Change Network Engineer

• Provide senior network engineering expertise and technical leadership across the programme.
• Develop and deliver secure, resilient and scalable network solutions across data centre, campus and wide-area environments.
• Produce and assure technical designs, including High-Level Designs, Low-Level Designs, implementation documentation and work instructions.
• Lead network engineering across the full service lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, testing, acceptance and operational support.
• Work with architects, project teams, operational support teams and delivery partners to integrate network services successfully.
• Provide technical assurance and contribute to engineering standards, processes and best practice.
• Lead investigations and resolve complex network incidents and problems through to successful resolution.
• Support major technical refresh programmes involving large numbers of network and security devices.
• Identify opportunities for service improvement, automation and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve capability, resilience, security and service delivery.
• Contribute to verification and validation, ensuring solutions meet technical, security and operational requirements.
• Work directly with customers to understand requirements, resolve technical issues and provide engineering advice.
• Communicate complex technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support junior engineers and share knowledge across the wider technical team.

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Cisco
• FortiGate
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• RHEL
• Security
• VMware
• Windows
• AI
• Machine Learning

• Extensive commercial experience in network engineering, with strong enterprise and data centre networking expertise.
• Strong experience in Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, network design, routing and switching across enterprise, data centre, campus and WAN environments, including static and dynamic routing protocols.
• Experience designing and supporting high-availability networks, data centre spine-leaf architectures, large-scale infrastructure and technical refresh programmes; understanding of resilience, redundancy and fault-tolerant design.
• Experience with network security technologies, including Cisco routing, switching, firewalls and security technologies; Fortinet FortiGate and FortiSwitch; Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls; Juniper SRX; VMware NSX and virtual networking; network segmentation, security controls, encryption and secure network design.
• Experience supporting critical data centre workloads across Windows Server and Linux/RHEL environments; understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, SAN and storage-connected environments, virtualised infrastructure and data centre platforms.
• Strong experience with network monitoring and management technologies, including SolarWinds or comparable enterprise platforms, and ability to analyse monitoring, logging and performance data.
• Defence, Government or other highly secure environment experience is highly desirable, with understanding of technical assurance, security standards, configuration management and controlled change.
• DV security clearance is required, or the ability to obtain and maintain the required clearance.
• Ability to operate at senior engineer or technical lead level, take ownership of complex technical issues, and demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing high-quality technical documentation and network designs.
• Ability to work effectively with customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, with a commitment to engineering quality, security and continuous improvement.
• Ability to consider wider business and operational context and willingness to investigate and adopt appropriate new technologies and automation approaches.

development and technical learning opportunities, and a reward package including a contributory pension, private medical insurance, 33 days of annual leave including public and privilege holidays, flexible benefits, and flexi-time. We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal access to opportunities, and can provide reasonable adjustments during the application and selection process. The stated pay range is £44,700-£57,300; compensation may depend on factors including responsibilities, experience, skills and internal equity.