Senior Network Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Synergize Consulting Limited
£91 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Yeovil (BA20)
Summary: The Senior Network Engineer role focuses on designing, configuring, and supporting secure network virtualization solutions, particularly VMware NSX, within enterprise environments. This position requires strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure effective solutions. The role involves a hybrid working model, primarily based in Yeovil, with a requirement for active DV clearance. The successful candidate will lead engineering delivery and contribute to continuous improvement in network standards and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, configure, and support network virtualization solutions (e.g., VMware NSX) within secure and enterprise environments.
- Take ownership of engineering delivery for one or more work packages, including planning, estimation, execution, and reporting.
- Develop and review high- and low-level network designs and technical documentation.
- Integrate and test network components, ensuring compliance with performance and security requirements.
- Provide mentoring, guidance, and technical leadership to Network Engineers and Technicians.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, project teams, and customers to ensure solutions meet requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement and contribute to engineering standards and governance.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in designing, configuring, and supporting network virtualization platforms (e.g., NSX or similar).
- Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities.
- Confidence to take ownership of solutions and represent networking in technical discussions.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, and routing/switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, QoS, VPNs, VLANs).
- Network virtualization (NSX-T): design, configuration, and support of NSX-based networking environments.
- Software-defined networking: implementation of logical switching, routing, and micro-segmentation.
- Integration of NSX networking within virtualized and platform environments (e.g., VCF).
- Hands-on experience with Cisco or equivalent multi-vendor network equipment.
- Network security technologies (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, segmentation).
- Familiarity with virtualization and cloud networking concepts.
- Network monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics tools.
- Understanding of ITIL and service management frameworks.
- Delivery within secure/enterprise/defence environments.
- VMware NSX-T deep expertise and certification (or equivalent experience) is desirable.
- VCF networking integration (vSphere, vSAN, Aria Suite).
- Overlay/underlay network design concepts.
- Automation of network configuration (Ansible, Terraform, APIs).
- Integration with security tooling (SIEM, SOC platforms).
- Cloud networking (AWS, Azure) and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience working in secure or regulated environments.
Salary (Rate): £91 per hour
City: Yeovil
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Network Engineer - NSX (JFF5)
Your impact
Do you want to grow your career in network engineering and work on projects that safeguard the UK's most critical systems? Network Engineers are at the heart of designing, configuring, and supporting secure networks that keep our customers connected and protected.
Your work will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.
A Senior Network Engineer is required to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team. This role is focused on.
What you will do as a Senior Network Engineer
- Design, configure, and support network virtualisation solutions (eg VMware NSX) within secure and enterprise environments
- Take ownership of engineering delivery for one or more work packages, including planning, estimation, execution, and reporting.
- Develop and review high- and low-level network designs and technical documentation.
- Integrate and test network components, ensuring compliance with performance and security requirements.
- Provide mentoring, guidance, and technical leadership to Network Engineers and Technicians.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, project teams, and customers to ensure solutions meet requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement and contribute to engineering standards and governance.
What you'll bring
- Strong experience in designing, configuring, and supporting network virtualisation platforms (eg NSX or similar)
- Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities.
- Confidence to take ownership of solutions and represent networking in technical discussions.
Core areas (must have):
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, and routing/switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, QoS, VPNs, VLANs)
- Network virtualisation (NSX-T): design, configuration, and support of NSX-based networking environments
- Software-defined networking: implementation of logical switching, routing, and micro-segmentation
- Integration of NSX networking within virtualised and platform environments (eg VCF)
- Hands-on experience with Cisco or equivalent multi-vendor network equipment
- Network security technologies (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, segmentation)
- Familiarity with virtualisation and cloud networking concepts
- Network monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics tools
- Understanding of ITIL and service management frameworks
- Delivery within secure/enterprise/defence environments
Desirable:
- VMware NSX-T deep expertise and certification (or equivalent experience)
- VCF networking integration (vSphere, vSAN, Aria Suite)
- Overlay/underlay network design concepts
- Automation of network configuration (Ansible, Terraform, APIs)
- Integration with security tooling (SIEM, SOC platforms)
- Cloud networking (AWS, Azure) and hybrid connectivity
- Experience working in secure or regulated environments
This role will require active DV clearance
100% onsite in Yeovil although extra hours can be worked to reduce days onsite to 3 or 4.
Inside IR35
6 months contract