Senior Network Operations Engineer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £57,946 i £68,517 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, ne7 7ne |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | DWP Digital |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 424987_1757337114 |
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Senior Network Operations Engineer
Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We are looking for an outstanding Senior Network Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles.
We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.
DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
- Influential, with strong leadership and management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think critically, creatively, and independently to solve issues.
- Excellent planning and implementation methodology.
- Skilled Practitioner with extensive experience and proven track record in the understanding of ITSM processes.
- Detailed working knowledge and practical experience of Network infra in Wifi, DC On-prem, Cloud, Next Generation Firewall, Load-balancing, and PKI technologies.
- Significant demonstrable experience with network monitoring and analysis tooling
You and your role
Our Senior Network Engineers provide operational support and carry out planned BAU work such as upgrades and failover exercise as well as provide input into service improvements.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll guide a team of capable engineers, support complex infrastructure, and drive innovation across Wi-Fi, On-Prem, and Cloud environments.
Your expertise in network tooling (e.g. Wireshark, NetScout, BMC Entuity), Cloud and On-Prem infrastructure, NGFWs, load balancers and PKI will be key. Familiarity with Aruba Central, ClearPass, Arista CloudVision and network automation tools like Terraform, Ansible and Python are also desirable, but not essential.
We want you to be at your best too. We'll give you the tools and time to build your skills and learn new tricks - with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is more convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,517
Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.
You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
Process:
We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:
Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
Interview: a single stage interview online.
CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.
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