Senior Network Engineer (DV Cleared)

Talent Locker; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and support secure LAN and WAN environments for national security and defense. Candidates must have proven WAN architecture experience, strong network security knowledge, and be DV Cleared. The role offers a salary of circa £95k, along with the opportunity to work with the latest technologies in a rapidly growing environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in WAN architecture.
• Strong network security knowledge.
• Confidence working hands-on from CLI to production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support secure LAN and WAN environments.
• Work across routing (OSPF, BGP) and VPNs.
• Implement firewalls and embed secure-by-design principles.

Skills

WAN architecture

Network security knowledge

CLI proficiency

Data centre fabrics

Automation (Ansible, Terraform)

CCNP-level capability

Job description

Senior Network Engineer (95k, Farnborough)

DV Cleared required.

Are you DV Cleared and a network guru?

Do you want to work for a growing consultancy (extensive Year on Year growth secured for 3+ years), providing senior networking engineering on defence infrastructure? Want to work on the latest technologies and delivering solutions in an innovative way? Want to learn Secure by design?

Key Responsibilities

• You will need to design, build and support secure LAN and WAN environments within National Security & Defence.
• You’ll work across routing (OSPF, BGP), VPNs (IKEv2, NGFW), and firewall implementation, creating and applying HLDs/LLDs while embedding secure-by-design principles into every stage of delivery.

Qualifications

• You’ll need proven experience in WAN architecture, strong network security knowledge, and confidence working hands‑on from CLI to production.
• Experience with data centre fabrics (Spine/Leaf, EVPN, BGP, Geneve), automation (Ansible, Terraform), NSX, or whitebox networking (Mellanox, Cumulus, Nvidia) is a bonus, along with CCNP-level capability.

This is based in Farnborough, paying circa 95k and you will need to be DV (Developed Vetting) Cleared already.

Unfortunately, if you are not currently DV cleared, you will not be eligible for the role.

Want to continue your career with a consultancy making an impact, creating opportunities for your future growth?