Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £61,672 - £66,0000 plus 10% Market Supplement 

Grade: Level 5, Zone 2

Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG 

Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36, Full time
Closing Date: Monday 27th July 2026; 23:55
How to apply:
Allen Lane is managing this role so please do not apply via the website as applications will not be considered. Please email your supporting statement to Allen Lane - [email protected] 
 

About Camden

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all. 

A key part of our Digital and Data Services (DDS) department, our Technology Service provides secure, innovative, efficient, and scalable technology solutions that empower our Staff and our Citizens. We are a team of collaborators and knowledge sharers working in an agile, fast-paced environment. 

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved

As a Lead Network Engineer you will lead our approach to designing, building, testing, implementing and operating Camden’s corporate network. You will stay up to date with the latest technology offerings, both cloud and on-premise, as well as best practice for configuration and monitoring, allowing Camden to take advantage of the latest technologies. You’ll contribute to our cloud migration strategy, governance, and best practices. 

The Lead Network Engineer will manage a team of Network Engineers and be responsible for ensuring that our critical network infrastructure is designed and optimised for security, high availability and disaster recovery, including collaborating with the Information Security Team to ensure compliance with the ISO27001, PCI-DSS and PCN standards. your chance to build, secure and run new cloud platforms and systems, delivering a network that will ultimately be used by our staff and residents. You’ll also work to improve our legacy on-premise environment to make our technology services more cost effective and agile. 

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All About you

Camden is on a journey to transform our digital experiences through the use of cloud technology. You will have extensive experience managing a complex multi-site network based on IP-VPN and SD-WAN as well as migrating services to a cloud environment, preferably Microsoft Azure.

You will be an experienced problem solver who can work on your initiative and with others to identify creative and innovative solutions. You will also be adaptable and flexible in your approach to work and have excellent organisational skills to manage a complex and varied workload. You will act as a Network Evangelist, supporting DDS to raise the profile of IT within the business by building relationships with customers and colleagues.

Our Engineers work closely with colleagues in all positions, so communication and interpersonal skills are critical for this role. We expect deep expertise in one or two areas and baseline skills and knowledge across a wide range of IT technologies. This helps our Engineers to jump in where there may be a gap to help keep work flowing and our projects on track.

You will have relevant professional certifications and experience to demonstrate your capabilities and fit for the role.

What We Offer 

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.   

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do. 

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit                

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.  

Asking for adjustments  

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.