Network Technical Integration Lead
Location: Hybrid (60% onsite / 40% remote)
Duration: Contract through to November 2026
Rate: 550 - 604 per day - Inside IR35
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Network Technical Integration Lead to drive engineering execution, ensure quality delivery, and lead safe, controlled change into production environments.
This is a senior technical leadership role focused on resilience, automation-first engineering, and end-to-end design accountability. You will coach engineers, embed SRE best practices, and ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) are engineered into every solution.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Design Ownership
Lead integration design including non-functional requirements, resilience patterns, integration contracts, and rollback strategies.Change & Release Engineering
Define and execute structured change rehearsals, smoke testing, soak testing, and production rollbacks.Automation & Infrastructure as Code
Conduct code reviews across IaC and automation frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Git-based pipelines).
Drive automation as the default engineering approach.Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices
Implement error budgets, reduce toil, and enhance reliability engineering standards.Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
Lead defect analytics and remediation sprints.
Improve change models and expand automation coverage.
Foster a disciplined post-incident review (PIR) culture.
Essential Experience
8-10+ years' experience across network and security engineering (design, build, operate)
Strong troubleshooting across multiple layers:
Network
Identity
Endpoint
Proxy
SIEM / SOAR
Hands-on automation experience (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps)
Proven ITIL change leadership experience
Major Incident Management (MIM) exposure
Desirable Certifications
CCNP / CCIE
Zscaler Professional
Fortinet NSE 4+
Splunk Admin / Enterprise Security
ITIL 4 Managing Professional (or equivalent)
Success Metrics
Reduced change failure rate
Improved MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)
Increased automated test coverage
Higher percentage of changes moved to standard/automated models
Measurable reduction in repeat incidents
This role is ideal for a technically strong, automation-driven engineering leader who thrives in complex enterprise environments and is passionate about building resilient, production-ready network platforms.