Network Lead (DC) - Consultancy

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% company bonus

Hybrid working in London

Ownership of complex infrastructure

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a Senior Network Technical Lead to join a major financial services customer environment in London. The role focuses on high-availability data centre networking, EVPN/ VXLAN, and complex enterprise transformations, with hybrid working in London.

You will lead technical discussions, drive network design and implementation, and act as a senior escalation point in performance-sensitive financial services environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive networking experience within financial services.
• Hands-on VXLAN implementation experience.
• Strong multicast networking expertise.
• Senior-level routing and switching knowledge.
• Experience leading complex technical projects.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills.
• Acts as technical escalation point.
• Experience across network design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead across complex network projects.
• Lead technical discussions with customer stakeholders.
• Support network design, implementation, and migration activities.
• Work across VXLAN-based network environments.
• Support multicast infrastructure and traffic flows.
• Operate in performance-sensitive financial services environments.
• Provide technical direction throughout project delivery.
• Troubleshoot complex network and application flow challenges.
• Support infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams.

Skills

Networking in financial services

VXLAN experience

Multicast networking

Routing and switching

Technical leadership

Customer-facing communication

Network design and implementation

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join a specialist IT solutions provider delivering networking, security, and infrastructure services to organisations of all sizes. Working with leading technology partners, the organisation provides end-to-end solutions, from consultancy and design through to implementation and ongoing support.

The organisation is looking to hire a senior Network Technical Lead into a major financial services customer environment. This is a highly technical, project-focused position for someone with strong experience across modern data centre networking, financial services infrastructure and complex enterprise transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as the technical lead across complex network projects
• Leading technical discussions with customer stakeholders
• Supporting network design, implementation, and migration activities
• Working across VXLAN-based network environments
• Supporting multicast infrastructure and traffic flows
• Working within performance-sensitive financial services environments
• Providing technical direction throughout project delivery
• Troubleshooting complex network and application flow challenges
• Supporting infrastructure transformation initiatives
• Collaborating closely with engineering and architecture teams

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong networking experience within financial services
• Hands-on experience with VXLAN
• Strong multicast networking expertise
• Senior-level routing and switching knowledge
• Experience leading complex technical projects
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Ability to operate as a technical escalation point
• Experience across network design and implementation

Highly Advantageous:

• Corvil
• Arista networking
• Palo Alto firewalls
• OpenShift
• EVPN
• Low-latency networking
• Market data environments
• Trading infrastructure
• Data centre networking

Benefits:

• 10% company bonus
• Hybrid working in London
• Senior technical leadership position
• Opportunity to work within a major financial services environment
• Exposure to complex project delivery and enterprise transformation initiatives
• Opportunity to take ownership across technically demanding infrastructure initiatives
• No BAU support responsibilities

Salary:

• Up to £90,000 basic salary