Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps)

• Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps)
• Location: Newcastle, UK (Also open to Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, or Blackpool) With Hybrid (60% on-site)
• Pay Rate: Depends on Experience
• Type & Duration: Contract |12 Months Contract with InsideIR35

Job Description:

Role Overview:
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a NetDevOps mindset to design, build, and evolve large-scale enterprise network platforms. This is a "build and delivery" role, not an operations or SRE position. The successful candidate will integrate automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) into traditional network engineering to support critical, hybrid-cloud services.

Key Technical Requirements (Priority Criteria):

Candidates must demonstrate deep, hands-on experience in:

• Enterprise Network Engineering: Complex OSPF/BGP environments and designing resilient traffic flows.
• Security & Firewalls: Extensive experience with Palo Alto (policy design/implementation) and Zero Trust principles.
• Data Centre Architecture: VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics (Arista or equivalent).
• Load Balancing: F5 BIG-IP (LTM/APM/ASM).
• NetDevOps & Automation: Moving away from manual CLI; proficiency in Python, Ansible, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD.
• Cloud/Hybrid Networking: Proven experience integrating local data centres with Azure, AWS, or OCI.

Experience Profile:

• Engineer vs. Operator: We need a "builder" who can contribute to design and delivery immediately with minimal ramp-up.
• Environment: Experience in large-scale, complex, or regulated enterprise environments.

Desirable Extras:

• Aruba Central/ClearPass, SD-WAN, or experience modernizing Legacy environments.

What This Role Is NOT:

• Not a pure Operations/Monitoring role.
• Not a standard SRE role (requires deep networking depth).
• Not an Incident Management role.