Principal Network Engineer

Job Title: Principal Network Engineer

Salary: £115,000 + 7% annual bonus

Location: Remote (UK-based)

Overview

Are you a highly experienced Network Engineer with a strong background in diverse infrastructure environments? We're looking for a Principal Network Engineer to champion a TechOps-first approach across both cloud and on-premise setups.

This is a senior-level role, ideal for someone who has led multiple simultaneous projects involving both legacy systems and modern infrastructure migrations. Expertise in Palo Alto and Next-Gen Firewalls is essential.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead the design, deployment, and support of systems and network infrastructure.

* Ensure high availability, observability, and infosec within hosted environments.

* Work across switches, routers, load balancers, firewalls, compute, storage, and virtualization.

* Support cloud (multi-vendor) and on-prem data centre operations.

* Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

* Experience in M&A environments or greenfield network setups is highly advantageous.

Essential Technical Skills

* Palo Alto (Core)

* Next-Gen Firewalls (NGFW)

* VXLAN & EVPN

* BGP: Strong understanding with hands-on experience in design, deployment & troubleshooting.

* Enterprise system & network design

* Cloud experience (any of AWS, GCP, Azure)

* On-prem data centre operations

* IP Networking protocols: IPSec, DHCP, DNS

Benefits

* Fully remote & flexible working

* 7% annual bonus

* 45 days holiday (including bank holidays)

* Annual pay reviews

* Private healthcare, including eyecare & dental

* Annual certifications allowance

Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they meet only 50–60% of the requirements, while women and other underrepresented groups often look for a 90–100% match. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every single box, please still apply. We’d love to hear from you