Network Engineer

Outside IR35 | Remote based | Rate DOE | 6 months

SR2 is supporting a major digital transformation programme within a highly regulated environment and are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join a growing engineering team delivering secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure services.

This role will focus on the design, implementation and support of enterprise-grade network environments across cloud and on-premise platforms. You’ll work closely with infrastructure, security and platform teams to help modernise network capabilities, improve operational resilience and support critical services used at national scale.

This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone comfortable operating within complex environments, contributing to both BAU improvements and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure and support secure enterprise network infrastructure
• Manage and troubleshoot routing, switching and firewall technologies
• Support hybrid cloud networking across AWS and traditional data centre environments
• Implement and maintain network security controls and segmentation
• Work closely with DevOps, infrastructure and security teams on platform delivery
• Support load balancing, VPN connectivity and remote access solutions
• Contribute to network monitoring, performance tuning and incident resolution
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards and operational procedures
• Support infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives where appropriate

Essential

• Strong experience as a Network Engineer within complex enterprise environments
• Excellent knowledge of routing and switching protocols including BGP, OSPF and VLAN technologies
• Experience configuring and supporting firewalls such as Palo Alto, Cisco ASA or Fortinet
• Strong understanding of network security principles and secure connectivity
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments, ideally AWS
• Knowledge of VPN technologies, DNS, DHCP and load balancing
• Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools
• Strong understanding of high availability and resilient network design
• Experience working within regulated or security-conscious environments
• Ability to work collaboratively across engineering and operational teams

• Exposure to SD-WAN or software-defined networking

Please apply with a copy of your CV and Emma from SR2 will contact potential candidates regarding next steps.