Lead Network Engineer - Financial Services

A leading Financial Services organisation is seeking a Lead Senior Network Engineer to support the delivery of critical network, security and infrastructure initiatives across a highly regulated environment. Acting as a senior technical lead within the connectivity function, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and enhancing enterprise network services across data centre, cloud and hybrid environments. This is a hands-on role that combines deep technical networking expertise with strong leadership capability, requiring an individual who can challenge effectively, influence technical direction and lead complex work streams independently. You’ll engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior technology leadership and CTO-level executives, providing guidance across key areas including Cisco, Arista, firewalls, data centre networking, cloud connectivity and modern network architecture.

• Strong experience within Network Engineering, Connectivity Engineering or Enterprise Infrastructure environments.
• Financial Services experience within highly regulated or mission-critical organisations.
• Extensive hands-on experience across enterprise networking technologies.
• Strong Cisco and Arista networking expertise.
• Deep understanding of firewalls, network security and connectivity services.
• Strong data centre networking experience, including design, implementation and operational support.
• Experience delivering connectivity solutions across LAN, WAN and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Ability to lead complex technical work streams whilst remaining hands-on.
• Comfortable mentoring engineers and acting as a technical authority within a team.
• Kubernetes or OpenShift networking experience would be highly beneficial.