Network Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Network Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Posted Today by Us3 Consulting

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom

Summary: The role of Network Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) involves managing large-scale production networks and leading critical incident responses. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in network engineering, troubleshooting, and automation, with a focus on enhancing operational reliability. Responsibilities include owning network incidents, setting technical direction, and collaborating on innovative initiatives. The position requires a deep understanding of network failures and the ability to work in a 24/7 environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own critical network incidents — lead response, stabilize service, drive root cause analysis, and prevent repeat failures
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across routing, switching, firewalling, and wireless (overlay + underlay)
  • Set technical direction for network operations and reliability
  • Automate away toil using Linux-based tooling and infrastructure-as-code
  • Operate in a 24/7 environment supporting global, business-critical infrastructure
  • Work across a multi-vendor environment (Arista, Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, NetScaler, Mist, Aruba, InfiniBand, and more)
  • Collaborate on next-gen initiatives, including wireless design and AI / HPC cluster deployments

Key Skills:

  • 10+ years hands-on network engineering experience in production environments
  • Deep expertise in routing & switching
  • Firewalling & segmentation
  • Wireless networking
  • Strong overlay / underlay troubleshooting skills
  • Solid Linux / Unix experience
  • Proven experience leading major incidents
  • Comfortable working independently and mentoring others

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are looking for a battle-tested Network SRE who has owned large-scale production networks and led critical incidents end-to-end. If you’ve been the final escalation, understand how networks actually fail, and use automation to reduce operational pain

What You’ll Do:

  • Own critical network incidents — lead response, stabilize service, drive root cause analysis, and prevent repeat failures
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across routing, switching, firewalling, and wireless (overlay + underlay)
  • Set technical direction for network operations and reliability
  • Automate away toil using Linux-based tooling and infrastructure-as-code
  • Operate in a 24/7 environment supporting global, business-critical infrastructure
  • Work across a multi-vendor environment (Arista, Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, NetScaler, Mist, Aruba, InfiniBand, and more)
  • Collaborate on next-gen initiatives , including wireless design and AI / HPC cluster deployments

What We’re Looking For:

  • 10+ years hands-on network engineering experience in production environments
  • Deep expertise in: Routing & switching
  • Firewalling & segmentation
  • Wireless networking
  • Strong overlay / underlay troubleshooting skills
  • Solid Linux / Unix experience
  • Proven experience leading major incidents
  • Comfortable working independently and mentoring others