Job Title: Principal Network Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: c£80,000 dependent on experience
Location: Eastleigh – Hybrid working environment, with a remote first approach
Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 10th June 2026
Principal Network Engineer: At Ageas Insurance we’re looking for a Principal Network Engineer to act as our senior technical authority for network and connectivity services. You’ll shape the design, evolution, and resilience of our enterprise network estate across on prem, cloud, and hybrid environments—driving strategy, standards, and engineering excellence for business critical platforms.
The Principal Network Engineer is a hands on role with real influence across Architecture, Security, Cloud, Workplace, and Application teams. You’ll use your exceptional relationship management skills, and technical knowledge to ensure our network services remain secure, high performing, and future ready—strengthening operational resilience, enhancing customer experience, and enabling business growth.
Main Responsibilities as Principal Network Engineer
* Lead end-to-end design of complex network solutions (cloud, hybrid, third‑party, secure access)
* Assure high-risk changes, architecture decisions, and transformation initiatives
* Ensure network resilience, performance, availability, and security across environments
* Drive platform modernisation, lifecycle planning, and technical debt reduction
* Embed observability, automation, and reliability engineering into operations
Skills and experience you need as Principal Network Engineer
* Recognised technical authority with strong stakeholder influence
* Calm and methodical under pressure
* Extensive experience in complex enterprise network environments
* Strong cloud networking expertise (AWS and/or Azure)
* Proven track record designing secure, resilient, scalable networks
Benefits
* Flexible Working – Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments.
* Minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) with option to buy and sell days.
* Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
* 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
* Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
* Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
* Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
* Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
* Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
* Return to work programme after maternity leave.
We are an inclusive employer committed to diversity and equal opportunity. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter, Women in Finance Charter, and members of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we ensure our recruitment processes are fully inclusive and offer fair access to support and adjustments throughout the recruitment experience.
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