Job Description:
Lead Engineer– Network Connectivity
Angel Court or Willow House
Permanent
Salary: Up to £112k DOE + 10% bonus + fantastic benefits
Hybrid Work Available
37.5 hours per week
We make health happen
At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.
Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.
In this role as A Lead Network Connectivity Engineer you are responsible for the strategic engineering, platform ownership, lifecycle management and continuous evolution of Bupa’s enterprise connectivity platforms, including WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, SASE and cloud connectivity services.
The role provides technical leadership across network engineering, automation, observability, operational resilience, standards governance and service lifecycle management for a large-scale multi-site enterprise environment.
It combines deep technical expertise with platform ownership, service engineering and engineering leadership, ensuring network services are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned to business and architectural strategy.
How you’ll help us make health happen
1. Lead the engineering, lifecycle management and continuous improvement of enterprise network connectivity services and platforms.
2. Provide technical leadership across WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, SASE, cloud connectivity and network security services.
3. Define and maintain engineering standards, deployment patterns, operational procedures and technical documentation.
4. Drive adoption of NetDevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code and network automation practices.
5. Ensure network services are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned to enterprise architecture and operational standards.
6. Act as a technical lead for root cause analysis and continuous improvement following incidents or service issues.
7. Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud, Operations and Product teams to deliver integrated and supportable technology solutions.
8. Support governance, design assurance and technical review processes across the Network Connectivity estate.
9. Support vendor, partner and managed service relationships including technical governance and solution evaluations.
10. Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance across the wider Network Connectivity engineering function.
11. Drive standardisation, simplification and consistency across network connectivity services and platforms
What you’ll bring:
Core Technical Skills & Experience
12. Enterprise WAN, LAN and Wi-Fi engineering within large-scale multi-site environments
13. Strong understanding of modern network architecture, operational engineering and service lifecycle management
14. Experience with SD-WAN, SASE and cloud connectivity architectures
15. Enterprise routing, switching, segmentation and secure access design
16. NetDevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code and network automation practices
17. Experience with APIs, automation tooling, configuration management and operational telemetry
18. Cloud networking and hybrid connectivity across Azure, GCP and enterprise environments
19. Experience designing resilient network services for automation, observability and supportability
20. Technical governance, standards development and engineering best practice
21. Ability to translate business and operational requirements into scalable engineering solutions
22. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
23. Ability to produce clear technical standards, architecture documentation and operational guidance
Other skills / experience / knowledge
24. Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capability
25. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
26. Strong leadership, mentoring and stakeholder engagement capability
27. Ability to balance operational, security, commercial and strategic considerations
28. Experience working within matrix organisations and alongside vendors, partners and managed service providers
29. Maintains awareness of emerging technologies and industry best practice, driving continual improvement across engineering and operational processes
Technologies & Platforms Used Within The Environment
Experience with some or all of the following would be beneficial:
30. Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Prisma Access
31. Cisco Meraki switching and wireless platforms
32. Network Access Control (NAC) and identity-based access technologies such as Cisco ISE
33. Enterprise DNS, DHCP and IPAM (DDI) platforms
34. SD-WAN and secure internet breakout architectures
35. Network automation and orchestration tooling
36. IoT and smart-building connectivity
37. Enterprise observability, logging and SIEM integrations
38. Managed service and third-party connectivity environments
39. Experience with policy-based networking principles
Qualifications
40. Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
41. Relevant industry certifications desirable (e.g. Palo Alto, Cisco, cloud networking, automation or security certifications)
Judgement Skills
42. Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capability
43. Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions balancing operational, security, commercial and strategic considerations
44. Ability to influence technical direction and engineering outcomes across complex stakeholder environments
45. Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
46. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and resolve complex technical challenges across organisational boundaries
Freedom to Act
47. Operates with a high degree of autonomy within agreed strategic, architectural and governance frameworks
48. Makes and influences technical decisions affecting solution design, operational services and engineering direction
49. Works within regulatory, security, risk and organisational policy constraints appropriate to a regulated enterprise environment
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
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Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
IT
Locations:
Angel Court, London