Senior Network Architect: Secure, Hybrid & Cloud Lead

Leonardo; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge: up to 12 flexi-days

Pension: up to 15% employer contrib.

Mental health support

Bonus scheme for management level and

Free access to Coursera/LinkedIn Learn

Referral programme

Flexible benefits up to £500/year

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead design, implementation and delivery of secure networks across on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments. You will act as the technical authority across multiple domains and guide junior engineers within a collaborative, agile team.

The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, including security-by-design, planning, estimation, and stakeholder engagement. A strong CCNP or equivalent background is expected.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience across multiple networking domains with proven delivery.
• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and solution ownership.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to innovate for complex challenges.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority across networking domains (LAN/WAN, cloud, security, SDN).
• Lead the design and implementation of secure networks across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Capture and analyse complex requirements, shaping high- and low-level network designs.
• Ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded across all network solutions.
• Own technical delivery within work packages, including planning, estimation, and reporting.
• Provide guidance, mentoring, and technical leadership to junior and senior network engineers.
• Support technology assessments, innovation projects, and roadmap development.
• Engage with customers, stakeholders, and vendors to define and defend technical solutions.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VPNs

QoS

IPsec

MCLAG

CCNP

Cloud networking

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Tools

Cisco

Dell

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead design, implementation and delivery of secure networks across on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments. You will act as the technical authority across multiple domains and guide junior engineers within a collaborative, agile team.

The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, including security-by-design, planning, estimation, and stakeholder engagement. A strong CCNP or equivalent background is expected.