EngineeringOn-siteSenior

Senior Network Operations Engineer

Graphcore, part of SoftBank Group, designs AI compute hardware and systems. This senior engineer keeps its networks reliable and secure in Bristol, acting as the escalation point for complex incidents across cloud and on-premises sites.

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Company: Graphcore
Where: Bristol
Function: Engineering
Posted: 1 week ago
Team: IT Engineering
Seniority: Senior
Work mode: On-site
Categories: AI & ML DeepTech SaaS

The role

What you’ll do

Own complex network incidents through to resolution as the senior escalation point
Troubleshoot routing, firewalls and Wi-Fi, and improve monitoring across environments
Automate routine network operations and write runbooks and recovery procedures
Support upgrades and deployments, with occasional travel to remote data centres and offices

What you’ll need

At least five years of hands-on network engineering in production support, plus a major platform certification
Strong knowledge of large-scale L2/L3 networks, including BGP, OSPF, switching and resilience
Experience with centralised firewalls (rulesets, NAT, VPNs) and managed Wi-Fi such as Meraki or Aruba
Automation with Ansible, Python or similar; AWS networking, Cisco SDA or SD-WAN a bonus

Good to know: No visa sponsorship: you need the right to work in the UK. Up to 5% matched pension, phantom equity, free food and an on-site barista. Returners after a career break are welcome.