Cloud Network Engineer

Summer Browning Associates
London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£525 – £550 pd

Salary

£525 – £550 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
15 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Summer-Browning Associates are currently supporting our consultancy client on a Central Government project for an initial 12 month contracted located in London (hybrid)

Vacancy: Network Engineer

What You'll Be Doing

Network Architecture Design: Designing and implementing multi-tenant virtual private networks, including complex routing, peering, and internal IP address management (IPAM).

Hybrid & Private Connectivity: Configuring resilient site-to-site connectivity, including encrypted tunnels and dedicated private interconnects between distributed locations and central data centres.

Load Balancing & DNS Management: Implementing sophisticated load balancing solutions for high-traffic applications and managing secure, private DNS zones and forwarding policies.

Containerised Networking: Setting up and securing networking for Kubernetes (GKE), including private control planes, network policies, and specialised alias IP ranges. In particular, Istio Service Mesh.

Network Observability: Utilising advanced diagnostic tools and flow logs to monitor network health, visualise throughput, and perform deep-packet troubleshooting.What You'll Bring

Proven experience in designing and managing complex, resilient network architectures in a cloud or hybrid context.

Ability to adapt core networking expertise to the specific constraints of secure, air-gapped, or distributed environments.

Strong interpersonal skills to build trust across technical and non-technical stakeholders.Desirables:

Current, non-expired Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification.

Background in technology delivery across cyber security, digital services, or infrastructure domains.

Experience with tooling commonly used in secure government contexts (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Gitlab).

Experience working in air-gapped or disconnected environments with little or no internet connectivity

Working on OFFICIAL/SECRET/TOP SECRET projects.

NB: Applicant should be willing/be eligible to undertake SC & DV level vetting.

To Apply, please submit latest CV

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