Senior Network Engineer (Hiring Immediately) in Birmingham

Salary: The starting salary is £61,410, which includes allowances totalling £8,757. The salary is broken down as £52,653 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £57,417. Plus, a 12.5% shift disturbance allowance, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Birmingham

Job Summary

There’s never been a more important time to be working in Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP). Join us, and you’ll be among some of the best and brightest people around at our Customer Service Centre (CSC). It’s a chance to put your expertise to work and help protect the UK as a Senior Network Engineer. Plus, you’ll get to learn new skills and develop a highly rewarding career.

Based near Birmingham, close to transport connections, our CSC supports national police services 24/7. As the Centre expands thanks to substantial investment, our team is growing too. Join us, and you’ll be part of a highly skilled technical team working on incidents, problems and changes at our ITIL-aligned CSC. Supporting national live services and infrastructure, you’ll tackle both operational and project-related tasks, expertly managing your workload. You’ll also get involved in building new systems and services with the latest networking technologies.

As the centre operates 24/7, you’ll be part of a team of engineers covering 7am to 7pm weekdays (on call, approximately 1 week in 4). Due to the nature of the systems, the role is office-based with occasional options for working from home. Furthermore, the shift structure for this role allows for working compressed hours over a 4-day week.

Key Tasks

• Provide technical support for National infrastructure relating to business as usual (BAU) and projects to ensure objectives are being met in line with CTP priorities.
• A focus on improving internal systems.
• Ensure personal workload is effectively managed, prioritised and issues are escalated to line management as necessary.
• Ensure adherence to required policies, standards, controls and best practice.
• Ensure SLAs for services are met.
• Create and maintain technical documentation to ensure all services are maintained and knowledge is shared.
• Proactively maintain and update the infrastructure to ensure security and reliability.
• Proactively monitor environments to help prevent issues arising.
• Ensure security procedures are followed, to comply with the relevant accreditation, procedures and/or guidance.
• Support and mentoring of other members of the team to build a strong support service.

Desirables

• Good experience of network and infrastructure monitoring tools.
• Experience of VOIP and video conferencing.
• Experience of converged infrastructure / network virtualisation.
• Experience of network design and documentation.
• Experience of load balancer technologies.
• Experience of network hardening and security best practice.
• Experience of PKI and encryption technologies.
• Experience of failover testing, resilience and redundancy methodology.
• Experience of working within an ITIL service environment working to defined metrics and SLAs.
• Preferred Cisco CCNP equivalent qualified.

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the “apply button”. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement. Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 3 August 2026. Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.