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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Network Engineer - Active UK Government Security Clearance Required - **Company:** Appvia - **Location:** Perivale, UK - **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £75,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Complex Networks, Network Address Translation, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Network Planning and Design, Network Monitoring, Routing, Cisco Nexus Switches, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Ansible, Virtual Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Cloud-native Network Functions (CNF), Computer Networking Systems, Load Balancing, Computer Network Operations, Software Troubleshooting, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), SC Clearance, SolarWinds (Software), Route53, Terraform, Splunk, Big Ip, Cisco - **Published:** August 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5856751942 ## About the Role You are a hands-on Network Engineer comfortable supporting complex, high-availability environments and working through technical issues in a structured and methodical way. You will bring: * Strong experience supporting enterprise network environments * Good knowledge of routing and switching technologies * Experience with Cisco networking technologies * Experience with firewalls, VPNs, NAT, ACLs, and secure connectivity * Strong troubleshooting and incident-resolution skills * Understanding of resilient and highly available network design * Experience working in live service, operational, or managed-service environments * Clear communication skills and confidence working with technical teams and stakeholders * A proactive, customer-focused approach * Active UK SC clearance ## Description We're hiring a Network Engineer to join Appvia on a new secure public sector engagement focused on live network operations, support, and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on role where you'll support and maintain complex network infrastructure, troubleshoot incidents, implement changes, and help improve the reliability and performance of critical services. The engagement is more operational and managed-service focused than many of Appvia's traditional platform engineering projects, but you'll also have the opportunity to broaden your cloud, automation, and platform engineering skills over time as part of your progression within Appvia. Interview Process - 3 Stage 1. Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition 2. Technical Interview with Engineering Team 3. Final Interview with Leadership Important You must hold active UK Security Clearance (SC). NPPV3 clearance is highly desirable., * Support and maintain production network infrastructure across secure environments * Troubleshoot network incidents, connectivity issues, and performance problems * Implement planned network changes safely and effectively * Support routing, switching, firewalling, VPN, and load-balancing technologies * Contribute to network upgrades, migrations, optimisation, and continuous improvement * Monitor network health and performance using observability and monitoring tooling * Participate in root-cause analysis and problem management * Maintain technical documentation, configuration records, and operational procedures * Collaborate with engineering, service management, and customer teams * Identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, resilience, and security Technical Skills Core technologies / experience: * Cisco networking * BGP / OSPF * VLANs / VRFs * MPLS * Firewalls such as Palo Alto or Check Point * VPN / IPSec * Load balancing * Network monitoring and observability * Enterprise networking in production environments Nice to have: * Cisco ACI / Nexus * Cisco SD-WAN / SDA * AWS networking - VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53 * Azure networking - VNets, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall * F5 Big-IP * Splunk, SolarWinds, or NetBox * Python, Ansible, or Terraform * CCNA / CCNP or equivalent certification * NPPV3 clearance ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Demystifying application networking in the cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/675-demystifying-application-networking-in-the-cloud) - [Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2084-your-infrastructure-is-not-a-playground-ai-agents-for-infra-done-right) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [Small, Secure, Interconnected: The next Internet Protocol](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100062-small-secure-interconnected-the-next-internet-protocol) ## Related Articles - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)