Network Engineer

HM Land Registry; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A Government Agency in Plymouth is seeking a Network Engineer to support and maintain its network infrastructure. The ideal candidate has experience in network protocols and configurations, and a passion for improving technical services. This role offers a salary of £46,058 to £50,715, with excellent Civil Service benefits and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

28.5 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Qualification in Information Technology / Network certifications OR network focused industry experience.
• Experience of technical leadership within an IT organisation.
• Experience in delivery of significant network infrastructure change.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for the build and maintenance of IT Infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain IT Infrastructure for availability and integrity.
• Engage in technical liaison with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols

Firewall configuration

AWS or Microsoft Azure maintenance

Strong communication skills

Technical leadership

Education

Qualification in Information Technology / Network certifications

Tools

ITIL Foundation Certificate

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HM Land Registry (HMLR) bring an exciting opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer to join the team responsible for supporting and maintaining the core network infrastructure that powers all of HMLR’s services across 14 UK offices. Based within the IT Operations Practice, you’ll work across a diverse estate that includes new office topologies, firewall upgrades and routing designs. Salary of £46,058 to £50,715 (Rising up to £57,400 in 2 years) plus excellent Civil Service benefits inc. 29% pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from 14 UK offices (see list below)

The IT Operations Practice contains an established network function who are responsible for the design, delivery, and maintenance of HM Land Registry network infrastructure. This encompasses data centres, local offices across England and Wales in addition to cloud infrastructure hosted on AWS and Azure. These services underpin all of HMLRs IT services.

The team are actively engaged in a series of exciting network re-designs, consolidations and upgrades including new local office topology, new switching, firewalls and routing designs.

You will provide technical input for projects and larger pieces of work, aiming for greater operating efficiency and development of further cost-effective options for its use whilst ensuring the availability and reliability are kept at the highest possible levels.

If you would like to find out more about the role, the Network Engineering team and what it’s like to work at HMLR, we are hosting a Hiring Manager Q&A session for this role where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Thursday 7th of August at 12:30pm. Use link below to book on your spot:

Network Infrastructure Engineer / HMLR: Meet the Hiring Manager and Q&A Tickets, Thu 7 Aug 2025 at 12:30 | Eventbrite

Responsibilities include:

• Provide technical support for the build and maintenance of IT Infrastructure and platforms, as part of a wider infrastructure engineering community.
• In conjunction with subject matter experts from IT Operations and relevant practises, develop and maintain IT Infrastructure to ensure the availability, integrity and performance of services.
• Build and maintain technical standards and work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operational designs.
• Assist in the planning and management of technical changes related to your IT Operations specialism.
• Identify and scope opportunities to improve technical services.
• Make decisions to ensure that technical implementations are compatible with the aims of the HM Land Registry business strategy and be able to escalate where appropriate
• Build and maintain Infrastructure and platforms following industry best practice, aligned to HMLR standards and approved technologies.
• Engage in technical liaison with customers and suppliers in relation to infrastructure change or problem resolution.

Essential skills:

• Qualification in Information Technology / Network certifications OR network focused industry experience
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, STP
• Firewall configuration, including policy changes
• Experience of technical leadership within an IT organisation
• Experience in the delivery of significant network infrastructure change, from design to delivery
• Visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and make disciplined decisions based on available information.
• Strong communication skills, building good relationships, and explaining technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
• Maintenance and operation of AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud network solutions
• ITIL Foundation Certificate

Location

Expectation is to be working from one of HMLR's offices 60% of your time across the month (typically 3 days/week).

Available office locations: Plymouth (DDaT HQ), Croydon, Birkenhead, Hull, Leicester, Coventry, Weymouth, Telford, Gloucester, Swansea, Fylde, Durham, Nottingham, Peterborough

• Starting salary between £46,058 - £50,715 depending on skills assessed at interview and location then potential to rise up to £57,400 within 24 months.
• Annual leave of 28.5 days’ paid holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days public holidays
• Personalised training and development plans including expensed accreditations with training days set aside
• Flexi-time scheme (You decide what working hours work best for you)
• Social and sports club
• Access to our employee assistance programme for counselling and support on a wide range of issues
• Interest-free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme (salary sacrifice).
• HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development and flexible ways of working.

Further information

• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.
• HMLR does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
• This post may include participation in an on-call rota, subject to additional pay.

If you are a Network Engineer with experience of providing technical leadership to Network teams, keen to make significant impact to over 6000 users and work on Critical National Infrastructure then apply today or contact Zee at Inspire People in complete confidence for further information.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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