Principal Network Engineer - Remote Automation Leader

Ocho People Ltd.; Belfast City District; Teletrabalho; GBP 104 000 - 127 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Fully remote

Up to £115k + bonus

Unlimited PTO

Pension, 5% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Resumo da oferta

Ocho People Ltd. in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Network Engineer to lead our global network strategy across data centres and cloud. You will automate infrastructure, codify network state, and enable self-service capabilities, reducing tickets.

This hands-on, remote role spans US and Europe, with PCI DSS and SOX considerations; you will mentor senior engineers and drive major design decisions, balancing reliability, security, and performance.

Qualificações

• Extensive experience as a principal or lead network engineer in production enterprise environments.
• Expert routing and switching: BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, plus networking in AWS, Azure, OCI or GCP.
• Firewall policy and segmentation in regulated environments, ideally PCI DSS and SOX.
• Proven network automation with Terraform, Ansible, vendor APIs and a network source of truth.
• Production-quality code in Python, Go or similar, using Git, pull requests and CI, not just procedural scripts.
• Daily use of agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, with a safety-first approach to reviewing agent output.
• Clear writing and the confidence to explain design trade-offs and make the case for new approaches.

Responsabilidades

• Keep the network's intended state in source control, managing switches, routers, firewalls and cloud networking through Terraform, Ansible and vendor APIs, with automated validation before any production change
• Build self-service capabilities with policy checks and guardrails for common requests such as network segments, VPCs, firewall rules and private connectivity
• Design Palo Alto segmentation and firewall policy as code, keeping PCI DSS cardholder data scope tight
• Design and evolve routing and switching (BGP, VXLAN/EVPN) across data centres and cloud interconnects
• Provide load balancing and traffic steering as code, integrated with service discovery
• Build PCI DSS and SOX controls into the network, with automated backups, drift detection and audit evidence
• Ship every capability with telemetry, flow data and alerting, and run what you build, including on-call and failover testing
• Mentor senior engineers and lead the most significant designs and build-versus-buy decisions

Conhecimentos

BGP

OSPF

VXLAN/EVPN

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Firewall policy

Networking automation

Ferramentas

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Ocho People Ltd. in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Network Engineer to lead our global network strategy across data centres and cloud. You will automate infrastructure, codify network state, and enable self-service capabilities, reducing tickets.

This hands-on, remote role spans US and Europe, with PCI DSS and SOX considerations; you will mentor senior engineers and drive major design decisions, balancing reliability, security, and performance.