Principal Network Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Oxford; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead technical operations for cloud and on-premise infrastructures. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience with Palo Alto, Next Gen Firewalls, and orchestrating projects involving modern system migrations. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary along with the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in managing hosting environments focused on security and availability.
• Familiarity with multiple cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience in mergers & acquisitions advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Establish a Technical Ops approach for cloud and on-premise setups.
• Create environments emphasizing observability, high availability, and security.
• Manage network infrastructure components (switches, routers, firewalls, etc.).

Skills

Palo Alto

BGP

Cloud Platforms

IPSEC

DHCP

DNS

Juniper Switches & Routers

VXLAN

EVPN

Load Balancing

Job description

Principal Network Engineer

£85,000 plus annual bonus

Location: Remote, UK

We are seeking a highly experienced Network Engineer with a diverse infrastructure background to establish a Technical Ops approach for cloud and on-premise setups.

The role involves managing hosting environments, ensuring observability, high availability, and info-sec with Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The ideal candidate will have experience working on multiple projects, including legacy infrastructure and migration to modern systems.

Expertise in Palo Alto, Next Gen Firewalls, and Prisma is required.

The main focus will be on creating environments emphasizing observability, high availability, and security, supporting network infrastructure components such as switches, routers, load balancers, firewalls, compute, storage, and virtualization. Experience in mergers & acquisitions is advantageous.

Technical Expertise – must haves

• Strong Palo Alto portfolio experience with Prisma
• Deep understanding of BGP with field experience in design, deployment, and troubleshooting
• Enterprise-level system and network design experience
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of IPSEC, DHCP, DNS
• Strong experience with Juniper switches & routers (Cisco considered)
• Experience with VXLAN and EVPN
• Load balancing experience (HAProxy preferred; F5, A10, Kemp acceptable)