Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is a leading housing association dedicated to providing exceptional services to our communities. We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Network Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure team within the CIO Directorate.
You’ll take a hybrid approach working from home and in the Basingstoke office 2 days per week. You’ll also have to visit our other offices across our geography, so a full UK Drivers License and your own transport is essential.

OPERATIONS & SUPPORT

• Provide 3rd line engineering support for escalated incidents, proactively resolving performance and availability issues.
• Support network monitoring, log analysis, and telemetry configuration, driving early detection and incident prevention.
• Contribute to capacity planning, DR planning, patch management, and lifecycle upgrades.
• Participate in on-call support rotation and out-of-hours change implementations.
  What We’re Looking For:

LEGACY TO MODERN TRANSITION EXPERIENCE

• Cisco experience across Catalyst, Meraki, DNA Center, and Nexus switching platforms.
• Fortinet and ASA firewall knowledge is desirable to support transition.
• Experience managing or migrating from traditional MPLS/IPVPN to modern SD-WAN and cloud-native networks.

ABOUT US

We are now the 6th largest housing association by size - with almost 3000 colleagues, over 82,000 homes and over 210,000 customers across London and the South.
While we’re a not-for-profit organisation with every penny reinvested in homes and services, we are also a major business. What we do makes a real difference to people’s lives and by joining us you can share the satisfaction of doing something that really matters.
We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign. Have a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values

As a Network Engineer, you’ll play a crucial role in designing, implementing, supporting, and evolving modern cloud and on-premises network infrastructure – with a strong emphasis on Azure-native networking, zero trust principles, and next-generation security controls powered by Palo Alto Networks.
You will be instrumental in transforming our network landscape, replacing legacy infrastructure with secure, scalable, and policy-driven architectures built around Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls, Prisma Access, and Strata Cloud Manager.
This role operates at the intersection of engineering, architecture, governance, and operational leadership, working closely with Security Assurance, Security Operations, and external partners.
Key Responsibilities include: