Lead Network Engineer

Lead Network Engineer London | 3 days in the office, 2 from homeup to 75,000 VIQU has partnered with a major UK content production organisation operating a highly available, live and time-critical technology environment. They are looking for a Lead Network Engineer who can combine deep technical networking expertise with the ability to lead and develop a small team.

This is not a management-only position. Around 80% of the role remains hands-on, with responsibility for network design, technical authority, BAU, projects and complex escalations. The remaining 20% covers leadership of three direct reports.

Key Responsibilities of the Lead Network Engineer Act as technical and design authority across corporate and business-critical networks

Design, implement and operate resilient IP network infrastructure

Own network performance, capacity, resilience and technical standards

Lead complex troubleshooting across routing, switching and multicast environments

Design and optimise multicast routing for real-time content delivery

Support a mixture of BAU, infrastructure projects and live-event requirements

Lead and mentor three network engineers through coaching and 1-2-1sAct as the senior escalation point for complex or high-risk network incidents

Work with engineering, project, security and other technical stakeholders

Provide occasional out-of-hours flexibility when business-critical events require itKey Requirements of the Lead Network Engineer Strong hands-on BGP routing experience

Deep multicast knowledge, including practical troubleshootingVXLAN/EVPN experience

Arista and/or Cisco switching expertise

Palo Alto firewall experience

Strong understanding of resilient and highly available network design

Proven Layer 2-4 troubleshooting capability

Experience leading or mentoring engineers while remaining technically hands-on Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly

Experience with in high-pressure, live or real-time environments

Broadcast, media or live-event networking experience would be highly desirable

This Lead Network Engineer opportunity would suit someone who wants genuine technical ownership without stepping away from engineering into a predominantly managerial role.

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