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# Network Engineer (Rail)

- **Company:** Advance TRS Ltd.
- **Location:** York, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Networks, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), IP Addressing, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Subnetting, Network Security, Network Architecture, Network Planning and Design, Operational Data Store, Wide Area Networks, Firewalls (Computer Science), Juniper, Operational Systems, Cisco
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.advance-trs.com/register-apply?jobtitle=Senior%20Network%20Engineer%20(Rail)&jobpermalink=https://www.advance-trs.com/job/senior-network-engineer-rail/

## About the Role

* Railway Communications network experience
 * Degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
 * Cisco CCNP level knowledge or equivalent experience.
 * LAN/WAN and industrial network design.
 * Network security, firewalls, DMZs and IPSEC.
 * SCADA and Operational Technology (OT) environments.
 * Juniper networking technologies.
 * Hirschmann industrial networking products.
 * Systems Engineering Life-cycle knowledge.
 * Rail and signalling experience.
 * DDaT Configuration Checker.

Desirable

 * Chartered Engineer or IRSE Licence.
 * Software Defined Networking (SDN).
 * Next Generation Firewalls.
 * EAP-TLS and authentication server experience.

If you have strong experience across railway telecoms networking & SCADA on critical rail infrastructure projects, please apply.

## Description

* Design and review network architectures, IP addressing, subnetting, and configurations
 * Deliver solutions for CCTV, Voice, SISS, SCADA and backbone communications networks.
 * Develop secure operational data networks and cyber security solutions.
 * Produce technical documentation and test specifications.
 * Support integration, testing and onsite implementation activities.
 * Gather client requirements and contribute to technical proposals.
 * Ensure designs meet rail industry safety, security and quality standards.


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