Senior Infrastructure Engineer

<p>Job Description</p><br>Do you have the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role Find out below.<br><p>Senior Infrastructure Engineer</p><p>Until March 2027</p><p>£650/Day Inside IR35</p><p>Locations: 60 % office based at one of the following options Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Blackpool</p><p>Clearance: SC</p><p>We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer/ NetDevOps for our Government client This role will be office based 60% and remote 40%, and can be based at any of the following options: Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Blackpool.</p><p>This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.</p><p>Clearance: SC</p><p>Role Profile:</p><ul><li>This role is suited to a hands-on engineer, not an operations or SRE specialist.</li><li>You will be expected to quickly contribute to design and delivery activities, applying engineering best practice, automation, and network expertise to support critical services.</li><li>Enterprise Networking Engineering</li><li>Complex OSPF and BGP environments</li><li>Designing and implementing secure, resilient traffic flows</li><li>Strong understanding of typical enterprise and cloud network patterns</li><li>Firewall and Security Technologies</li><li>Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls</li><li>Policy design and implementation across data centre and cloud</li><li>Zero Trust and secure network design principles</li><li>Data Centre & Network Architecture</li><li>VXLAN / EVPN, VRF segmentation, and multi-site fabrics</li><li>Experience with vendors such as Arista (or equivalent)</li><li>Load balancing technologies (e.g. F5 BIG-IP: LTM / APM / ASM)</li><li>You will work closely with Architecture, Cloud, and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions, balancing immediate delivery needs with longer-term platform improvement.</li><li>Design, implement, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across data centre, hybrid, and cloud environments</li><li>Engineer and implement network traffic flows to support business-critical services</li><li>Build and maintain secure hybrid connectivity across Azure, AWS, and OCI</li><li>Implement and manage Palo Alto firewall policies across on-prem and cloud environments, aligned to Zero Trust principles</li><li>Design and operate high-availability network services, including routing, segmentation, and resilience</li><li>Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code</li><li>Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure solutions align with engineering standards and strategic direction</li><li>Contribute immediately to delivery work, demonstrating the ability to operate with minimal ramp up</li><li>Document designs and changes clearly and consistently, supporting maintainability and knowledge sharing</li></ul><p>If you are interested in the above, hit the Apply now button!</p><p>Infrastructure Engineer, NetDevOps, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS , Azure, Python, Ansible, Network, Networks, Infrastructure Engineer,</p><p>As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.</p><p>Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group.</p><p>If you qualify, please notify us on igs @ . We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview.</p><p>Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.</p><p>Circle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Earn yourself a referral bonus if you refer somebody else who fills the role! We also offer an iPad if you refer a new client to us and we recruit for them. xwzovoh Follow us on Facebook - Circle Recruitment , Twitter - @Circle_Rec and LinkedIn - Circle Recruitment.</p>