Network Engineer — Data Centre & Automation Specialist

Leidos; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave (including public

Access to Flexible benefits

Flexible Working Scheme

Job summary

Leidos UK & EUROPE is seeking experienced Network Engineers to support UK programmes through 2026, with opportunities in Farnborough, Bristol or Whiteley. You will contribute to design, documentation and ongoing maintenance of network architectures and support change projects as needed.

Join a senior delivery team responsible for scalable, secure data centre and campus networks, including automation, with a focus on delivering high availability and service quality for multiple lines of business.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of data centre and campus networking technologies: Cisco (routing, switching, firewalls), Palo Alto (Next Gen firewalls), F5 (global and local load balancing), encryption;
• Strong understanding of routing protocols (static and dynamic) in data centre, campus and wide area networks;
• Experience and knowledge of networking – L2/3 networking and routing
• Strong experience of operating high availability data centre networks supporting critical workloads on Windows, Linux and SAN including technical refresh of large numbers of devices;
• Strong experience of monitoring and management tooling including Solarwinds, FMC, Panorama;
• Have good general knowledge of Windows Server Environments, (including OS build, AD, DNS, DHCP and GPO) and Linux (RHEL) data centre server infrastructures;
• Have excellent analysis and problem solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents ensuring these are resolved to the satisfaction of the customer;
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide Network Engineering skills and produce solution designs as part of the senior delivery team
• Work with partner delivery teams to design and implement modern, scalable Network using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation
• Lead on all Network management and acceptance aspects including setting standards and providing your deep technical expertise to Leidos programme teams
• Utilise the concepts and principles of verification and validation to produce relevant Network Designs across multiple subject areas
• Collaborate with customers on all aspects of Network management including the assurance and integration of Network services to meet the needs of multiple lines of business
• Recognise and exploit business opportunity by leveraging engineering and design best practice
• Communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context

Skills

Network engineering

Data centre networking

Campus networking

Routing protocols

L2/L3 networking

Windows Server environments

Linux (RHEL) data centre

Problem solving

Communication skills

Automation awareness

Tools

Cisco routing & switching

Palo Alto firewalls

F5 load balancing

Encryption technologies

SolarWinds

FMC

Panorama

Job description

Leidos UK & EUROPE is seeking experienced Network Engineers to support UK programmes through 2026, with opportunities in Farnborough, Bristol or Whiteley. You will contribute to design, documentation and ongoing maintenance of network architectures and support change projects as needed.

Join a senior delivery team responsible for scalable, secure data centre and campus networks, including automation, with a focus on delivering high availability and service quality for multiple lines of business.