Principal Network Engineer

Principal Network Engineer £90,000 Remote UK

Are you an experienced Network Engineer looking for an exciting new opportunity to work across an internal platform? The platform exists to provide space for the software engineering teams to build and run on. Network Engineers work across the 3 layers. It’s a mix of Data Centre, Cloud Networking, Routing, Firewalls, Load Balancing and Private Connectivity across On-Prem and Cloud services. The primary focus of your role will be on IaC, CaC and building self service platforms. You will be the senior technical lead across the platform, helping to shape the architecture and standards for the teams to build on. Bringing experience as a lead Network Engineer you’ll be able to spot architectural patterns and gaps early and deliver them as APIs. You’ll be coding and using AI Assisted engineering with agentic tools such as Claude, and must have an AI first mindset. Tech Stack

* Proven network automation experience with Terraform, Ansible * Writing production quality code in Python/Rust/Go or similar * Strong Linux, virtualisation and host firewalls * Daily AI assisted engineering for use with refactoring code, IaC and automation * MCP and understanding how agents reach tools and data. * Routing & Switching: BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VXLAN/EVPN, QoS, L2 – L7 protocols * Experience running networks in AWS, Azure, OCI or GCP * Working on firewall policy for highly regulated environments (eg PCI DSS or Sox) * Experience with Cloudflare edge services

* 9% annual bonus * Fully remote working * Home office set up budget * WFH allowance * 5% Employer pension * Private Healthcare * 45 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays * 1 Paid Volunteering Day * Up to £5000 for certifications and training per year

Please apply with your most recent CV or email beth.lees@primis-talent.com for more information

Lead Network Engineer, Principal Network Engineer, AI, Anthropic, Terraform, OSPF, BGP, Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI

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