Network Operations Engineer

5 Days Old

Are you a Network Engineer who enjoys owning complex infrastructure and solving high-impact technical challenges?
A large UK-based enterprise organisation with a complex multi-site infrastructure estate is looking to bring on a Network Operations Engineer to help maintain and enhance their enterprise network estate.
This is a key role within the infrastructure team, focused on ensuring stability, performance, and security across critical systems and networks while contributing to ongoing infrastructure improvement and transformation projects.
The Role
You will be responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and optimising enterprise network environments, acting as a senior escalation point for network-related incidents.
Working across LAN, WAN, WLAN, security platforms, and cloud networking, you will play an important role in ensuring core systems operate reliably while supporting continuous improvement across the network estate.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor and maintain enterprise LAN / WAN / WLAN infrastructure
Troubleshoot and resolve complex network incidents, including root cause analysis
Support and manage firewalls, switches, wireless controllers, and access points
Carry out patching, vulnerability management, and configuration reviews
Assist with network upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure projects
Produce and maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, and SOPs
Act as an escalation point for service desk and high-priority incidents
Work with security teams and external partners to investigate security events
Support capacity planning, performance monitoring, and resilience initiatives
Ensure compliance with security standards, operational procedures, and change control
Technical Environment
The environment includes a mixture of enterprise networking and security technologies , including:
Cisco / Meraki networking
Fortigate, Palo Alto or Cisco Firepower firewalls
Routing & switching technologies (OSPF, VLANs, STP)
Monitoring platforms such as PRTG or SolarWinds
Core networking services including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and wireless networks
What We're Looking For
Strong experience within network operations, network engineering, or infrastructure engineering
Hands-on experience managing enterprise networking environments
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Experience supporting network security technologies and firewall platforms
Comfortable working independently and owning technical issues through to resolution
Ability to document systems and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
infrastructure engineering
Hands-on experience managing enterprise networking environments
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Experience supporting network security technologies and firewall platforms
Comfortable working independently and owning technical issues through to resolution
Ability to document systems and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable Experience
Certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CMSS, or Palo Alto PCNSA
Experience with cloud networking (Azure or AWS)
Exposure to backup, disaster recovery, and deployment processes
Why Consider This Role?
Opportunity to work in a large enterprise networking environment
Involvement in infrastructure improvement and transformation projects
Exposure to a modern networking and security technology stack
Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical ownership
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Location:
Leeds
Salary:
not provided
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering;IT

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