Hybrid Lead Network Connectivity Engineer (WAN, SD-WAN, Cloud)

Bupa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension and life insurance

Onsite gyms or discounts

Other benefits and online discounts

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Lead Engineer to own and evolve its enterprise network connectivity platforms across WAN, LAN, Wi‑Fi and cloud connectivity. You will provide strategic engineering, platform ownership and lifecycle management for a large multi-site environment, guiding standards and governance.

The role demands strong leadership, deep network expertise and experience with NetDevOps and IaC. It offers hybrid working from London and a competitive package including a 10% bonus.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering or related discipline.
• Relevant industry certifications desirable (Palo Alto, Cisco, cloud networking, automation or security).
• Experience with enterprise WAN, LAN and Wi‑Fi in large-scale multi-site environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and lifecycle management of enterprise network connectivity services.
• Provide technical leadership across WAN, LAN, Wi‑Fi, SD‑WAN, SASE, cloud connectivity and security.
• Define engineering standards, deployment patterns and operational procedures.
• Drive NetDevOps, IaC and network automation adoption.
• Ensure secure, scalable and resilient network services aligned to architecture.

Skills

WAN/LAN/Wi-Fi engineering

SD-WAN/SASE

Network security design

NetDevOps/ IaC

APIs & automation

Cloud networking (Azure/GCP)

Observability & telemetry

Engineering governance

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Education

Degree in CS/Networking/Engineering

Industry certifications (Palo Alto, Cisco, cloud networking)

Tools

Palo Alto Networks firewalls

Cisco Meraki

Cisco ISE

DDI platforms

Network automation tools

Job description

Bupa is seeking a Lead Engineer to own and evolve its enterprise network connectivity platforms across WAN, LAN, Wi‑Fi and cloud connectivity. You will provide strategic engineering, platform ownership and lifecycle management for a large multi-site environment, guiding standards and governance.

The role demands strong leadership, deep network expertise and experience with NetDevOps and IaC. It offers hybrid working from London and a competitive package including a 10% bonus.