Senior Network Engineer - Lead Automation & Reliability

DWP Digital; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to drive infrastructure excellence and shape network services strategy. You will lead a team, collaborate with Architecture and Engineering, and ensure reliable, scalable networking across the department.

The role emphasises operational stability, resilience and service quality, with involvement in on-call rosta and occasional out‑of‑hours work to support critical delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in design and delivery of infrastructure and network services.
• Ability to communicate with engineering, business users and suppliers.
• Understanding of network reliability and resilience practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team of Infrastructure engineers inputting into the selection, design and delivery of infrastructure services/solutions.
• Effectively communicate at different levels across support, engineering, architecture and 3rd party suppliers.
• Manage the implementation of complex technical solutions, identifying dependencies and risks.
• Design and manage VXLAN Overlays for scalable Datacentre networking.

Skills

Network design

VXLAN

Python/Ansible automation

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Arista

Palo Alto

Aruba

AWS

Azure

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to drive infrastructure excellence and shape network services strategy. You will lead a team, collaborate with Architecture and Engineering, and ensure reliable, scalable networking across the department.

The role emphasises operational stability, resilience and service quality, with involvement in on-call rosta and occasional out‑of‑hours work to support critical delivery.