Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps)

WA Consultants is currently recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps) for a 12-month contract.

This role is supporting a Public Sector client and can be based out of one of their UK hubs. However, the preference is for someone to be based out of the Newcastle upon Tyne office and there is an expetation to be in the office at least 3-days per week.

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (NetDevOps) to design, build, and evolve large-scale enterprise network platforms, with a strong focus on modern, automated, and cloud-integrated infrastructure.

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 skills:

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)

Please note, this contract position has been deemed by the client to fall inside of IR35.

For further information, please contact Alexander Wilson.

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