Technical Sales Engineer - Alt-Net

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fibre network provider is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to join their growing team in London. This role involves designing LAN and WAN environments, delivering training, and supporting sales activities. Candidates should have strong networking fundamentals, hands-on experience with relevant tools, and excellent communication skills. The position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including a share scheme, healthcare, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Employee share scheme

Company pension

Performance bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Proven background in campus LAN and multi-site WAN design within service provider or enterprise settings.
• Experience in delivering technical training sessions.
• Capable of communicating complex networking concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design campus LAN and multi-site WAN environments.
• Support pre-sales and post-sales activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and network diagrams.

Skills

Strong networking fundamentals with experience in IP/MPLS

Background in campus LAN and multi-site WAN design

Hands-on experience with Juniper, Ruckus, and Fortinet

Familiarity with SD-WAN and SASE technologies

Excellent communication skills

Organised with ability to produce high-quality documentation

Enthusiastic about training and mentoring

Tools

Juniper

Ruckus

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Job description

Overview

Join a leading fibre network and internet service provider, purpose-built to meet the needs of London’s most demanding businesses. Recognised as one of the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, this company stands out by offering a minimum of 10Gbps, ensuring its network can support data-intensive businesses for the next decade and beyond. Unlike most ISPs that resell access to the same underlying fibre network, this provider has built its own from the ground up - designed, maintained, and operated by an in-house team of experts.

With rapid growth from a small team of 18 to over 100 specialists based in Liverpool Street, they are seeking for a Technical Sales Engineer to join their growing team. Ready to take your expertise to the next level? Get in touch today!

Responsibilities

• Design campus LAN (firewalling, switching, Wi-Fi) and multi-site WAN environments
• Communicate complex networking concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Deliver technical training sessions for internal sales teams
• Support pre-sales and post-sales activities with the commercial and network teams
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and professional network diagrams
• Align technical proposals with sales objectives to support customer success

Skills / Must have

• Strong networking fundamentals with experience in IP/MPLS, BGP, EVPN
• Proven background in campus LAN and multi-site WAN design within service provider or enterprise settings
• Hands-on experience with Juniper, Ruckus, and Fortinet (Palo Alto beneficial)
• Familiarity with SD-WAN and SASE technologies
• Excellent communication skills—confident with internal teams and external clients
• Organised, capable of producing high-quality documentation and diagrams
• Enthusiastic about training and mentoring others in a technical sales environment

Benefits

• Employee share scheme
• Company pension
• Performance bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with tenure
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance and income protection
• Mental health support via Spill
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Free eye tests
• Season ticket/travel loan
• Access to financial wellbeing tools

Salary

• Up to £100,000 basic salary per annum