Network Engineer

About The Company Claranet Limited is a leading managed service provider specializing in delivering innovative network, security, and cloud solutions to organizations across various industries. With a strong commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, Claranet has established itself as a trusted partner in enabling digital transformation for its clients. The company prides itself on its expertise in designing, implementing, and managing complex IT infrastructures, ensuring high availability, security, and compliance in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. About The Role We are seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer with extensive experience in advanced network infrastructure, particularly within regulated and financial environments. The successful candidate will play a critical role in managing, supporting, and enhancing our network operations, ensuring they meet stringent compliance standards and operational excellence. This role involves hands-on technical work, including network migrations, transformations, and implementations at an engineering level, with a focus on Netskope and SASE solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in routing, switching, SDWAN, and security protocols, coupled with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively under pressure. Qualifications The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years of practical experience in network engineering, with proven expertise in supporting complex, regulated environments. Relevant certifications such as CCNP, Fortinet NSE5/7, Meraki ECMS2, or F5 are highly desirable. A solid understanding of network principles, design, and operational environments is essential, along with familiarity with automation tools like Python, Terraform, and Ansible. Experience working with cloud and security services such as Azure, AWS, and SASE platforms (Fortinet, Netskope) is also preferred. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are crucial for producing audit-ready documentation and engaging with senior stakeholders effectively. Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex incidents across SDWAN, WAN, LAN/WLAN, VPN/SASE, and load-balancing platforms, ensuring compliance with financial services regulations.
• Implement network configuration changes using approved templates and security baselines, maintaining audit trails.
• Validate device configurations, firmware posture, and compliance with golden standards and sector-specific requirements.
• Support onboarding of new sites/services using Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines.
• Manage routing policies, QoS, wireless performance tuning, and load balancer configuration updates.
• Collaborate with vendor management teams on escalated transport or device issues, ensuring regulatory requirements are met.
• Contribute to CMDB enrichment through topology validation and asset reconciliation.
• Support automated impact assessments and change risk analysis, with a focus on operational resilience.
• Participate in continuous service improvement (CSI) initiatives, such as monitoring optimization and capacity analysis.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Level 2 engineers.
• Ensure all network operations adhere to financial services regulations and frameworks (e.g., FCA, PRA, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC).
• Maintain documentation and audit trails for all changes, incidents, and compliance activities.
• Support risk assessments, compliance reviews, and operational audits as required.
• Integrate regulatory requirements and security controls into network designs and operations.
• Maintain accurate incident, request, and change records in ServiceNow.
• Produce and present operational reports, dashboards, and summaries for internal and customer stakeholders, highlighting compliance, risk management, and performance.
• Support governance initiatives including process improvement, risk analysis, and post-implementation reviews. Benefits Equal Opportunity