Senior Network Hosting Engineer

A leading financial services organisation is looking for a Senior Network Hosting Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, resilient and high-performance network infrastructure across data centres, cloud, internet-facing and market-data environments. £850 P/D Inside Contract - 12 month extendable contract.

Key responsibilities

1. Lead network hosting architecture across on-prem, colocation, hybrid and multicloud environments.
2. Design and optimise connectivity across AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Cloud.
3. Architect low-latency market data environments, including multicast, cross-connects and exchange connectivity.
4. Design secure, highly available infrastructure supporting payment and transactional platforms.
5. Lead major data centre, cloud, internet hosting and network transformation projects.
6. Provide technical leadership across complex L2–L7 networking and high-severity incidents.
7. Drive automation, observability and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Python and Ansible.
8. Work closely with cloud providers, telcos, market-data vendors and senior stakeholders.
9. Ensure environments meet security, resilience, regulatory and audit requirements.

Key requirements

1. 8–12+ years' experience in network engineering, hosting or network architecture.
2. Strong L2–L7 networking knowledge, including BGP, OSPF, multicast and high availability.
3. Experience with market data, financial services or other performance-critical environments.
4. Strong multicloud and hybrid connectivity experience.
5. Knowledge of network security, segmentation, Zero Trust and internet-facing infrastructure.
6. Automation experience with Python, Ansible or Infrastructure-as-Code.
7. Strong architectural, stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.