Lead Network Engineer & SRE Automation Architect

Arcus Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus Search is recruiting a Network Team Lead for London to steer a global, high‑performance network. The role blends hands‑on networking with SRE, automation and observability to support large‑scale research and compute environments.

You will lead a highly technical network function, partner with engineering, and own infrastructure evolution through IaC and tooling, rather than pursuing a pure managerial path.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across a highly sophisticated global network environment.
• Lead a highly technical network function while staying close to engineering.
• Evolve infrastructure, automation and observability for large-scale research and compute environments.
• Hands‑on role with genuine technical ownership rather than pure management.

Skills

Python

Ansible

Infrastructure as Code

SRE

Observability

Automation

Job description

Arcus Search is recruiting a Network Team Lead for London to steer a global, high‑performance network. The role blends hands‑on networking with SRE, automation and observability to support large‑scale research and compute environments.

You will lead a highly technical network function, partner with engineering, and own infrastructure evolution through IaC and tooling, rather than pursuing a pure managerial path.