Senior Platform Engineer (Network & Security)

Senior Platform Engineer (Network & Security)

Central London, Hybrid (2-3 days) | £70,000-£80,000 + excellent benefits

About the company

We're proud to be partnering with a leading international bank, renowned for its commitment to digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation. With operations spanning multiple continents, they're investing heavily in modernising their technology landscape; driving automation, cloud adoption, and agile delivery across the organisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the heart of this transformation, helping to build secure, scalable platforms that power global banking operations.

About the role

As the Senior Platform Engineer, you'll take ownership of network infrastructure design, automation, and security and work with both internal teams and third party partners to drive enterprise-level transformations.

You'll work across cloud and on-prem environments, utilising a range of cloud, network, and security technologies, developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and embedding security controls to deliver seamless, secure platform connectivity.

About you

An experienced Network & Security Engineer with at least 5+ years of relevant experience in designing, implementing, and securing enterprise-grade network platforms. You'll bring strong technical knowledge across the following areas:

• Threat prevention: anti-malware, content filtering, and advanced threat protection (Palo Alto, Check Point, Cisco)
• Cloud network security: particularly within Microsoft Azure
• Perimeter security: firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS)
• Web Application Firewalls (WAF): SaaS, on-prem, or Azure-based deployments
• Secure connectivity: SSL VPNs, remote access, and segmentation best practices
• Modern network security architectures: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and zero-trust principles
• Communication: internal & external partner/vendor collaboration

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within a talented platform team for a global financial institution. If you meet the requirements and are interested in learning more, please apply for a quick chat!

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position and the above requirements are essential. Applications will be unsuccessful if they don't meet these, or aren't within commuting distance of central London. I'd love to speak with everyone, but due to the high volume of applications we're receiving, I can't guarantee everyone a response.