Senior Network Engineer

Engineer the connections that keep a global Formula 1 team moving:

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer to take technical ownership of our global networking estate, ensuring the availability, performance, security and resilience of the services underpinning critical race operations and business systems.

As our network design authority and senior escalation point, you'll shape the evolution of our network across on-premises, cloud and trackside environments, driving modernisation through software-defined networking, automation and secure-by-design engineering.

What You'll Do

Lead the design, delivery, security and continuous improvement of our global networking estate across on-premises, cloud and trackside environments.

Own the lifecycle of enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless and secure remote connectivity.

Maintain and optimise routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, load balancing and network access control, ensuring performance, resilience and availability.

Embed secure-by-design principles and network security controls, working closely with the Security function.

Lead network projects and improvements through to delivery, managing technical risks, dependencies and change.

Provide 3rd line support and senior technical escalation for network incidents, leading root cause analysis and service improvement.

Drive network automation, infrastructure-as-code, standardised deployment and proactive monitoring across the estate.

Act as a subject matter expert, influencing technical standards and direction while mentoring and guiding junior engineers and colleagues.

Apply your broader infrastructure knowledge to support integrated solutions across the Infrastructure, Cloud and Apps team when required.

BSc, MIS or another IT-related qualification, or equivalent practical experience.

More than 7 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 3 years in a networking role.

Proven hands-on experience designing, implementing and operating complex enterprise networks.

Strong knowledge of routing, switching, wireless, network segmentation, enterprise firewalls and SD-WAN.

Strong understanding of secure access architectures such as ZTNA and SASE, alongside zero-trust, network access control, micro-segmentation and secure-by-design principles.

Strong knowledge of network services and protocols including DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, QoS, Multicast and 802.1X.

Strong network monitoring, fault diagnosis, performance tuning and optimisation capability.

Experience independently delivering complex technical work in high-performance environments.

Flexibility to support major incidents and time-critical issues outside normal working hours where reasonably required.

It Would Be an Advantage If You Also Have

Relevant IT, networking and cyber/information security certifications.

Experience in international, high-performance or mission-critical environments.

Cloud and cloud-native networking knowledge, including Microsoft Azure, multi-cloud or Kubernetes networking.

Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Ansible, Terraform or Python.

Familiarity with observability and telemetry-driven analytics.

Broader infrastructure knowledge across virtualisation, containerisation, Microsoft Server, Linux, cloud, compute and storage.

Exposure to platform engineering or DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automation and orchestration.

Experience supporting time-sensitive, mission-critical or trackside/remote connectivity.

TGR Haas F1 Team has been competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship for the past decade. With more than 200 Grand Prix starts, we're an ambitious challenger with teams across the US, UK and Italy.

We're a racing team, not a corporate machine. That means greater exposure across the business, wider visibility and the opportunity to see where your contribution makes a difference.

We look after our people with competitive rewards and bonuses alongside year-round health and wellbeing programmes, providing the support and tools to help you perform at your best.

Join our team and make your passion your profession.

Notice

Due to the nature of the organisation, all employees of TGR Haas F1 Team are required to be security cleared to National Security Vetting standards. If successful in your application, we would support you with the NSV process. As a guideline only, you would normally need to have been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years. Further confirmation can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority National Security Vetting (NSV) website

If you have not been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years, please be prepared to request an Overseas Criminal Records Check for these countries as you will be asked to provide this for referencing and security checks if you are successful.