Senior Lead Network Engineer – Broadcast & IT

ITN; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

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Job summary

ITN is seeking an experienced Lead Network Engineer to own corporate and broadcast network environments. You will lead a small team and bridge IT and broadcast domains to ensure high availability and low latency for live production and content delivery.

This senior role requires hands-on technical leadership across BGP, multicast, VXLAN/EVPN, and real‑time media workflows, with experience in large‑scale events and working with multi-vendor networks.

Qualifications

• Significant industry experience across a wide range of network technologies and architectures.
• Strong hands-on expertise in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), switching, VLANs, and WAN connectivity.
• Deep knowledge of multicast networking: PIM, SSM, IGMPv2/v3, Rendezvous Points, and troubleshooting at scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for corporate and broadcast network infrastructure across all ITN sites.
• Design, implement, and operate mission-critical IP networks supporting live broadcast, streaming, and corporate services.
• Own network performance, capacity planning, and resilience for both broadcast and corporate systems.
• Define and maintain network standards, architectures, configuration baselines, and operational best practices.
• Ensure networks are secure, scalable, well-documented, and operationally robust.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and carriers on circuit provision, SLA management, and connectivity projects.
• Take a lead role in planning and delivering network services for large-scale live events.
• Line manage network engineers, responsible for day-to-day management, development, mentoring and performance.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

VXLAN/EVPN

multicast

VPN technologies

team leadership

communication

Tools

Arista

Cisco

Palo Alto

IP multicast

Job description

ITN is seeking an experienced Lead Network Engineer to own corporate and broadcast network environments. You will lead a small team and bridge IT and broadcast domains to ensure high availability and low latency for live production and content delivery.

This senior role requires hands-on technical leadership across BGP, multicast, VXLAN/EVPN, and real‑time media workflows, with experience in large‑scale events and working with multi-vendor networks.