Network Security Engineer

Ref No. 25286
Posted 5 Feb 2026

Overview

Employment: Permanent

Job description

Network Security Engineer// Cardiff/ Hybrid // £50,000 plus benefits

 

 Network Security Engineer – Opportunity with a High‑Growth AI Organisation

An innovative, fast‑growing AI company operating in highly regulated industries is looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer to join its Infrastructure team. This is a lead technical position with ownership of network service design and day‑to‑day security operations.

Location: Cardiff , South Wales (hybrid – 1 day per week on site)


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, support, and maintenance of secure network infrastructure
  • Act as the SME and escalation point for networking across the organisation
  • Ensure network availability, resilience, and compliance with internal standards
  • Manage firewall technologies, switching, HA setups, and secure connectivity
  • Plan and deliver upgrades, changes, and improvements with strong change control
  • Support incident resolution within agreed SLAs
  • Work closely with the wider business to ensure stable, secure operations

 Core Technical Skills (Essential)

  • Cisco ASA, Cisco Nexus/IOS
  • Fortigate
  • pfSense
  • High Availability (HA)
  • VMware networking
  • Secure wireless
  • PKI, iSCSI
  • VPN, VLAN, RADIUS, DHCP, DNS, NAT

Desirable: Azure/AWS networking, HP Blade, Vyatta, Nutanix, SASE, HAProxy, Linux, PRTG, Unifi, 802.1x


 Ideal Profile

  • Proactive, solutions‑focused problem solver
  • Comfortable taking ownership and driving technical decisions
  • Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast‑moving environment

 Why Join?

You’ll play a pivotal role in securing and shaping the network foundations behind mission‑critical AI solutions trusted by major enterprises and organisations.

 

Network Security Engineer// Cardiff/ Hybrid // £50,000 plus benefits

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