Network Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Henderson Scott
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Summary: The role of Network Engineer/NetDevOps Engineer involves hands-on engineering within a public sector transformation programme in North East England, requiring active SC clearance. The position emphasizes the design and build of enterprise network platforms across various environments, focusing on automation and modern engineering practices. Candidates must be flexible to work three days onsite and possess extensive experience in network engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build enterprise network platforms across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments.
- Apply automation and modern network engineering practices for secure connectivity.
- Focus on hands-on engineering rather than operations, monitoring, or incident-only activities.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a hands-on Network or Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong experience with OSPF and BGP and designing secure, resilient network traffic flows.
- Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and secure network design principles such as Zero Trust.
- Experience with data centre network architectures including VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, multi-site fabrics and vendors such as Arista or equivalent.
- Experience with load balancing technologies such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/APM/ASM).
- Network automation experience using Python, Ansible or similar tooling, plus exposure to version control and CI/CD such as GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience applying an Infrastructure as Code mindset, for example with Terraform.
- Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS or OCI) and hybrid cloud network integration.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Newcastle upon Tyne
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Network Engineer - NetDevOps - Public Sector - SC Clearance - North East England (Hybrid 3 days onsite)
I am working with a Public Sector client in North East England looking for a hands-on Network Engineer/NetDevOps Engineer as part of a major transformation programme. The role can be based across various locations but flexibility to work 3 days onsite is expected.
Due to the urgency and nature of the client, candidates who hold active SC clearance will be preferred.
This NetDevOps Engineer role focuses on engineering and evolving enterprise network platforms across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments. You'll apply automation and modern network engineering practices to deliver secure, resilient connectivity for critical services. The work is hands-on engineering role, with responsibility for design and build rather than operations, monitoring, or incident-only activity.
As such, I am keen to speak with candidates who have
- Proven experience as a hands-on Network or Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong experience with OSPF and BGP and designing secure, resilient network traffic flows.
- Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and secure network design principles such as Zero Trust.
- Experience with data centre network architectures including VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, multi-site fabrics and vendors such as Arista or equivalent.
- Experience with load balancing technologies such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/APM/ASM).
- Network automation experience using Python, Ansible or similar tooling, plus exposure to version control and CI/CD such as GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience applying an Infrastructure as Code mindset, for example with Terraform.
- Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS or OCI) and hybrid cloud network integration.
Interested? Apply now for immediate consideration!