Senior Network Engineer

Haas F1 Team; Banbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus

Performance incentives

Inclusive culture

Job summary

TGR Haas F1 Team in Banbury, UK, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to own and evolve the global networking estate across on‑prem, cloud, and trackside. You’ll ensure secure, high‑performance services while driving design, automation, and secure‑by‑design practices.

You will act as design authority, provide 3rd line support, and mentor junior engineers, collaborating with Infrastructure, Cloud, Apps, and Security teams to deliver end‑to‑end network projects in a fast‑paced, race‑oriented

Qualifications

• Degree in IT or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years IT experience, including 3+ years in networking.
• Strong experience with enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless).
• Expertise in network security, firewalls, VPN, and zero-trust concepts.
• Solid knowledge of core protocols (BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, VLANs).
• Automation (Ansible, Terraform, Python).

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the global network estate across on-prem, cloud, and trackside.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and high-performance network services.
• Lead design, implementation, and lifecycle management of LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and connectivity solutions.
• Embed secure-by-design and zero-trust principles.
• Act as design authority and senior escalation point for networking.
• Provide 3rd line support, lead incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Define and maintain engineering standards, monitoring, and documentation.
• Drive adoption of automation and infrastructure-as-code.
• Deliver network projects end-to-end, managing scope, risks, and timelines.
• Identify opportunities for optimisation, innovation, and efficiency.
• Support continuous improvement across infrastructure services.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Apps, and Security teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert across the organisation.
• Mentor junior engineers and support team development.
• Manage vendors and partners for performance and support.

Skills

LAN/WAN

SD-WAN

Network security

Firewalls

VPN

Zero-trust

BGP

OSPF

DNS/DHCP

VLANs

Automation

Education

Degree in IT or equivalent experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Job description

As our Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for TGR Haas F1 Team's global networking estate, ensuring its availability, performance, security, and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the IT Infrastructure Operations Manager, you will act as the network design authority and senior escalation point for networking, supporting critical race operations and business systems while driving the modernisation of the network towards software-defined and automated networking. The role also requires flexibility to support wider infrastructure and platform technologies as needed.

What You’ll Be Doing

Network Ownership & Delivery

• Own and manage the global network estate across on-prem, cloud, and trackside
• Ensure secure, scalable, and high-performance network services
• Lead design, implementation, and lifecycle management of LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and connectivity solutions
• Embed secure-by-design and zero-trust principles

Technical Leadership & Support

• Act as design authority and senior escalation point for networking
• Provide 3rd line support, lead incident resolution and root cause analysis
• Define and maintain engineering standards, monitoring, and documentation
• Drive adoption of automation and infrastructure-as-code

Project Delivery & Improvement

• Deliver network projects end-to-end, managing scope, risks, and timelines
• Identify opportunities for optimisation, innovation, and efficiency
• Support continuous improvement across infrastructure services

• Work closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Apps, and Security teams
• Act as a subject matter expert across the organisation
• Mentor junior engineers and support team development
• Manage vendors and partners for performance and support

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in IT or equivalent experience
• 7+ years IT experience, including 3+ years in networking
• Strong experience with enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless)
• Expertise in network security, firewalls, VPN, and zero-trust concepts
• Solid knowledge of core protocols (BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, VLANs)
• Automation (Ansible, Terraform, Python)
• Experience in high-performance or mission-critical environments

Core Competencies

• Resilient and composed in fast-paced environments
• High integrity and discretion
• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset
• Adaptable to travel, irregular hours, and change

About Us

TGR Haas F1 Team has been a stalwart of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship for over a decade, with more than 200 Grand Prix starts. As the first American F1 team since 1986, we made an immediate impact with a points-scoring debut in 2016 – and we’re still building momentum today.

With operations across Kannapolis (USA), Banbury (UK), and Maranello (Italy), we are a performance-driven, hands-on racing team where every contribution matters.

Here, you’ll have visibility, responsibility, and the chance to make a real difference.

We’re not a corporate machine, we’re a team built on passion, speed, and innovation.

Why TGR Haas F1 Team?

Because here, you don’t just support performance, you drive it.

• Real impact – See your work come to life on a Formula 1 car
• Team culture – Passionate, loyal, and driven colleagues
• Innovation mindset – Your ideas are heard (and expected)
• High-performance environment – Where excellence is the baseline
• Competitive rewards – Salary, bonus & performance incentives
• Inclusive culture – Diversity & different perspectives power our success

Why This Role?

If you’re passionate about competition, technology, and teamwork, this role offers the opportunity to deliver critical infrastructure in a high-performance environment, supporting global users, business systems, and race operations.

Join our team and make your passion your profession.