Network Operations Engineer, Sovereign Operations

Network Operations Engineer, Sovereign Operations, Hampshire

Location:

Hampshire satellite site with occasional travel to London. On-site five days per week.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Networking, Information Security, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with Linux Systems Administration and kernel level/data plane cloud native networking.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Power Shell.
• Experience designing and implementing resilient, secure networks using a wide range of technologies.
• Active or ability to obtain a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

• Experience deploying and operating production workloads in Kubernetes.
• Experience designing and implementing configuration management solutions to enable network and cloud platform operations (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet).
• Understanding of the Kubernetes networking model and debugging CNI plugin (e.g., Cilium) configurations and Service Mesh (e.g., Istio) architectures.
• Excellent partner management, follow-through, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Current and active UK Security Check (SC) or UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

• Engage and improve the whole life cycle of secure cloud platform network systems.
• Assist Engineering and Operations teams in building an ecosystem of integration, empowering software automation to scale within private/secure networks.
• Maintain, secure, and debug cross-cluster communications in an air‑gapped Kubernetes infrastructure using Cilium for eBPF‑based container networking and Istio for microservice communication.
• Scale systems sustainably through automation and evolve systems by implementing changes that improve network reliability, security, and performance.
• Work cross‑functionally to drive Infrastructure as Code and Git Ops pipelines, ensuring network configurations are deployed programmatically.
• Provide highly technical implementation and operational support in customer environments, including guidance on the implementation feasibility of cross‑product integrations.

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English proficiency is required for all roles.