Lead Network Engineer
VIQU IT · Oakdale, Poole ·
- Seniority
- Lead
- Category
- Network engineering
- Salary
- GBP 60,000 – 75,000 / year
A hands-on Lead Network Engineer role in Poole, UK, designing and troubleshooting resilient enterprise networks — BGP, multicast, VXLAN/EVPN, Arista/Cisco switching and Palo Alto firewalls — while leading and mentoring other engineers.
Salary: £60,000 - 75,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong hands-on BGP routing experience
- Deep multicast knowledge, including practical troubleshooting
- VXLAN/EVPN experience
- Arista and/or Cisco switching expertise
- Palo Alto firewall experience
- Strong understanding of resilient, highly available network design
- Proven Layer 2–4 troubleshooting capability
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers while remaining technically hands-on
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly
- Experience in high-pressure, live or real-time environments
- Broadcast, media or live-event networking experience is highly desirable
- Act as technical and design authority across corporate and business-critical networks
- Design, implement and operate resilient IP network infrastructure
- Own network performance, capacity, resilience and technical standards
- Lead complex troubleshooting across routing, switching and multicast environments
- Design and optimise multicast routing for real-time content delivery
- Support business-as-usual operations, infrastructure projects and live-event requirements
- Lead and mentor three network engineers through coaching and one-to-one meetings
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex or high-risk network incidents
- Work with engineering, project, security and other technical stakeholders
- Provide occasional out-of-hours flexibility when business-critical events require it
- Cisco
- Firewall
- Support
- Network
- Security
More:
We are partnering with a major UK content production organisation that operates a highly available, live and time-critical technology environment. This Lead Network Engineer role is based in London, with three days in the office and two working from home, and offers a salary of up to £75,000. The position is approximately 80% hands-on engineering and 20% leadership of three direct reports, offering technical ownership without moving into a predominantly managerial role.
last updated 41 week of 2026