Network Engineer
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Occupation Type
IT network professionals
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£45,600
(£23.38 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Title: Network Engineer
Reports to: Senior Network Engineer
Work Arrangement
Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.
Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.
Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.
This role sits within the MAME area of Platform Group IT Engineering. Responsible for the design, deployment, and operational support of IT infrastructure across Metrea's global platforms.
Position Summary
Reports to: Senior Network Engineer
Work Arrangement
Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.
Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.
Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.
This role sits within the MAME area of Platform Group IT Engineering. Responsible for the design, deployment, and operational support of IT infrastructure across Metrea's global platforms.
Position Summary
In this role, you will serve as a key member of our enterprise IT team, building, maintaining, and securing the network infrastructure that keeps our organization connected and mission-ready across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
You will partner with the Senior Network Engineer, cybersecurity, cloud operations, and IT support teams to deliver resilient, high-performance communications—including classified environments. You will be successful if you thrive in a fast-paced, security-focused setting, take ownership of complex network challenges, and are driven by continuous improvement.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer looking to grow professionally while making a direct impact on the availability, security, and performance of critical network systems.
What You’ll Do
You will partner with the Senior Network Engineer, cybersecurity, cloud operations, and IT support teams to deliver resilient, high-performance communications—including classified environments. You will be successful if you thrive in a fast-paced, security-focused setting, take ownership of complex network challenges, and are driven by continuous improvement.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer looking to grow professionally while making a direct impact on the availability, security, and performance of critical network systems.
What You’ll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure—routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points—across classified and unclassified environments.
- Configure and optimize LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, and VPN solutions using platforms such as Cisco, Aruba, and Palo Alto.
- Implement and enforce network security controls including firewall policies, ACLs, IDS/IPS, NAC, and network segmentation aligned with NIST, CMMC, ISO 27001, and Cyber Essentials frameworks.
- 5–8 years of hands-on experience in network engineering or administration supporting multi-site enterprise environments (500+ endpoints).
- Strong command of TCP/IP, OSI model, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), and switching technologies (VLANs, STP, VxLAN).
- CCNP Enterprise or equivalent advanced networking certification.
- Experience with defence cybersecurity regulations (NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001, ITAR).
- Hands-on experience with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) or SD-WAN platforms.
- Familiarity with Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) principles.
- Network automation and scripting skills (Python, Ansible, PowerShell).
- Experience with Azure ExpressRoute or AWS Direct Connect implementations
At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
Benefits
Private Medical Insurance
Subsidised gym membership/plans through Wellhub
Electric Car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Salary-sacrificed pension scheme
Free lunch on office days
Enhanced Parental Leave
30 days annual PTO plus b/h
Bonus Scheme
Personal development opportunities
Right to Work
The employee will have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom and will be able to produce the right to work documentation.
Equal Opportunities Statement
Metrea Management Limited (MAM) (edit as per capability) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work (please verify the below)
This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.
Work Location
London UK
Work Environment
Hybrid; minimum of 3 days/week onsite – London, UK
Travel
Travelling is required
Equal Opportunities Statement
Metrea Management Limited (MAM) (edit as per capability) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work (please verify the below)
This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.
Work Location
London UK
Work Environment
Hybrid; minimum of 3 days/week onsite – London, UK
Travel
Travelling is required