Lead NSX Network Engineer

Are you an experienced Network Engineer with expertise in VMware NSX? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently recruiting for a highly technical Lead Network Engineer with a specialism in VMware NSX for a secure government client. This role will be part of a wider Networking team and the technical authority on all things NSX responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of network architectures within hyperconverged Infrastructure environments using NSX and AVI technologies. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to use cutting edge technologies to solve complex problems within the public sector.

Due to the nature of the project and client we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for DV clearance (Although individuals with an active DV clearance are preferred).

This role would be based full time in the office in Farnborough.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the deployment and configuration of NSX-T components, including: Logical networking, Distributed firewall, Load balancing, VPN services
• Enable advanced network virtualisation and micro-segmentation strategies.
• Ensure high availability, performance optimisation, and security across all network services.
• Design and maintain identity and access management solutions aligned with tiered access models.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and automation teams to deliver fully integrated solutions.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong hands‑on experience with: VMware NSX‑T, VMware AVI Load Balancers
• Cisco secure networking
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environments
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable network architectures
• Strong understanding of identity and tiered access models
• Experience working within highly automated environments

It would be great if you had:

• Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
• Network monitoring and management tooling
• Security best practices and secure design principles
• Experience supporting automated infrastructure delivery using tools such as Ansible and Terraform

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Farnborough

Security Clearance level: DV

Internal recruiter: Olly Walker

Salary: Dependant on experience

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loving reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

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