Lead Network Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Fusion People Ltd
Negotiable
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Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
Summary: The Lead Network Engineer role in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, involves developing network designs for rail infrastructure projects, focusing on connectivity, cybersecurity, and system performance. The position requires adapting approved architectures to meet specific project needs and contributing to both outline and detailed designs. The role includes supporting testing, validation, and implementation activities while ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards. Reporting to the Design Manager, the engineer will monitor progress and maintain design quality throughout the project duration of 5+ months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the design, configuration, and testing of signalling network solutions
- Create high level network designs and functional design specifications
- Develop network architecture diagrams
- Design IP addressing and subnetting
- Create cable schematics and diversity plans
- Configure and set up networks
- Conduct Factory Acceptance Testing
- Perform on-site build and testing
- Execute integration and system testing
- Monitor progress of work packages and maintain design timescales
- Ensure all design work meets relevant technical and safety standards
- Assess technical accuracy and quality of tenders
- Support health and safety compliance
- Review and check network designs produced by others at similar or junior levels
Key Skills:
- Degree in an engineering or numerate discipline, or equivalent experience
- Strong understanding of network communication systems and architectures (LAN/WAN, network security)
- Knowledge of systems engineering life cycle
- Experience meeting industry quality and safety standards
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to communicate technical information at all levels
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Cisco certification (CCNA level or above), or equivalent practical experience
- Chartered engineer status (desirable)
- IRSE Licence (desirable)
- Experience with technologies such as SDN, virtualisation, data centre networking, or network automation (desirable)
- Experience with UK railway telecoms design or operational standards (desirable)
- Understanding of wider railway systems (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Lead Network Engineer
Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Duration: 5+ months
We are currently recruiting for a Lead Network Engineer based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire for 5+ months work.
This position involves developing network designs for a variety of rail infrastructure projects. You will adapt approved template architectures to meet project specific needs, with a strong focus on connectivity, cybersecurity and system performance.
The role reports to the Design Manager and involves contributing to both outline and detailed network designs, ensuring work is delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality standards. You will also support testing, validation and implementation activities.
Key Responsibilities
As a Network Communications Architect, you will support the design, configuration, and testing of signalling network solutions, including:
- High level network designs and functional design specifications
- Network architecture diagrams
- IP addressing and subnetting design
- Cable schematics and diversity plans
- Network configuration and setup
- Factory Acceptance Testing
- On site build and testing
- Integration and system testing
You will also:
- Monitor progress of work packages and maintain design timescales
- Ensure all design work meets relevant technical and safety standards
- Assess technical accuracy and quality of tenders
- Support health and safety compliance
- Review and check network designs produced by others at similar or junior levels
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in an engineering or numerate discipline, or equivalent experience
- Strong understanding of network communication systems and architectures (LAN/WAN, network security), ideally in a safety related environment
- Knowledge of systems engineering life cycle
- Experience meeting industry quality and safety standards
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, able to communicate technical information at all levels
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Cisco certification (CCNA level or above), or equivalent practical experience
Desirable Skills
- Chartered engineer status
- IRSE Licence
- Experience with technologies such as SDN, virtualisation, data centre networking, or network automation
- Experience with UK railway telecoms design or operational standards
- Understanding of wider railway systems
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