
HCLTech
Network Security Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £30,000 - 50,000 per year
Requirements:- We require 8+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering and Enterprise Networking.
- We require demonstrated experience designing and implementing SASE/SSE, ZTNA, network segmentation, identity-based access controls, and enterprise firewall architectures.
- We require a strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture principles.
- We require the ability to produce technical assessments, architecture reviews, PoCs, migration strategies, and engineering documentation.
- We require strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities.
- We require excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- We prefer Palo Alto or Fortinet certifications.
- We prefer CCNP Enterprise/Security, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure/Security, or CISSP.
- We prefer experience within large-scale financial services environments.
- We prefer knowledge of NIST Zero Trust Architecture, DORA, NIS2, and modern cybersecurity frameworks.
- We partner with internal stakeholders and technology vendors to evaluate, select, and implement Zero Trust security solutions.
- We design and engineer scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise network and security architectures.
- We collaborate across Network Engineering, Security Engineering, IAM, Cloud, EUC, and Operations teams to deliver security transformation initiatives.
- We contribute to technical strategy, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
- We deliver solutions tailored to internal business requirements, articulate design rationale, adapt solutions flexibly, and iterate designs when required.
- We develop High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD), migration plans, operational procedures, and architecture documentation.
- We support vendor evaluations, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), pilot deployments, and production rollouts.
- We lead technical assessments, architecture reviews, root cause analysis, and engineering recommendations.
- We design, deploy, and operate Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco NGFW platforms and their cloud management tools.
- We design and implement SASE/SSE solutions for enterprise-scale deployments.
- We implement centralized security management, policy governance, logging, monitoring, and reporting using vendor ecosystems or tools such as Tufin or Algosec.
- We design and implement on-premises Zero Trust Enforcement Points (NGFW).
- We develop segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies across data centres, campuses, cloud, and branch environments.
- We define secure traffic flows and trust boundaries.
- We support migration from traditional network-centric security models to Zero Trust architectures.
- We handle routers, switches, and LAN/WAN design and engineering.
- We work with VPN technologies, IPSec, TLS encryption, and NAC integration.
- We integrate network security solutions with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Cisco ISE/NAC platforms, EDR/XDR solutions, SIEM platforms, ServiceNow, and cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- AI
- AWS
- Active Directory
- Azure
- Cloud
- Cisco
- Firewall
- GCP
- IAM
- Support
- LAN
- Network
- Security
- ServiceNow
- VPN
- MPLS
- Nexus
- Spark
More:
We are a $13+ billion global technology company with more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering capabilities in digital, engineering, cloud, and AI through a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We are a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, and we keep a startup mindset built on idea-first thinking and innovation. This role is for a Network Security Engineer/Network Consultant based in London, UK, with a hybrid schedule of 3 days working from the office. It is a fixed-term contract role.
last updated 38 week of 2026
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£60,000
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This salary is 33% below the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
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