Senior Network Engineer Fixed Term Contract

Salary: £50,000 - 68,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience supporting multi-site enterprise network environments
• Solid knowledge of routing, switching, VPNs and network security
• Hands-on Aruba and Cisco switching and wireless experience, plus ClearPass NAC
• Good understanding of firewall technologies such as Palo Alto and Fortinet, and their integration
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis ability
• Experience implementing controlled changes in ITIL environments
• Experience reviewing, interpreting and contributing to network designs and standards, with confidence to challenge vendors
• Strong documentation skills, including diagrams, standards and procedures
• Understanding of monitoring, performance and capacity management
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with SD-WAN technologies and modern network architectures is desirable
• Exposure to cloud networking such as Azure vNet, VPN, ExpressRoute and hybrid connectivity is desirable
• Experience integrating network platforms with identity and access solutions such as ClearPass, NAC and 802.1x is desirable
• Relevant industry certifications such as CCNP, PCNSE, NSE4 or equivalent are desirable
• Experience working in industrial, manufacturing or multi-site operational environments is desirable
• Familiarity with network security principles and integration with SOC or MDR services is desirable
• Exposure to network automation, scripting or infrastructure-as-code such as Python or Ansible is desirable
• Experience managing or working alongside managed service providers or external delivery partners is desirable

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and support our multi-site network infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance and security
• Diagnose and resolve network incidents and problems, taking ownership through to resolution and root cause analysis
• Plan and implement network changes, upgrades and improvements in line with change control processes
• Support the delivery of network-related projects, working with internal teams and third-party partners
• Define and maintain network standards, documentation and best practices, ensuring consistency and maintainability
• Monitor network capacity, performance and resilience across LAN, WAN and wireless infrastructure, proactively identifying risks and areas for optimisation
• Contribute to and influence network solution design, reviewing and challenging vendor proposals to ensure they are secure, supportable and aligned to standards
• Work in partnership with dedicated firewall and security engineers, ensuring network and security designs are aligned and operationally effective

Technologies:

• Ansible
• Aruba
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cisco
• Firewall
• Support
• ITIL
• LAN
• Network
• Python
• Security
• VPN
• ASP.NET

More:

We are British Steel, a leading European steel manufacturer supplying premium long products around the world. We take pride in our history and heritage, and we value our people, performance and the passion that comes from generations working in our industry. This is a 2-year fixed-term role based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, working 36.5 hours Monday to Friday. We offer a strong benefits package including a defined contribution pension scheme, 27 annual leave days plus bank holidays, life assurance, company sick pay, a health cash plan, an employee assistance programme, standby and call-out payments, and family-friendly leave enhancements. We also invest heavily in training and development, and we actively welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.

last updated 32 week of 2026