Senior Network Operations Engineer — Flexible Work

Academic Key; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

On-site barista

Paid time off

Pension matching

Job summary

Graphcore in Bristol seeks a Senior Network Operations Engineer to maintain reliable, secure networks across cloud and on‑premises environments. You will own incidents end‑to‑end and drive reliability improvements, shaping operational requirements and documenting clear handovers.

The role covers AWS networking, SDA/SD-WAN, and firewall/NAT/VPN troubleshooting, with opportunities to automate using Ansible and Python. Occasional travel to data centres and offices is expected.

Qualifications

• Hands-on network engineering experience focused on production support.
• Certification in a major networking platform.
• Experience with large-scale L2/L3 networks (BGP, OSPF, switching, routing).
• Experience supporting centralized Wi‑Fi (Cisco Meraki or Aruba).
• Experience with centralised firewalls, NAT and VPNs.

Responsibilities

• Own the network lifecycle from requirements to incident resolution.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents using monitoring, packet captures and logs.
• Develop runbooks and recovery procedures for reliable operations.
• Assist with upgrades and deployments through testing and controlled changes.

Skills

AWS networking

Cisco SDA/SD-WAN

BGP

OSPF

Switching routing

Wi‑Fi management (Meraki/Aruba)

Firewalls & VPNs

pfSense

Ansible

Python

Tools

Ansible

Python

Job description

Graphcore in Bristol seeks a Senior Network Operations Engineer to maintain reliable, secure networks across cloud and on‑premises environments. You will own incidents end‑to‑end and drive reliability improvements, shaping operational requirements and documenting clear handovers.

The role covers AWS networking, SDA/SD-WAN, and firewall/NAT/VPN troubleshooting, with opportunities to automate using Ansible and Python. Occasional travel to data centres and offices is expected.