Network Engineer - Media & Advertising

Keen to join a company that champions growth and development?

Join one of the UK's most established media and content production organisations, supporting the network infrastructure behind world-class broadcasting and digital content delivery. The organisation operates complex, high-availability environments across broadcast, data centre, and security platforms, using technologies including Arista, Cisco, and Palo Alto.

This opportunity is ideal for a Network Engineer with a strong ISP background looking to transition into a more varied and technically unique environment. You'll work across both broadcast and data centre networks, applying your expertise in routing, BGP, and high-availability infrastructure while developing new skills in multicast and IP broadcast technologies.

Ready to make a move? Get in touch and apply today!

Responsibilities:

• Support and deliver across two distinct network environments, Arista broadcast fabric and Cisco DC network
• Work on network projects end to end alongside the wider engineering team
• Provide hands-on support for live broadcast and corporate network infrastructure
• Manage and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewall configurations and security policy
• Apply your ISP routing expertise to a demanding, high-availability production environment
• Learn and develop broadcast networking skills, multicast, live event delivery, and IP production workflows with structured support from the team
• Arista (broadcast network)
• Cisco (DC network)
• Palo Alto (firewalls)
• BGP / OSPF | Routing & Switching
• Multicast (will train)

Skills/Must Have:

• ISP background is essential, strong routing fundamentals built in a service provider environment
• Solid BGP and OSPF experience, worked with these protocols at scale in production
• Comfortable in high-availability environments where performance and uptime are non-negotiable
• Hands-on experience with Arista or Cisco in a production setting
• Palo Alto firewall experience beneficial
• Multicast knowledge not required, structured development in broadcast networking provided
• Able to work across both project delivery and BAU support
• Based in or able to commute to Central London, 3 days per week in the office

Location & Working Pattern:

• Hybrid: 3 days Central London / 2 days from home
• No on-call requirement

Benefits:

• Your ISP routing skills transfer directly, and they'll invest in your broadcast development
• A genuinely unique environment, broadcast and DC networking side by side, not enterprise BAU
• One of the UK's most recognised media organisations, the network you support is on national television
• Arista broadcast fabric is rare and marketable, a career differentiator most roles can't offer
• No on-call, high-stakes work, sensible hours
• Hybrid, 3 days Central London, 2 from home

Salary:

• £65,000 base salary