Senior Lead Networks Engineer – Secure, Resilient & Scalable

UK Health Security Agency; Andover; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Civil Service pension

Funding for professional development

Job summary

UK Health Security Agency is seeking a Lead Specialist Engineer - Networks to maintain and enhance critical network infrastructure. You will ensure availability, performance, security and resilience across services, acting as a technical expert within ICT.

You’ll support incidents, drive best practices and deliver robust networking solutions. As a senior specialist, you’ll work with ICT teams, mentor engineers, respond to incidents and help shape future network services and standards.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and supporting complex network environments.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues and communicate clearly.
• Experience with secure network design and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Managing, maintaining and optimising network infrastructure for high availability.
• Configuring, monitoring and supporting network hardware, software and technologies.
• Troubleshooting incidents and outages to minimise disruption.
• Maintaining security, backups and disaster recovery measures.
• Applying patches and upgrades in a controlled manner.
• Producing technical documentation and standards.
• Providing guidance and support to engineers, including juniors.

Skills

Extreme Networks

Cisco equipment

IP routing

TCP/IP protocols

VPN deployment

Network security

Load balancing

NCSC standards

WAN/LAN/WLAN

CCNA

Education

CCNA or equivalent

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

Extreme Networks gear

Cisco equipment

Network monitoring tools

Job description

UK Health Security Agency is seeking a Lead Specialist Engineer - Networks to maintain and enhance critical network infrastructure. You will ensure availability, performance, security and resilience across services, acting as a technical expert within ICT.

You’ll support incidents, drive best practices and deliver robust networking solutions. As a senior specialist, you’ll work with ICT teams, mentor engineers, respond to incidents and help shape future network services and standards.