Network Engineer

UE07: £41,064 – £48,822 Per Annum.

Communications Infrastructure Services, Information Services Group, central Edinburgh.  

Full-time: 35 hours per week.

Open-ended Contract - Permanent.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for two experienced and talented network engineers to join the team and help manage and develop the university network and its security. Working on the full network stack across two datacentres and over 300 buildings, you will have constant opportunity to show your talent and learn new skills.

• Overall systems management and service-wide configuration of network infrastructure assets and services. Contribute to the Second line service support to the University at large, and specialist support to the rest of the Communications Infrastructure Services. 
• Ensuring security measures are developed and applied consistently and effectively across the network to protect communications infrastructure, including incident response functions. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. 

The salary for this post is £41,064 to £48,822 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Good knowledge and experience of network switching and routing 
• At least two years’ experience of the operational management and service delivery of a data network or significant part thereof. 
• Solid understanding of security principles, particularly within a network environment. 
• Ensuring security measures are developed and applied consistently and effectively across the network to protect communications infrastructure, including incident response functions. 
• Responsive and flexible, you will be a good communicator to a variety of audiences.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who have experience in one or more HPE/Aruba technologies - ClearPass, AOS, Airwave, IMC and Commware, as well as Fortinet.

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Application Information

 Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

- Cv

- Cover Letter

Some candidates will be invited for a short informal Teams call to help with the selection of candidates to be invited to interview.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 6 November 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

Interviews will be held in November.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

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