Senior Network Engineer – Enterprise, Automation & Cloud

Summer Browning; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Summer Browning is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a skilled team supporting complex enterprise network environments. You will provide 3rd-line support across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, wireless and remote-access technologies.

Design, implement and support secure, resilient networks across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, driving Network Automation, IaC and CI/CD practices. Strong Ansible and scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Senior Network Engineer with experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, QoS and VLSM.
• Experience with LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPNs, OSPF and BGP.
• Hands-on routing, switching, firewalls, wireless and load balancing.
• Strong Ansible experience with playbooks, roles, inventories and automation workflows.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Experience with Git, REST APIs, JSON/YAML, IaC and CI/CD.
• Experience supporting on-premises and cloud networking, high availability and disaster recovery.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Experience in ITSM/change-controlled environments.

Responsibilities

• Join a highly skilled engineering team supporting complex, business-critical enterprise network environments.
• Provide 3rd-line support across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, wireless and remote-access technologies.
• Design, implement and support secure, resilient networks across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Drive Network Automation, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Develop automated network deployment and configuration solutions using Ansible, Python/PowerShell, Git and REST APIs.
• Integrate network provisioning and configuration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support monitoring, observability, capacity planning, performance optimisation and continuous service improvement.

Skills

Senior Network Engineer

TCP/IP-DNS-DHCP

LAN-WAN-SD-WAN

Routing-Switching

Ansible automation

Python/PowerShell/Bash

Git-REST-JSON/YAML

CI/CD-IaC

On-premises & Cloud networking

ITSM/change control

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Git

REST APIs

Job description

Summer Browning is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a skilled team supporting complex enterprise network environments. You will provide 3rd-line support across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, wireless and remote-access technologies.

Design, implement and support secure, resilient networks across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, driving Network Automation, IaC and CI/CD practices. Strong Ansible and scripting skills are essential.