Network Engineer

DWP Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital in Manchester is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join the Network Services team. You will be a role model for infrastructure excellence and help maintain the reliability and resilience of the department's networks.

You will lead design and delivery of complex networking solutions, acting across architecture, engineering and external partners to ensure alignment with IT strategy, standards and service goals. Occasional out-of-hours work may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Infrastructure engineers and delivering network services aligned to IT strategy.
• Ability to communicate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex technical solutions with risk and dependency management.
• Experience designing and managing VXLAN overlays for data centre networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Infrastructure team to design and deliver aligned infrastructure services.
• Communicate effectively across support, engineering, business users, architecture and suppliers.
• Manage the implementation of complex technical solutions, identifying risks and dependencies.
• Design and manage VXLAN overlays for scalable data centre networking.

Skills

Networking

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Infrastructure design

Tools

Python

Ansible

VXLAN

Arista

Palo Alto

Aruba

AWS

Azure

Job description

This Senior Network Engineer role is suited to an experienced practitioner who acts as a role model for Infrastructure excellence. The position sits at the heart of Network Services, promoting best practice across the department and supporting teams to deliver high-quality, reliable Infrastructure products. The role contributes to the design and evolution of Infrastructure and Network services, working collaboratively with Architecture and Engineering colleagues to ensure alignment with agreed principles, standards and long-term strategy. Accountability spans the full range of Network Services, with close collaboration across internal teams, external partners, stakeholders and customers. A strong focus is placed on maintaining operational stability, resilience, availability and service quality across DWP networks. The role also encompasses active backlog management, driving reliability and resilience improvements and leading the automation of low-value tasks, balancing continuous improvement with wider delivery commitments. As a Senior Network Engineer, you will:

• Lead and develop the team of Infrastructure engineers inputting into the selection, design and delivery of infrastructure services/solutions ensuring they are aligned to and help achieve IT and Departmental strategy.
• Effectively communicate at different levels, across support and engineering, business users, architecture and 3rd party suppliers.
• Manage the implementation of complex technical solutions, recognising and managing dependencies and risks, driving through to successful implementation.
• Design and manage VXLAN Overlays for scalable Datacentre networking.

It would be beneficial to have experience in the following areas when starting the role, although this is not essential: Arista, Palo Alto, Aruba, AWS and Azure. Familiarity with network automation coding and techniques (Python and Ansible) is a plus. This role includes participation in an on-call rota and may require occasional out-of-hours working to support critical service delivery and operational requirements.