Senior Rail Network Architect: IP/MPLS, Telecoms & Security

Siemens; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Mental health support

Gym membership subsidies

Bupa healthcare

Annual bonus

Pension match

Job summary

Siemens Mobility is seeking a Senior Network Design Engineer to lead telecoms, data networks and security design for HS2 and related networks. You will work with HS2, engineering teams and partners to ensure safe, secure and traceable solutions across interfaces with Signalling, SCADA and M&E systems.

The role requires strong IP/MPLS knowledge, experience in railway environments and a proactive, collaborative approach to design governance and assurance activities.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Established knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle within a railway or mission-critical infrastructure environment.
• Demonstrable experience in leading the delivery of an IP/MPLS transmission network in an Operational Telecommunications environment.
• Experience delivering network, telecoms or security solutions within safety-related, operational or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of requirements management, compliance evidence, design assurance and technical governance processes.
• Ability to manage technical interfaces, assumptions, dependencies and design constraints across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with the ability to present complex technical solutions clearly.
• Ability to work effectively to challenging project timescales and formal review milestones.
• Significant experience with LAN/WAN network architectures, operational networks, cyber-secure infrastructure and railway telecoms design.
• Strong understanding of network security principles, segmentation, resilience, access control and operational technology security considerations.
• Experience producing Network designs for Signalling, SCADA, Voice, SISS, CCTV, access control, security systems or backbone communications networks.
• Cisco CCNA level knowledge or above, supported by significant practical experience.
• Experience producing design documentation suitable for IDC, IDR or equivalent client assurance review processes.
• Ability to support comment resolution, design change control, configuration management and acceptance evidence development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the role of Senior Engineer across HS2 network, telecoms and security design activities.
• Develop high-level and low-level architectures for secure, resilient telecoms and security systems.
• Act as Responsible Engineer or independent checker where assigned.
• Support requirements management with traceability and compliance evidence.
• Coordinate design interfaces with Signalling, SCADA, M&E, station systems and other rail packages.
• Support design assurance reviews by preparing evidence and responding to comments.
• Produce architecture diagrams, system descriptions and interface information.
• Define IP addressing, subnetting, resilience and cyber security strategies for operational railway environments.
• Support system integration, testing, migration and maintainability of HS2 and wider networks.
• Apply CDM 2015 and Safe by Design principles in risk management and safety constraints.

Skills

IP/MPLS networks

Telecoms design

Security systems design

LAN/WAN architectures

Requirements management

Stakeholder leadership

Networking security

Education

Engineering/Computer Science degree

Tools

Cisco CCNA+

Job description

Siemens Mobility is seeking a Senior Network Design Engineer to lead telecoms, data networks and security design for HS2 and related networks. You will work with HS2, engineering teams and partners to ensure safe, secure and traceable solutions across interfaces with Signalling, SCADA and M&E systems.

The role requires strong IP/MPLS knowledge, experience in railway environments and a proactive, collaborative approach to design governance and assurance activities.