IP Network Engineer

IP Network Engineer — live broadcast & events, up to £70,000, Shepherd's Bush Up to £70,000 | Shepherd's Bush, West London | 5 days onsite Our client is a fast-moving broadcast technology business that puts live television on screen for some of the biggest events in sport and beyond.

A small, highly capable team of five built the network at pace — and now there's 18 months of exciting projects lined up. They need a Network Engineer to join them, lead on design and deployment, and upskill the team around them.

This is not a support role. If your background is predominantly reactive and ticket-driven, this isn't the right fit. They want someone who plans, designs, deploys, and then teaches — a confident engineer who can muck in across wider infrastructure and thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes live environment.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Plan, design, and deploy network infrastructure across a live broadcast and events environment Take ownership of Layer 3 network architecture and multicast routing Upskill and develop the wider team — you're a technical leader, not just a contributor Get involved in wider infrastructure beyond pure networking — this team needs people who'll pitch in Support live events on an on-call basis — the network underpins live TV transmission Contribute to a packed project pipeline across the next 18 months Work with Cisco Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9K switching platforms, WatchGuard firewalls, and Netgear TECH STACK Cisco Nexus 9K (9508 chassis — ST 2110 fabric) Layer 3 networking & multicast (core requirement) WatchGuard Firewalls SMPTE ST 2110 (training provided — strong IP engineers welcomed) WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Strong Layer 3 networking and multicast experience — this is the technical core of the role Design and deployment background — you build things, you don't just maintain them Confident with the presence to lead and teach — you'll be upskilling colleagues, not just delivering yourself Comfortable across wider infrastructure, not just routing and switching ST 2110 experience is a bonus not a requirement — a brilliant IP engineer will be trained on broadcast specifics Able to work at pace in a live, high-pressure environment — broadcast waits for no one Happy to be onsite 5 days a week — the environment demands it and the team is all in together Available for on-call during live events THE PACKAGE Up to £70,000 base salary — for someone genuinely brilliant 25 days annual leave Ad hoc overtime Electric car scheme Rewards platform and Employee Assistance Programme Family-friendly benefits Pension (currently being aligned) 5 days per week onsite — Shepherd's Bush, West London WHY THIS ROLE STANDS OUT Every day is a school day — constant exposure to new technology, new challenges, and new problems to solve Live TV at massive scale — sport, entertainment, major national events — you'll feel the pride when it goes out A small, tight-knit team where your contribution is genuinely visible and valued Huge project pipeline — 18 months of interesting, varied work already lined up Broadcast networking is a rare and marketable speciality — ST 2110 on your CV opens doors Cisco Nexus 9K in a broadcast fabric is genuinely unusual — technically fascinating work Strong Layer 3 and multicast engineer ready to lead, build, and teach in a live broadcast environment? Let's talk.

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