Edge Networking Engineer (NetDevOps)

Brave; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Part time

Job summary

Brave is seeking an experienced Edge Networking Engineer to design, deploy, migrate, and separate site-level switching, wireless, SD-WAN, and NAC services across office, production, and broadcast environments in a large-scale separation programme.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, Cisco Catalyst 9200/9300/9500 deployment, Meraki MX/MS/MR, ISE/RADIUS, and strong GitHub-based NetDevOps with Python/Terraform knowledge.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of network engineering experience required
• Experience deploying Cisco Catalyst 9200/9300/9500 is essential
• Experience with Cisco Meraki MX/MS/MR is essential
• Experience with Cisco ISE, 802.1X, MAB and RADIUS preferred
• Strong enterprise Layer 2 switching knowledge required
• Git/GitHub-based NetDevOps workflows required
• Working knowledge of Python, Terraform, YAML, JSON or Jinja2
• Nautobot or a similar IPAM/DCIM platform preferred

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy Cisco Catalyst stacks (9200/9300/9500)
• Migrate site uplinks to new core networks
• Deploy and migrate Cisco Meraki infrastructure (MX/MS/MR)
• Manage Meraki Dashboard templates and multi-site configurations
• Configure VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel and Spanning Tree
• Implement 802.1X authentication and RADIUS workflows
• Configure Cisco ISE, MAB, and dynamic VLAN assignment
• Support enterprise wireless deployment and validation
• Integrate Nexus switching in distribution and data center-edge
• Execute network changes via GitHub CI/CD pipelines

Skills

Cisco Catalyst 9200/9300/9500

Meraki MX/MS/MR

ISE/802.1X/RADIUS

L2 Switching

GitHub/NetDevOps

Python/Terraform/YAML/Jinja2

Nautobot/IPAM or DCIM

10+ years experience

Tools

GitHub

Nautobot

IPAM/DCIM

Job description

Location: United Kingdom – Remote/Hybrid

Experience: 10+ years

Contract: Initial 6 months, extension possible to July 2027

We are seeking experienced Edge Networking Engineers with strong NetDevOps capabilities for a large-scale technology separation and corporate divestiture programme.

The role will design, deploy, migrate, and separate site-level switching, wireless, SD-WAN and Network Access Control services across office, production and broadcast environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy Cisco Catalyst 9200, 9300 and 9500 switching stacks
• Migrate site uplinks and connectivity to new core networks
• Deploy and migrate Cisco Meraki MX, MS and MR infrastructure
• Manage Meraki Dashboard templates and multi-site configurations
• Configure VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel and Spanning Tree
• Implement wired and wireless 802.1X authentication
• Configure Cisco ISE, RADIUS, MAB and dynamic VLAN assignment
• Support enterprise wireless deployment and validation
• Integrate Cisco Nexus switching in distribution and data centre-edge environments
• Support high-performance NAS, Isilon and broadcast environments
• Remove legacy VLANs, SVIs and access policies from divested networks
• Execute network changes using GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines

Mandatory Skills

• 10+ years of network engineering experience
• Cisco Catalyst 9200, 9300 and 9500 deployment experience
• Cisco Meraki MX, MS and MR experience
• Cisco ISE, 802.1X, MAB and RADIUS
• Strong enterprise Layer 2 switching knowledge
• Git/GitHub-based NetDevOps workflows
• Working knowledge of Python, Terraform, YAML, JSON or Jinja2
• Nautobot or another IPAM/DCIM platform