Network Operations Engineer in Oxford

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) aims to have a global impact by reimagining how science and technology translate into end-to-end solutions. EIT ensures scientific discoveries are turned into products for the benefit of society, with a focus on high-impact worldwide solutions that can be commercialised for long-term sustainability.

Our work is guided by four Humane Endeavours: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change & Managing Atmospheric CO2, and Artificial Intelligence & Robotics. The EIT Campus in Littlemore will include over 300,000 sq ft of research laboratories and educational spaces, expanding to a 2 million sq ft Campus across The Oxford Science Park.

EIT is committed to cultivating a community where excellence is achieved through collaboration, trust, innovation, and tenacity. We are seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, and maintain the network infrastructure to support our world-class research.

Key Responsibilities

• Network Design & Implementation: Design, deploy and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless and network security infrastructure; configure and support routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers and wireless platforms; support and evolve cloud networking within Oracle Cloud environments; implement network segmentation, VLANs and routing architectures aligned to security and operational requirements.
• Operations & Support: Monitor network performance, availability and capacity; proactively identify and resolve issues; act as an escalation point for complex network incidents; provide out-of-hours support for critical issues.
• Roadmap & Continuous Improvement: Contribute to and help deliver a campus-wide network infrastructure roadmap; lead implementation of agreed initiatives; identify opportunities to improve standardisation, resilience and operational efficiency.
• Third-Party & Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate technical delivery with third-party vendors; work closely with cybersecurity, security operations, and facilities teams.
• Standards & Documentation: Maintain network documentation, diagrams and configuration standards; apply and evolve network standards and best practices; support knowledge-sharing across support teams.

Requirements

• Experience delivering or operating networks in large campus, research, healthcare, or industrial environments.
• Cloud networking experience, particularly Oracle Cloud.
• Experience with HPE Aruba technologies.
• Familiarity with network access control solutions (e.g. ClearPass).
• Relevant industry certifications (Cisco, HPE Aruba, Juniper, etc.).
• Collaborative and comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Delivery-focused with a pragmatic approach to solving problems.
• Technically confident and willing to be hands-on when needed.
• Clear and effective communicator.

Terms of Appointment: You must be eligible to work in the UK with a willingness to travel; you must be based in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford; during peak periods, some longer hours may be required.

Benefits: Competitive salary + travel allowance + bonus; enhanced holiday + options to buy additional days; pension; life assurance; income protection; private medical insurance; hospital cash plan; therapy services; perk box; electric car scheme; childcare benefit.

Working Together – What It Involves: You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel; you will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate).