Network Engineering Manager

TechOhana Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

TechOhana Ltd. is assisting an established telco in Manchester to hire a Network Engineering Manager. You will lead a team shaping the design, build and run of the national network with a strong focus on automation and a source-of-truth driven approach.

You’ll own the architecture, roadmap, standards and day-to-day health, guiding two team leaders and collaborating with NOC, data centre, product and service teams. Hybrid in Manchester with significant leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience in service provider networks.
• Strong knowledge of routing protocols and IPv6 at scale.
• Experience leading an engineering team and shaping its structure.
• Experience with network automation in production (Python, Ansible, NetBox or CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Own network architecture, roadmap and standards.
• Lead two team leaders and shape team structure.
• Move to automated, source-of-truth driven network.
• Manage capacity planning, lifecycle, capex/opex and vendor & carrier relationships.

Skills

Service provider networks

Routing protocols

Team leadership

Network automation

Python

Ansible

NetBox

CI/CD for network changes

UK broadband market

Openreach environment

Juniper

Cisco

Nokia

Arista

Capacity planning

Budget management

Vendor and carrier relationships

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Nokia

Arista

Job description

Network Engineering Manager | Manchester (hybrid) | Up to £80,000 per year

An established telco business needs a Network Engineering Manager to lead the team that designs, builds and runs its national network, and TechOhana are helping them find the right person. Automation is the main focus for the next phase, and you’d be the one leading it.

You’ll own the network’s architecture, roadmap, standards and day to day health. You’ll lead the team through two team leaders and decide how it’s structured from here. A big part of the job is moving to an automated, source-of-truth-driven network. That means building out the source of truth, automating configuration and change, and growing the team’s skills to match. You’ll also own capacity planning, the hardware and software lifecycle, and the capex and opex behind them, and you’ll manage vendor and carrier relationships. You’ll sit on the wider infrastructure leadership team and work with the NOC, systems, data centre, product and service teams. When a major incident hits, you’re the senior escalation point.

• Significant engineering experience in service provider networks
• Strong knowledge of BGP, IS-IS or OSPF, MPLS or segment routing, and IPv6 at scale
• A track record of leading an engineering team, including shaping its structure and handling underperformance
• Network automation delivered in production, such as Python, Ansible, NetBox or CI/CD for network change
• Knowledge of the UK broadband market and the Openreach exchange environment, including backhaul and interconnect
• Hands‑on experience with more than one of Juniper, Cisco, Nokia or Arista
• Owning a technical roadmap, capacity planning and budgets
• Managing vendor and carrier relationships
• Up to £80,000 per year
• Hybrid in Manchester
• A senior seat on the network and infrastructure leadership team