Network Engineer

Summer Browning Associates

Remote-friendly

SBA are currently supporting our Central Government client, who are seeking a Senior Network Engineer on an initial 6 month + contract

Vacancies: 2

The Role

  • Join a highly skilled engineering team supporting complex, business-critical enterprise network environments.
  • Provide 3rd-line support across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, wireless and remote-access technologies.
  • Design, implement and support secure, resilient networks across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Drive Network Automation, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
  • Develop automated network deployment and configuration solutions using Ansible, Python/PowerShell, Git and REST APIs.
  • Integrate network provisioning and configuration into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Support monitoring, observability, capacity planning, performance optimisation and continuous service improvement.

What We're Looking For

  • Strong experience as a Senior Network Engineer within complex enterprise environments.
  • Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, QoS and VLSM.
  • Strong experience with LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPNs, OSPF and BGP.
  • Hands-on experience across routing, switching, firewalls, wireless and load balancing.
  • Strong Ansible experience, including playbooks, roles, inventories and automation workflows.
  • Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell or Bash.
  • Experience with Git, REST APIs, JSON/YAML, IaC and CI/CD.
  • Experience supporting on-premises and cloud networking, resilience, high availability and disaster recovery.
  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Experience working within ITSM/change-controlled environments.

Desirable

  • AWS, Azure and/or GCP networking experience.
  • Software Defined Networking (SDN) experience.
  • Previous experience within highly regulated or security-conscious environments.
  • Flexibility for occasional out-of-hours work and travel between sites.

Clearance: Active SC clearance (willing to attain DV level vetting)

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