Senior Network Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by TipTopJob
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Network Engineer role involves taking ownership of a complex Juniper environment within a tech-driven organization. The position requires designing, building, and improving high-performance networks while driving SDN adoption and automation. Candidates must possess strong Juniper engineering experience and be eligible for Developed Vetting clearance. This role offers significant autonomy and the opportunity to influence future network architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and leading improvements across core, distribution, and data centre networks
- Working heavily with Juniper MX / EX / QFX / SRX
- Driving SDN adoption using Juniper Apstra
- Delivering scalable EVPN/VXLAN underlay/overlay designs
- Improving routing, security, and performance across BGP, OSPF, MPLS
- Automating wherever possible using Ansible / Python / Terraform
- Supporting virtual networks across ESXi, KVM, Proxmox
Key Skills:
- Strong Juniper engineering experience (design + build + troubleshoot)
- Solid SDN, automation, and IaC skills
- Deep understanding of routing, switching, and data centre fabrics
- Experience with firewalls, VPN, load balancers, DCI, segmentation, monitoring tools
- Eligible for Developed vetting clearance (DV)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Gloucester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Senior Network Engineer : Up to 75K (DOE) Gloucester Im working with a tech x2011;driven organisation thats looking for a DV Cleared hands x2011;on Senior Network Engineer to take ownership of a modern, complex Juniper environment. If you enjoy designing, building, and improving high x2011;performance networks and want real influence over future architecture this is a strong fit.
What youll be doing
- Designing and leading improvements across core, distribution, and data centre networks
- Working heavily with Juniper MX / EX / QFX / SRX
- Driving SDN adoption using Juniper Apstra
- Delivering scalable EVPN/VXLAN underlay/overlay designs
- Improving routing, security, and performance across BGP, OSPF, MPLS
- Automating wherever possible using Ansible / Python / Terraform
- Supporting virtual networks across ESXi, KVM, Proxmox
What theyre looking for
- Strong Juniper engineering experience (design + build + troubleshoot)
- Solid SDN, automation, and IaC skills
- Deep understanding of routing, switching, and data centre fabrics
- Experience with firewalls, VPN, load balancers, DCI, segmentation, monitoring tools
- Eligible Developed vetting clearance (DV)
Why its a great role
- High autonomy, big technical scope
- Modern Juniper environment with major transformation projects
- Chance to genuinely shape architecture and introduce automation
If you are interested in this position please click apply. Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent and contract roles within Engineering and Manufacturing, IT and Digital, Science and Technology and Service and Sales sectors. Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.