Network Engineer

SF Partners; Rubery; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced network engineer to design, implement and support complex enterprise networks across secure environments. You will attend customer sites, deliver installations and upgrades, and perform network audits and health checks to ensure high availability.

The role requires strong routing and switching skills, BGP/OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN experience, and a willingness to travel to client sites.

Qualifications

• Strong enterprise networking experience across routing and switching.
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRRP/HSRP and Spanning Tree.
• Strong understanding of QoS, Multicast, IPv4/IPv6 and high availability networking.
• Experience with switching platforms.
• Modern data centre networking exposure including EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG and leaf-spine architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across routing, switching, firewalls and connectivity.
• Experience working within secure or air-gapped environments.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to take ownership of technical projects.
• Eligibility for MOD DV/STRAP clearance.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the design, implementation, configuration and support of complex enterprise network infrastructure.
• Attend customer sites to deliver installations, upgrades, network audits and technical health checks.
• Deliver secure, high-performance networking solutions across business-critical and highly secure environments.
• Work within national infrastructure as part of a close-knit technical team.
• Combine hands‑on engineering with customer engagement.
• Solve complex technical problems and support technical projects end to end.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Routing & switching

BGP/OSPF

QoS/IPv6

Troubleshooting

Security/air-gapped env

Client-facing

MOD DV/STRAP clearance

Driving licence

Travel readiness

Tools

Ansible

Cisco

Linux

VMware

Job description

Salary: £60,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong enterprise networking experience across routing and switching
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRRP/HSRP and Spanning Tree
• Strong understanding of QoS, Multicast, IPv4/IPv6 and high availability networking
• Experience with switching platforms
• Modern data centre networking exposure including EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG and leaf-spine architectures
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across routing, switching, firewalls and connectivity
• Experience working within secure or air-gapped environments
• Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to take ownership of technical projects
• Eligibility for MOD DV/STRAP clearance
• Full UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel to customer sites

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the design, implementation, configuration and support of complex enterprise network infrastructure
• Attend customer sites to deliver installations, upgrades, network audits and technical health checks
• Deliver secure, high-performance networking solutions across business-critical and highly secure environments
• Work within national infrastructure as part of a close-knit technical team
• Combine hands‑on engineering with customer engagement
• Solve complex technical problems and support technical projects end to end

Technologies

• Support
• Network
• Ansible
• Cisco
• Linux
• VMware

More

We are a high‑growth technology organisation based in South Birmingham, working within national infrastructure to deliver secure, high‑performance networking solutions. You will join a close‑knit technical team in a hands‑on, technically challenging environment with excellent progression opportunities, autonomy, and exposure to modern data centre technologies. We also offer a generous starting salary, mileage allowance for customer site travel, a private pension scheme, bonus scheme, private healthcare, training budget and time allocation, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

last updated 33 week of 2026