Senior Infrastructure Engineer/NetDevOps - SC

Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer/NetDevOps - SC

Location: Newcastle (preferred), Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Blackpool - whichever is closest (2-3 days/week on site/Hybrid)

Contract Duration: 31/3/27

Daily Rate: £650/per day (Umbrella - Maximum)

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Security Clearance: SC

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Engineer and implement network traffic flows to support business-critical services
• Build and maintain secure hybrid connectivity across Azure, AWS, and OCI
• Implement and manage Palo Alto Firewall policies across on-prem and cloud environments, aligned to Zero Trust principles
• Design and operate high-availability network services, including routing, segmentation, and resilience
• Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code
• Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure solutions align with engineering standards and strategic direction
• Contribute immediately to delivery work, demonstrating the ability to operate with minimal ramp up
• Document designs and changes clearly and consistently, supporting maintainability and knowledge sharing

Essential Technical Skills

Candidates must demonstrate strong, hands-on experience in the following areas:

• Enterprise Networking Engineering
• Complex OSPF and BGP environments
• Designing and implementing secure, resilient traffic flows
• Strong understanding of typical enterprise and cloud network patterns
• Firewall and Security Technologies
• Extensive experience with Palo Alto Firewalls
• Policy design and implementation across data centre and cloud
• Zero Trust and secure network design principles
• Data Centre & Network Architecture
• VXLAN/EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics
• Experience with vendors such as Arista (or equivalent)
• Load balancing technologies (eg F5 BIG-IP: LTM/APM/ASM)

Automation & NetDevOps Capability:

You will be expected to demonstrate a clear move away from traditional, manual networking, including:

• Network automation experience using Python, Ansible, or similar tooling
• Infrastructure as Code mindset (eg Terraform)
• Version control and CI/CD exposure (eg GitLab CI/CD)
• Applying DevOps-style practices to network and infrastructure engineering

Cloud & Hybrid Experience:

• Strong working experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or OCI)
• Designing and integrating hybrid cloud network solutions
• Understanding of cloud-native networking constructs and security models

Experience & Knowledge:

• Proven track record as a Network/Infrastructure Engineer in large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience delivering engineering solutions, not just supporting operations
• Comfortable working across multiple workstreams and priorities
• Experience in regulated or complex environments (public sector experience beneficial but not essential)
• SC Clearance

Nice to Have:

• Aruba Central/ClearPass
• SD WAN technologies
• SaaS and cloud-delivered WLAN/WiFi solutions
• Prior experience modernising Legacy network environments

Security Clearance: SC Clearance

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources