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

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

Key requirements

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