Network Support Engineer

Babcock International; Swindon; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees

Reservists leave

Be Kind Day

Flexible working

Dynamic working

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Network Support Engineer in the Corsham area to support secure MILSATCOM networks and critical defence communications. You’ll provide advanced technical support for IP networks, oversee installation and configuration of new elements, and ensure compliance with security requirements.

A degree in Engineering and Cisco CCNA or equivalent are preferred, with SC clearance being a prerequisite.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering discipline.
• CCNA certification ideal or in progress.
• Experience designing and delivering IP networks.
• Knowledge of secure communications and MILSATCOM is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Respond to faults, network incidents and performance issues.
• Manage installation and configuration of new system elements.
• Test and commission new equipment and services.
• Ensure new services meet UK security requirements.
• Manage obsolescence to keep systems secure and supportable.
• Provide 3rd/4th line technical support to customer and MILSATCOM teams.
• Be part of on-call rota for fault diagnosis outside normal hours.

Skills

IP networking

Cisco accreditation

Network troubleshooting

Security awareness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

CCNA certification (ideal)

Tools

Cisco IOS

Job description

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Location: Swindon, GB, SN13 9NR

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Job Title: Network Support Engineer

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70725

Help Keep Critical Defence Communications Connected

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Network Support Engineer at Corsham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Join our Mission Technologies team and help support the complex communications networks that underpin critical defence capabilities. Working within our Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) programme, you'll play a key role in maintaining and enhancing secure network services that make a real difference to national security. This is an exciting opportunity to work with advanced technologies, develop highly sought-after skills, and collaborate with talented engineers on projects of strategic importance.

The role

As a Network Support Engineer, you'll provide advanced technical support across secure communications and network infrastructure, helping to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of critical systems. You'll work on fault investigation, system upgrades, network enhancements, and the introduction of new technologies, while contributing to the continuous evolution of military communications capabilities. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your expertise in IP networking, telecommunications, satellite communications, and secure systems engineering.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Respond to customer faults, network incidents and performance issues.
• Manage the installation and configuration of new system elements.
• Test and commissioning of new equipment and services.
• Ensure new services and systems meet UK security requirements.
• Manage obsolescence within the existing system to ensure the system remains supportable and compliant to security requirements.
• Provide 3rd/4th line technical support to the customer, 3rd parties and wider MILSATCOM teams.
• Part of an on-call rota to support fault diagnosis and rectification out of normal working hours.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based atCorsham.

Essential experience of the Network Support Engineer:

• Experience in the design and delivery of IP communication networks, ideally with Cisco accreditation.
• Knowledge of IP network architectures
• Knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) Satellite communications technology would be an advantage.
• Experience working in a telecommunication or satellite communication company.

Qualifications for the Network Support Engineer

• Degree or a qualification with equivalent demonstratable experience in a relevant Engineering Discipline.
• Hold or working towards Cisco Associate (CCNA) certification is ideal as a minimum

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be sole UK national.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident, committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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