Senior Network Engineer: Robotics Lab & Zero-Trust Infra

HCL Technologies Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in London is seeking a highly autonomous Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and support isolated, high-security robotics lab environments. You will bridge traditional enterprise networking with zero-trust lab architecture, owning routing boundaries, firewall policies, and hardware migrations.

Expect to lead out-of-hours network cutovers, resolve complex host routing issues, and develop automation using Python, Ansible, and Terraform for provisioning and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise/large-scale network engineering experience.
• Expert knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VRFs, NAT, and host routing.
• Hands-on with Cisco IOS XE and Palo Alto PAN-OS/Panorama; security-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support high-security robotics lab networks.
• Manage Palo Alto firewalls and firewall policies in Zero-Trust architecture.
• Develop network automation tools with Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Lead out-of-hours migrations cell-by-cell with research teams.

Skills

TCP/IP mastery

BGP & OSPF

L2 technologies (STP/MSTP)

Cisco IOS XE

Palo Alto PAN-OS

Python automation

Ansible & Terraform

Zero-Trust security

Out-of-hours migrations

Network performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE

Tools

Panorama

Cisco IOS XE

Terraform

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited in London is seeking a highly autonomous Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and support isolated, high-security robotics lab environments. You will bridge traditional enterprise networking with zero-trust lab architecture, owning routing boundaries, firewall policies, and hardware migrations.

Expect to lead out-of-hours network cutovers, resolve complex host routing issues, and develop automation using Python, Ansible, and Terraform for provisioning and