Senior Network Engineer
| Posting date: | 20 January 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 February 2026 |
| Location: | Leamington Spa, CV34 6TT |
| Company: | System C |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ893 |
Summary
Description
Join System C and help connect and transform health and care through secure, resilient networks that millions rely on every day. You'll design, implement and operate modern network services across our data centres and Azure, acting as the subject-matter expert for Fortinet firewalls, F5 BIG-IP and Cisco routing/switching. You'll lead complex change, solve major incidents, and raise the bar on reliability and security.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end network change across routing/switching, firewalls, VPN and load balancing
- Engineer Azure networking (vNet/vWAN, VNets, UDRs, private endpoints, ExpressRoute)
- Harden configurations and drive segmentation and security policy compliance
- Troubleshoot performance and availability (L2-L7) using captures, logs and metrics
- Create clear documentation, runbooks and diagrams; mentor engineers and associates
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota and drive problem management improvements
What you'll bring
- Advanced BGP/OSPF, VRF / HA pairs/clusters; IPsec/SSL VPNs
- Fortinet (policy/NAT), F5 BIG-IP (LTM/ASM), Cisco IOS/NX-OS
- Azure networking, ExpressRoute, DNS and load-balancing patterns
- Scripting/automation (PowerShell/Python/Ansible) and strong observability skills
- Zscaler knowledge a plus
- CCNP (or equivalent), with AZ-700 / Fortinet NSE / F5 certifications desirable
Why System C?
We're one team who "own it", strive to always be better, and do the right thing. You'll find a friendly, supportive culture with real purpose, flexible benefits (from private healthcare to enhanced pension options), learning pathways, and recognition through our quarterly Values Awards.
Ways of working
Hybrid working, standard hours with out-of-hours change windows and on-call participation.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today.