IP Network Engineer — live broadcast & events, up to £70,000, Shepherd’s Bush
Up to £70,000 | Shepherd’s Bush, West London | 5 days onsite
Our client is a fast-moving broadcast technology business that puts live television on screen for some of the biggest events in sport and beyond. A small, highly capable team of five built the network at pace — and now there’s 18 months of exciting projects lined up. They need a Network Engineer to join them, lead on design and deployment, and upskill the team around them.
This is not a support role. If your background is predominantly reactive and ticket-driven, this isn’t the right fit. They want someone who plans, designs, deploys, and then teaches — a confident engineer who can muck in across wider infrastructure and thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes live environment.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Plan, design, and deploy network infrastructure across a live broadcast and events environment
- Take ownership of Layer 3 network architecture and multicast routing
- Upskill and develop the wider team — you’re a technical leader, not just a contributor
- Get involved in wider infrastructure beyond pure networking — this team needs people who’ll pitch in
- Support live events on an on-call basis — the network underpins live TV transmission
- Contribute to a packed project pipeline across the next 18 months
- Work with Cisco Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9K switching platforms, WatchGuard firewalls, and Netgear
TECH STACK
- Cisco Nexus 9K (9508 chassis — ST 2110 fabric)
- Layer 3 networking & multicast (core requirement)
- WatchGuard Firewalls
- SMPTE ST 2110 (training provided — strong IP engineers welcomed)
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Strong Layer 3 networking and multicast experience — this is the technical core of the role
- Design and deployment background — you build things, you don’t just maintain them
- Confident with the presence to lead and teach — you’ll be upskilling colleagues, not just delivering yourself
- Comfortable across wider infrastructure, not just routing and switching
- ST 2110 experience is a bonus not a requirement — a brilliant IP engineer will be trained on broadcast specifics
- Able to work at pace in a live, high-pressure environment — broadcast waits for no one
- Happy to be onsite 5 days a week — the environment demands it and the team is all in together
- Available for on-call during live events
THE PACKAGE
- Up to £70,000 base salary — for someone genuinely brilliant
- 25 days annual leave
- Ad hoc overtime
- Electric car scheme
- Rewards platform and Employee Assistance Programme
- Family-friendly benefits
- Pension (currently being aligned)
- 5 days per week onsite — Shepherd’s Bush, West London
WHY THIS ROLE STANDS OUT
- Every day is a school day — constant exposure to new technology, new challenges, and new problems to solve
- Live TV at massive scale — sport, entertainment, major national events — you’ll feel the pride when it goes out
- A small, tight-knit team where your contribution is genuinely visible and valued
- Huge project pipeline — 18 months of interesting, varied work already lined up
- Broadcast networking is a rare and marketable speciality — ST 2110 on your CV opens doors
- Cisco Nexus 9K in a broadcast fabric is genuinely unusual — technically fascinating work
Strong Layer 3 and multicast engineer ready to lead, build, and teach in a live broadcast environment? Let’s talk.
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