Senior Infrastructure Engineer – NetDevOps – 14755

Salary

£To be confirmed on application (our client has asked for this not to be advertised).

Location

Newcastle (preferred), Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Blackpool. Hybrid working – approx. 60% on-site

Contracting Authority

Government Client

Contract Length

31/3/2027

Clearance

SC

Experience Profile

• Candidates will be assessed on depth of experience in automation, cloud, and CI/CD. Evidence must be demonstrable and aligned to real delivery outcomes.
• Proven track record as a Network / Infrastructure Engineer within large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience delivering engineering and build work, not purely operations or support
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up
• Comfortable working across multiple workstreams and priorities
• Experience in regulated or complex environments is advantageous
• We are seeking a true network/infrastructure engineer with a NetDevOps mindset and demonstrable hands-on capability across automation and cloud delivery.

Essential Skills & Experience

Enterprise Networking

• Strong hands-on experience with BGP and OSPF in complex enterprise environments
• Proven ability to design and implement secure, resilient network architectures
• Deep understanding of enterprise and hybrid network patterns

Security & Firewalls

• Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls
• Strong capability in policy design across on-prem and cloud
• Solid understanding of Zero Trust networking principles

Data Centre & Architecture

• Experience with VXLAN, EVPN, VRF segmentation, multi-site fabrics
• Familiarity with vendors such as Arista or equivalent
• Load balancing experience (e.g. F5 BIG-IP)

NetDevOps, Automation & Cloud (Critical)

• Candidates must demonstrate proven, hands-on delivery experience (not theoretical or exposure only) in:
• Network automation using Python and/or Ansible
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Working with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI/CD) to deploy infrastructure into cloud environments
• Designing and implementing hybrid cloud networking solutions
• Strong practical experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or OCI)

Nice to Have

• Aruba Central / ClearPass
• SD-WAN technologies
• Cloud-delivered WLAN / WiFi solutions
• Experience modernising legacy network environments

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