Senior Network Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Network Engineer to join a globally recognised Formula 1 organisation, taking technical ownership of the networking infrastructure that supports its operations across the UK, Europe and the US.

This isn’t your typical network engineering role!

You’ll have the opportunity to take the lead on an entire global networking estate, driving improvements, influencing technical strategy and shaping the future of its network architecture.

With significant opportunities for modernisation, including a potential MPLS-to-SD-WAN transformation, you’ll have the freedom to assess the current environment, identify where improvements can be made and bring your ideas to life.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Take technical responsibility for networking infrastructure across multiple international locations, ensuring performance, security and reliability
• Assess the existing environment, develop a network modernisation roadmap and influence long-term technical strategy
• Drive network improvements and support exciting projects, including potential MPLS-to-SD-WAN migration
• Design, configure, deploy and troubleshoot Cisco networking infrastructure, Palo Alto firewalls and enterprise connectivity solutions
• Introduce modern networking technologies, automation and improvements to network resilience and performance
• Act as the go-to networking specialist, providing technical leadership and resolving complex infrastructure challenges
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to deliver networking solutions supporting a high-performance international organisation

• Proven experience as a Senior Network Engineer, Lead Network Engineer, Network Infrastructure Engineer or hands-on Network Architect
• Strong enterprise networking experience, including routing, switching, LAN/WAN and network infrastructure
• Experience with Cisco networking technologies or equivalent enterprise networking solutions.
• Knowledge of enterprise firewalls, ideally Palo Alto
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs, DNS and DHCP
• Experience designing, implementing and improving complex networking environments
• The confidence to take ownership of technical decisions and deliver projects from concept through to implementation
• A proactive, collaborative approach and the willingness to get stuck into hands-on technical work