Senior Network Engineer (x2) - 6-12 months - East Kilbride (Hybrid) - SC/DV Clearance

Key Responsibilities

• Provide third-line resolution of network infrastructure incidents - switching, routing, firewall, load-balancing, wireless
• Monitor, maintain and optimise network infrastructure across all environments and partner sites
• Own network changes in line with governance and change management processes
• Champion DevOps and Infrastructure as Code methodologies across the network function
• Design, develop and support automated network deployment and configuration using Ansible
• Integrate network provisioning and configuration into CI/CD pipelines
• Reduce manual operational tasks through Scripting and orchestration
• Contribute network telemetry, monitoring and alerting into enterprise observability platforms
• Mentor junior engineers and support their technical development

Ideal Candidate

• Significant experience as a Senior Network Engineer within a complex enterprise environment, to third-line level
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, QoS, VLSM
• Strong LAN, WAN, SD-WAN and enterprise network design experience
• Clear understanding of VPN technologies (IKE, IPSec, SSL VPN) and routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
• Strong network automation experience with Ansible - playbooks, roles, inventories
• Strong Scripting ability in Python, PowerShell or Bash
• Experience with Git-based version control and Infrastructure as Code
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, YAML and CI/CD tooling
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and ITSM processes

Desirable Experience

• EVPN, VXLAN and software-defined networking (SDN)
• Cloud networking across AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience in highly regulated or security-conscious environments

TL;DR

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Contract Length: 6-12 months

Location: East Kilbride (Hybrid, ~3 days/week onsite), London considered

Rate: TBC

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

Clearance: SC Clearance (with a view to obtaining DV)