Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineering Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership and operational coordination across a complex Operational Technology network environment. The successful candidate will ensure engineering activities are effectively prioritised, managed, and delivered, while driving visibility, governance, and successful outcomes across both project and business-as-usual workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Establish a single, clear view of all Operational Technology network team activities, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure urgent and high-priority work is correctly sequenced, actively managed, and delivered.
• Coordinate and distribute engineering work across both projects and BAU activities.
• Remove blockers and ensure progress across parallel workstreams.
• Maintain momentum against critical work deadlines.
• Ensure changes are delivered safely within a live Operational Technology networking environment.
• Escalate complex issues and support incident response where required.
• Raise risks, gaps, and delays early.
• Maintain visibility of work across the Operational Technology network estate.
• Ensure effective prioritisation and progression of engineering activities.

Essential skills

• Good understanding of:
  • Firewalls
  • IP Routing and Switching
  • SD-WAN
  • Cloud Connectivity
  • Network Security Technologies

Desired skills

• Advantageous Experience:
  • FortiGate
  • Check Point
  • SD-WAN
  • ExpressRoute
  • BGP

Experience

• Recent experience within enterprise network environments.
  • Experience guiding configuration activities involving:
  • Routers
  • Firewalls
  • Network estate infrastructure
  • Experience working within established guidelines and standards.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive

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