Senior Network Engineer

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Location: Harrogate
Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location: Forest Moor, Harrogate + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72629

Help Us Build the Future of Strategic Communications

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Network Engineer at Forest Moor, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

The role

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will have a fantastic and rare opportunity to play a transformative role in a dynamic delivery team, working on new and exciting projects as part of a rapidly expanding organisation. You will be responsible in providing engineering lifecycle oversight into our expanding engineering team for a major UK programme.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll:

  • Generate detailed specifications, designs, and other technical deliverables, working closely with peers to support engineering change and ensure adherence to process.
  • Support system design delivery, including requirements management, justification, and decomposition.
  • Participate in validation, verification, testing and acceptance activities, including writing and running test events.
  • Support the in the build and deployment of strategic communication systems.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) and 2 days working from home. Flexible on start and finish times.

Essential experience

  • Experience or transferable knowledge of IP Networks and IP Voice
  • Network engineering experience
  • Firewall configuration and administration
  • System development and/or engineering change experience
  • Experience writing and executing test plans, test events, and acceptance activities

Qualifications

  • HNC/HND or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering
  • Incorporated / Chartered Engineer or working towards

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Sole UK.

What we offer

Working at Babcock means being part of an organisation that invests in your growth, values your wellbeing, and empowers you to build a meaningful long‑term career. You’ll benefit from:

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading – buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave
  • Be Kind Day – one paid volunteering day each year
  • Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
  • A dynamic working environment that encourages innovation and collaboration

Closing date

24/07/2026

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Posted: July 13th, 2026