Network & Infrastructure Engineer

A well-established organisation in West Wales is looking for an experienced Senior Network & Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of its core IT infrastructure.

This is a hands-on senior role focused on designing, maintaining and improving enterprise network environments, ensuring high levels of performance, resilience and security across business-critical systems.

You’ll join a forward-thinking IT function, working with modern technologies in a technically strong environment where you’ll play a key role in infrastructure strategy, project delivery and operational excellence., You’ll be responsible for the design, implementation and ongoing management of complex network and infrastructure solutions across the business., * Designing and maintaining enterprise-level network architecture including LAN, WAN, WLAN and VPN

• Ensuring high availability, performance and scalability across network services
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex network and infrastructure issues
• Managing and configuring network hardware including routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers
• Leading infrastructure upgrades, migrations and improvement projects
• Implementing secure remote access solutions using VPN, IPsec, SSL/TLS and SSH
• Managing network security controls including firewall policies, IDS/IPS, encryption and PKI
• Monitoring network performance, capacity and security, identifying opportunities for optimisation
• Supporting disaster recovery and business continuity planning
• Managing patching, system updates and configuration backups
• Producing and maintaining technical documentation
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members
• Supporting incident response and participating in on-call support where required

You’ll be a highly capable infrastructure professional with strong enterprise networking expertise and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Key experience includes:

• Proven experience managing large-scale enterprise network environments
• Strong understanding of routing and core network protocols including TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP
• Deep knowledge of network security principles and technologies
• Experience with firewalls, VPNs and encryption standards
• Hands-on experience with virtualisation platforms such as VMware vSphere
• Strong Windows Server administration experience
• Exposure to containerisation technologies would be beneficial
• Experience working within structured IT service environments

Desirable certifications

• CCNP / CCIE
• JNCIP
• ITIL certification or framework exposure