At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver and implement customer solutions in network, connectivity, and security environments.
- Company: Fast-growing Managed Services Provider focused on innovative technology solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, ongoing professional development, and hybrid working model.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact on customer technology experiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in customer-facing delivery roles and strong networking knowledge required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 Β£ per year.
We are a fast-growing Managed Services Provider delivering connectivity, networks, firewalls, Microsoft cloud, and cybersecurity solutions. We partner with UK SMEs, commercial real estate landlords, and high-growth businesses to design, deliver and support resilient, secure, and scalable technology environments.
Our focus is on solving complex infrastructure challenges with precision, speed, and a deep understanding of our customers' needs. As we continue to evolve our services, including modern security and automation-led delivery, we are building a team that thrives on ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
Our culture is driven by our values: Be Fast, Stay Curious, Get it Done, Always Growing, Go Further. These define how we deliver for our customers and how we develop our people.
We are seeking a skilled Service Delivery Engineer to join our Service Operations team, responsible for delivering and implementing customer solutions across network, connectivity, and security environments. This role is suited to an engineer with a service provider mindset who takes pride in delivering high-quality solutions right first time and continuously improving how services are delivered.
You will be responsible for the end-to-end technical delivery of customer solutions, from supporting pre-sales and contributing to solution design through to implementation, documentation, and successful handover into live operations. Working closely with Sales, Solutions, and the Project Office, you will ensure solutions are delivered in line with customer requirements, agreed timelines, and defined cost and effort. You will also play a key role in adapting deliveries where requirements evolve, ensuring changes are effectively managed and communicated.
Alongside delivery, you will maintain accurate documentation and system updates to support ongoing service management, and provide occasional escalation support to the Service Desk for customer-specific issues. This role goes beyond delivery execution; you will contribute to the continual improvement of our services by helping standardise and industrialise delivery processes, improving tooling and knowledge, and enhancing the overall customer experience.
Key Responsibilities- Deliver customer solutions across network, connectivity, and security environments to agreed designs, timelines, and quality standards.
- Produce clear low-level designs and implementation plans that enable consistent, right-first-time delivery.
- Own the delivery lifecycle from design through to implementation and transition into live operations.
- Configure and deploy network infrastructure including firewalls, VPNs, routing, WAN, and LAN/WLAN solutions.
- Manage technical change during delivery, ensuring impact to cost, effort, and timelines is understood and controlled.
- Maintain accurate documentation and system records to support ongoing service management.
- Collaborate across Sales, Solutions, Project Office, and Support teams to deliver successful outcomes.
- Provide escalation support to the Service Desk for complex technical issues and out of hours on-call on a rota basis.
- Contribute to service improvement, standardisation, and automation initiatives.
- Maintain a strong focus on customer outcomes, quality delivery, and minimal early life failures.
- Experience in a customer-facing delivery role within a Managed Service Provider or service provider environment.
- Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, WLAN, firewall, and VPN technologies.
- Working knowledge of routing protocols (OSPF, BGP) and core networking principles.
- Ability to translate designs and requirements into implementable technical solutions.
- Experience delivering solutions from design through to implementation.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco (ASA, IOS XR, Meraki) and Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiAP, FortiSwitch) network and security platforms in a delivery or service provider environment.
- Relevant certifications such as Cisco CCNA and Fortinet certifications are desirable.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience in multi-vendor network environments.
- Exposure to service provider core networks and connectivity environments.
- Understanding of ITIL-based service management practices.
- Experience contributing to service improvement or automation initiatives.
- Knowledge of network security best practice and segmentation.
- Strong ownership mindset and accountability for delivery outcomes.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on quality and right-first-time delivery.
- Proactive approach to improving processes and service delivery.
- Collaborative and effective across cross-functional teams.
- Customer-focused with strong relationship-building capability.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Competitive salary.
- Ongoing professional development and certification support.
- Exposure to modern network, cloud, and security technologies.
- Hybrid working model.
- Collaborative, high-performance environment with career progression opportunities.
This job description outlines the primary responsibilities of the role but is not exhaustive. The role may evolve in line with business needs.
Service Delivery Engineer (Network) in City of London employer: Backbone Connect
As a fast-growing Managed Services Provider located in the heart of London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic work culture that values speed, curiosity, and continuous improvement. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our ongoing professional development opportunities and exposure to cutting-edge technologies, ensuring that our team members thrive both personally and professionally. Join us to be part of a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact our customers' success and where you can take ownership of your career path.