Global Network Engineer

Jobtailor; Dudley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Network Operations/NetOps Engineer to act as the primary escalation point for the Level 1 NOC, diagnosing complex performance bottlenecks and outages while leading remote staging of branch networking hardware.

The role involves implementing SD-WAN and SASE designs, patching firmware, conducting audits, and monitoring telemetry to prevent degradation, with collaboration across multi-regional teams and IT governance alignment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated professional experience in a regional NetOps or Network Engineering role.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise IT governance, compliance, and ITIL frameworks.
• Ability to drive complex technical project milestones independently.
• Capability to align network specialisation with broader enterprise IT and business objectives.
• Demonstrated success working across multi-regional, cross-functional teams in different time zones.
• Skill in decomposing enterprise cloud migrations into actionable, resource-allocated project steps.
• Preferred: CCNA, CompTIA Network+, or ASCA certifications.
• Preferred: ITIL Foundation Certification in IT Service Management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for the Level 1 NOC.
• Diagnose complex network performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and outages.
• Lead remote staging, configuration, and provisioning of branch networking hardware.
• Provide remote technical leadership to field engineers during rack-and-stack, cabling, and patching.
• Implement network designs provided by Global Network Architecture teams.
• Execute SD-WAN and SASE architecture rollouts across the enterprise.
• Execute lifecycle patching, firmware updates, and vulnerability remediation.
• Conduct automated and manual configuration audits to ensure 100% compliance with security baselines.
• Monitor network telemetry and system health to identify and resolve performance degradation.

Tools

CCNA

ASCA

Aruba

Job description

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for the Level 1 Network Operations Center (NOC)
• Diagnose complex network performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and outages to maintain high availability
• Lead remote staging, configuration, and provisioning of branch networking hardware
• Provide remote technical leadership to field engineers during physical rack-and-stack, cabling, and patching phases
• Implement network designs provided by Global Network Architecture teams
• Execute enterprise rollouts for Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture
• Execute lifecycle patching, firmware updates, and vulnerability remediation across all network hardware
• Conduct automated and manual configuration audits to ensure 100% compliance with enterprise security baselines
• Monitor network telemetry and system health to identify and resolve performance degradation before impact

Requirements

• Demonstrated professional experience in a regional Network Operations (NetOps) or Network Engineering role
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise IT governance, compliance, and ITIL frameworks
• Ability to drive complex technical project milestones independently
• Capability to align network specialisation with broader enterprise IT and business objectives
• Demonstrated success working across multi-regional, cross-functional teams in different time zones
• Skill in decomposing enterprise cloud migrations into actionable, resource-allocated project steps
• Preferred: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), CompTIA Network+, or Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ASCA)
• Preferred: ITIL® Foundation Certification in IT Service Management

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in diagnosing network performance issues and implementing network designs, with a strong focus on compliance and governance frameworks. Proven ability to lead technical projects and collaborate across multi-regional teams to achieve enterprise IT objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Network Performance Diagnosis
• Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
• Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• ITIL® Foundation Certification

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Network Operations
• Network Engineering
• Configuration Audits
• Firmware Updates
• Vulnerability Remediation
• Network Telemetry Monitoring
• Technical Leadership
• Project Milestone Management
• Cloud Migration Decomposition
• Enterprise IT Governance

Soft Skills

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Independent Project Management

Certifications & Qualifications

• CompTIA Network+
• Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ASCA)

Industry Keywords

• ITIL Framework
• Enterprise Security Baselines
• Network Hardware Provisioning
• Remote Staging
• Cabling and Patching