Network Engineer (BAU) – SC Cleared

Location: Hampshire (on-site minimum 4 days/week)
Clearance: SC required
Contract Length: ASAP start – provisionally until end of July
Sector: Secure / Defence Environment

Overview

We are looking for a Network Engineer to support BAU operations across a secure enterprise network. You will work on modern software-defined networking, segmentation, and resilient network services.

Key Responsibilities

Deploy and administer VMware NSX including logical switching, routing, and micro-segmentation
Support Layer 2/3 network design including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, and trunking
Manage firewalls, segmentation strategies, IDS/IPS, and zero-trust principles
Support load balancing and high-availability architectures
Deploy and optimise SD-WAN solutions
Automate network configuration using Python, Ansible, or APIs
Manage core services including DNS, DHCP, and IPAM
Monitor network performance and telemetry for optimisation

Desirable

Experience working in secure or defence environments
Exposure to advanced observability and flow analysis tooling

Apply / Refer

If you hold SC clearance and are looking to contribute to a secure, high-impact network environment, we would be pleased to speak with you.

We are engaging immediately for this requirement and encourage early applications due to clearance and onboarding timelines.

If this role is not right for you but you know a trusted colleague within the cleared networking community, please share or refer — recommendations are always treated with discretion