Salary: £15,600 - 16,250 per year Requirements: 8-10 years experience designing, building, and operating enterprise network security platforms Deep hands-on expertise in one or more of: ZTNA, NGFW, NAC, IDS/IPS, Proxy services, SIEM / SOAR integrations Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and policy-based access control Proven DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD experience Solid grounding in ITIL, major incident management, and post-incident review practices Preferred Certifications: CCNP / CCIE (Security or Enterprise), Vendor certifications (Zscaler, Fortinet, Palo Alto), Splunk Admin / Enterprise Security, ITIL 4 (Managing Professional or equivalent) Responsibilities: Act as the engineering counterpart to the Network Security Product Owner Jointly own technical roadmap, delivery sequencing, and trade-offs between risk, resilience, and delivery velocity Collaborate with Component Product Owners and peer Technical Leads to ensure seamless integration with identity, cloud, endpoint, and observability platforms Translate product vision and backlog priorities into implementable architectures, designs, and runbooks Own end-to-end technical design for Network Security services Define and assure non-functional requirements (availability, scalability, performance, security, operability) Maintain architecture diagrams, security workflows, threat models, and integration contracts aligned with governance standards Make automation the default through security-as-code, GitOps, and CI/CD practices Lead code reviews for Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and automated runbooks Ensure testability via change rehearsal, smoke/soak testing, rollback automation, and failure validation Own engineering input into SRE metrics (MTTR, MTTD, deployment frequency, error budgets) Drive defect and incident analytics and remediation sprints Support major incident management and post-incident reviews Ensure solutions meet regulatory, risk, and audit requirements with automated evidence where possible Balance security posture, compliance obligations, and business enablement Act as a technical mentor and coach for engineers Collaborate with peer Technical Leads across infrastructure, cloud, and identity domains to deliver end-to-end Zero Trust outcomes Technologies: CI/CD Cloud DevSecOps GitOps Support ITIL Network Product Owner Security Splunk More: We are seeking a Network Technical Integration Lead for a 9-month contract role, located in a hybrid work environment (60% onsite / 40% remote) from our Knutsford office. In this role, you will provide engineering leadership across our Network Security platforms, ensuring engineering excellence, secure change delivery, and operational resilience. You will have the opportunity to work closely with Product Owners and global delivery teams to deliver secure, scalable, and automated Network Security solutions aligned with Zero Trust principles. We offer a competitive rate of £600-£625 per day (Inside IR35), and the chance to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment. last updated 9 week of 2026