IP Network Engineer

Hamilton Barnes ?; Greater London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Electric car scheme

Pension (alignment)

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is recruiting an IP Network Engineer for a live broadcast and events environment in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. This role requires hands-on design, deployment, and leadership to deliver high‑pressure network solutions for live TV transmission.

You will work across Cisco Nexus 9K, multicast routing, and security with WatchGuard firewalls, contributing to a critical 18‑month project pipeline. 5 days onsite weekly in London.

Qualifications

• Strong Layer 3 networking and multicast experience.
• Design and deployment background—builds, not just maintains.
• Confident with leadership and teaching; upskilling colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and deploy network infrastructure for live broadcast events.
• Own Layer 3 network architecture and multicast routing.
• Upskill and develop the wider team; act as technical lead.
• Engage in wider infrastructure beyond networking as needed.
• Provide on-call support for live events.

Skills

Layer 3 networking

Design & deployment

Technical leadership

On-call live event support

Broadcast infrastructure knowledge

Tools

Cisco Nexus 9K

WatchGuard Firewalls

SMPTE ST 2110

Job description

IP Network Engineer — live broadcast & events, up to £70,000, Shepherd’s Bush

Up to £70,000 | Shepherd’s Bush, West London | 5 days onsite

Our client is a fast-moving broadcast technology business that puts live television on screen for some of the biggest events in sport and beyond. A small, highly capable team of five built the network at pace — and now there’s 18 months of exciting projects lined up. They need a Network Engineer to join them, lead on design and deployment, and upskill the team around them.

This is not a support role. If your background is predominantly reactive and ticket-driven, this isn’t the right fit. They want someone who plans, designs, deploys, and then teaches — a confident engineer who can muck in across wider infrastructure and thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes live environment.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Plan, design, and deploy network infrastructure across a live broadcast and events environment
• Take ownership of Layer 3 network architecture and multicast routing
• Upskill and develop the wider team — you’re a technical leader, not just a contributor
• Get involved in wider infrastructure beyond pure networking — this team needs people who’ll pitch in
• Support live events on an on-call basis — the network underpins live TV transmission
• Contribute to a packed project pipeline across the next 18 months
• Work with Cisco Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9K switching platforms, WatchGuard firewalls, and Netgear

TECH STACK

• Cisco Nexus 9K (9508 chassis — ST 2110 fabric)
• Layer 3 networking & multicast (core requirement)
• WatchGuard Firewalls
• SMPTE ST 2110 (training provided — strong IP engineers welcomed)

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong Layer 3 networking and multicast experience — this is the technical core of the role
• Design and deployment background — you build things, you don’t just maintain them
• Confident with the presence to lead and teach — you’ll be upskilling colleagues, not just delivering yourself
• Comfortable across wider infrastructure, not just routing and switching
• ST 2110 experience is a bonus not a requirement — a brilliant IP engineer will be trained on broadcast specifics
• Able to work at pace in a live, high-pressure environment — broadcast waits for no one
• Happy to be onsite 5 days a week — the environment demands it and the team is all in together
• Available for on-call during live events

THE PACKAGE

• Up to £70,000 base salary — for someone genuinely brilliant
• 25 days annual leave
• Ad hoc overtime
• Electric car scheme
• Rewards platform and Employee Assistance Programme
• Family-friendly benefits
• Pension (currently being aligned)
• 5 days per week onsite — Shepherd’s Bush, West London

WHY THIS ROLE STANDS OUT

• Every day is a school day — constant exposure to new technology, new challenges, and new problems to solve
• Live TV at massive scale — sport, entertainment, major national events — you’ll feel the pride when it goes out
• A small, tight-knit team where your contribution is genuinely visible and valued
• Huge project pipeline — 18 months of interesting, varied work already lined up
• Broadcast networking is a rare and marketable speciality — ST 2110 on your CV opens doors
• Cisco Nexus 9K in a broadcast fabric is genuinely unusual — technically fascinating work

Strong Layer 3 and multicast engineer ready to lead, build, and teach in a live broadcast environment? Let’s talk.