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IT Network Engineer Level 1
Southeastern Railway
- London, England, United Kingdom
- London, England, United Kingdom
About
This role offers hybrid working with a requirement for 3 days in the office/on‑site. 2025 is the 200th anniversary of the first ever passenger rail journey, so we’re celebrating our proud history and bright future.
What you’ll do You will join a small, dedicated team responsible for keeping Southeast’s mission‑critical network running smoothly across over 200 sites in the South East — including stations, depots, offices, and data centres. Our train operations depend on this network, so reliability and performance are key.
As we transition from a legacy setup to a modern Fortinet SD‑WAN infrastructure, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of our connectivity.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
Maintaining and improving Southeast’s network infrastructure to ensure high availability, integrity and optimal performance.
Working closely with network delivery and support partners to maximise uptime and proactively resolve issues.
Leading and supporting IT projects, ensuring network requirements are met, capacity is planned, and services are successfully introduced.
Driving continuous service improvements by applying best practices and innovative solutions to enhance network reliability and security.
The Experience You’ll Need
Experience of operating, maintaining and implementing Fortinet SD‑WAN (essential)
CCNA Enterprise, CCNP (R+S/Wireless) / Security accreditation or equivalent (essential)
Experience working with service providers (essential)
Experience working with suppliers (essential)
NOC experience – with desire to be more hands‑on/project based
As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Other Things To Know
This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications.
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check and a pre‑employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeast, please wait six months before applying again.
What You’ll Get In Return Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:
A final salary pension
25 days annual leave allowance (plus bank holidays)
Free rail travel across our networks
Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.
A Bit About Southeast We’re one of Britain’s busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.
However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.
It’s also about making our railway a great place to work. With a team that represents the communities we serve, this journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.
Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeast. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.
At the heart of everything we do, our Safeguarding Team works to keep our customers, colleagues and the public safe by improving safeguarding measures and knowledge making sure everyone gets home safe, every day.
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Languages
- English
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