networking expertise
 * Senior-level routing and switching knowledge
 * Experience leading complex technical projects
 * Strong customer-facing communication skills
 * Ability to operate as a technical escalation point
 * Experience across network design and implementation

Highly Advantageous:

 * Corvil
 * Arista networking
 * Palo Alto firewalls
 * OpenShift
 * EVPN
 * Low-latency networking
 * Market data environments
 * Trading infrastructure
 * Data centre networking

Benefits:

 * 10% company bonus
 * Hybrid working in London
 * Senior technical leadership position
 * Opportunity to work within a major financial services environment
 * Exposure to complex project delivery and enterprise transformation initiatives
 * Opportunity to take ownership across technically demanding infrastructure initiatives
 * No BAU support responsibilities

Salary:

 * Up to £90,000 basic salary


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