Lead Network Engineer - £850 Per Day – 12 Months – London (Hybrid) – Investment Banking
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Lead Network Engineer to take technical ownership of complex network and hosting environments across data centres, cloud, internet-facing services and low‑latency trading infrastructure.
You will act as a senior technical authority, shaping architecture, leading major infrastructure change and ensuring environments remain secure, resilient, scalable and highly available.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture of secure and resilient hosting platforms across on‑premise data centres, colocation and cloud environments.
- Design and support connectivity across AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Cloud.
- Act as the senior technical authority across complex L2–L7 networking, hosting and connectivity.
- Design internet-facing environments covering DMZ, ingress/egress, load balancing, DNS, CDN and secure access.
- Architect and optimise market data and low‑latency environments, including Bloomberg, Reuters and exchange connectivity.
- Support high‑availability infrastructure for payment systems and regulated transactional platforms.
- Lead transformation programmes across data centre modernisation, ACI, cloud adoption and perimeter redesign.
- Drive improvements around network performance, resilience, automation and observability.
- Use technologies such as Python, Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code to improve operational efficiency.
- Work closely with cloud providers, telcos, exchanges, vendors and senior internal stakeholders.
Skills & Experience
- 8–12+ years' experience across network engineering, hosting or infrastructure architecture.
- Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, multicast, low‑latency networking and high‑availability design.
- Experience working across AWS, Azure, GCP and/or Oracle Cloud.
- Strong background in network security, segmentation, Zero Trust, encryption and DDoS protection.
- Experience supporting market data, trading, payment or other performance‑critical environments.
- Strong automation experience using Python, Ansible and IaC tooling.
- Previous experience within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
- Strong stakeholder management with the ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to senior audiences.
Rate & Duration:
- 12 Months
- London (Hybrid)
Lead Network Engineer - £850 Per Day – 12 Months – London (Hybrid) – Investment Banking
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