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Senior Network Engineer

Marks Sattin

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

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Overview

In this role, you will own the design, deployment, and ongoing evolution of a global network spanning data centres, trading environments, and enterprise locations. You will lead end-to-end network projects, manage third-party connectivity turn-ups, and serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex incidents. You will drive automation and AI-enabled improvements to operations, improving observability and incident response. You will mentor junior engineers and ensure rigorous documentation and cross-region handovers. This is a hands-on, impact-focused opportunity in a high-performance financial services setting.

Responsibilities
  • Design and implement data centre and enterprise network solutions (new builds, refreshes, migrations)
  • Deliver end-to-end projects with HLD/LLD, build, test, cutover, and handover
  • Turn up and support third-party services (CDN, extranet, VPN)
  • Lead routing and switching design across Juniper, Arista, Cisco (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP)
  • Design, build and support EVPN/VXLAN fabrics using Arista EOS
  • Act as senior escalation for major incidents: triage, RCA, remediation
  • Build and maintain automation/tooling with Python, Ansible, Git
  • Improve observability/operations with Grafana, Splunk, ServiceNow; apply AI for proactive troubleshooting
  • Maintain infrastructure hygiene: upgrades, audits, standards adherence
  • Mentor junior engineers and ensure strong documentation and cross-region handovers
Key requirements
  • CCNP Routing & Switching (or equivalent)
  • JNCIP-Junos (or equivalent)
  • Foundational wireless certification
  • Degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent practical experience)
  • Strong routing/switching design across Junos, Arista EOS, Cisco IOS (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP)
  • Hands-on EVPN/VXLAN design and implementation on Arista
  • Working knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls and F5 load balancers
  • Proven automation/scripting experience using Python and Ansible in production networks
  • Calm under pressure with incident leadership, RCA, and remediation
  • Experience mentoring others and producing clear, high-quality technical documentation
  • calm under pressure
  • mentoring
  • clear, high-quality documentation
  • Juniper/Junos
  • Arista EOS
  • Cisco IOS

Reference: WJ-747_31214721 · Posted 01 Nov 2026, 12:16 PM

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