Principal Network Engineer - remote (UK wide)

Ocho are looking for a Principal Network Engineer who will engage in all aspects of the design, implementation, and ongoing stewardship of this company's hosting environments. 

As first-class concerns, these new environments will embrace observability, high-availability, information-security, and infrastructure-as-code.  You will take a hands-on approach alongside peers within our TechOps, DevOps, and InfoSec practices. 

You will also play a critical role in supporting existing legacy infrastructure, ultimately helping migrate these assets onto modern infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead Technical Operations in design, development, and implementation.

· Support infrastructure, including routers, firewalls, and virtualisation.

· Manage upgrades, capacity, and incident resolution.

· Collaborate across teams to drive business value and efficiency.

· Ensure system performance and operational integrity.

Qualifications:

· 10+ years in system/network design and support.

· Expertise in Palo Alto Firewalls, Juniper products, and cloud environments.

· Strong skills in VXLAN, EVPN, OSPF, BGP, VPNs, and scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python).

· Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform) and disaster recovery planning.

Preferred certifications include PCNSE, JNCIA, AWS, or similar.

Please apply now if you are matching the above criteria, or reach out to Andrew Harrison directly.