Network Engineer

HCLTech; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation allowance

Term life insurance

Business travel insurance

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking an experienced Network Engineer in London to drive Zero Trust security engineering and enterprise networking initiatives. The role covers designing scalable, secure network architectures and leading security transformation projects across multiple teams.

You will collaborate with Network Engineering, Security Engineering, IAM, and Cloud teams, delivering migrations, PoCs, and architecture reviews in a high-visibility environment. Hybrid work mix applies in London.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering and Enterprise Networking.
• Design and implement SASE/SSE, ZTNA, Identity-Based Access Controls and Enterprise Firewall architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis abilities and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal stakeholders and vendors to evaluate, select, and implement Zero Trust security solutions.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise network and security architectures.
• Collaborate across Network Engineering, Security Engineering, IAM, Cloud, EUC, and Operations teams to deliver security transformation initiatives.
• Lead architecture reviews, PoCs, migration strategies, and engineering recommendations.

Skills

Zero Trust

Network Security

Enterprise Networking

BGP

OSPF

EVPN

VXLAN

MPLS

VRF-based segmentation

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

Fortinet Firewalls

Cisco NGFW

Strata Cloud

FortiManager

Cisco Security Cloud

Tufin

Algosec

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Nexus

Arista

Job description

We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark.

It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled.

To learn more about how we can supercharge progress for you, visit www.hcltech.com

Job Title: Network Engineer

Location: London, Uk (Hybrid- 3 days' work from office)

Requirements / Qualifications / Tasks

Zero Trust & Network Security Engineering

• Partner with internal stakeholders and technology vendors to evaluate, select, and implement Zero Trust security solutions.
• Design and engineer scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise network and security
• Collaborate across Network Engineering, Security Engineering, IAM, Cloud, EUC, and Operations teams to deliver security transformation initiatives.
• Contribute to technical strategy, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
• Deliver solutions tailored to internal business requirements. Articulate design rationale, flexibly adapt solutions, and iterate designs when required. procedures, and architecture documentation.
• Support vendor evaluations, Proof of Concepts (PoCs), pilot deployments, and production
• Lead technical assessments, architecture reviews, root cause analysis, and engineering recommendations.
• Design, deploy, and operate Palo Alto, Fortinet or Cisco NGFW platforms and their respective (Cloud) Manager, (Strata Cloud, FortiManager, Cisco Security Cloud)
• Design and implement SASE/SSE solutions for enterprise-scale deployments.
• Implement centralized security management, policy governance, logging, monitoring, and reporting using the Vendors ecosystem or solutions like Tufin or Algosec
• Hands-on experience with:
• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus platforms
• Arista switching platforms
• Strong experience with:
• BGP
• OSPF
• EVPN
• VXLAN
• MPLS
• VRF-based segmentation

Network Security & Segmentation

• Design and implement on-premises Zero Trust Enforcement Points (NGFW)
• Develop segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies across data centres, campuses, cloud, and branch environments.
• Define secure traffic flows and trust boundaries.
• Support migration from traditional network-centric security models to Zero Trust architectures.
• Routers, switches, LAN/WAN design and engineering.
• VPN technologies, IPSec, TLS encryption, and NAC integration.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus platforms
• Arista switching platforms
• Strong experience with:
• BGP
• OSPF
• EVPN
• VXLAN
• MPLS
• VRF-based segmentation
• Deep understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network technologies.

Security & Integration

Experience integrating network security solutions with:

Qualifications Required

• 8+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering and Enterprise Networking.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing:
• SASE/SSE
• ZTNA
• Identity-Based Access Controls
• Enterprise Firewall architectures
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture principles.
• Ability to produce technical assessments, architecture reviews, PoCs, migration strategies, and
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience within large-scale financial services environments.
• Knowledge of NIST Zero Trust Architecture, DORA, NIS2, and modern cybersecurity frameworks.

• A supportive, diverse, and global team with a brilliant culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits that includes vacation per year, various insurances like Term life and Business Travel insurance. These are apart from the statutory benefits applicable in the country. Employee benefits are regulated by an internal policy that contains full details regarding the entitlement and conditions for the benefits as per the law of the land.
• Great opportunities to make the role your own, upskill yourself and get involved with exciting projects.
• Total Wellbeing is our focus. Alongside your professional excellence, you join the likeminded colleagues to create a larger impact within the company and society at large in your chosen area of passion - CSR Council, Diversity Council, Women Connect, Sparks – Engagement Champion to name a few.
• To know more about us visit – www.hcltech.com
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