Network Engineer; Cloud

Position: Network Engineer (Cloud)
Location: City Of London

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** Who we are
** We’re the people behind the global loyalty currency, Avios, and home to three ambitious, growing businesses;
and . Each business has its own goals and strategy, but collectively we create brilliant experiences for our global customers.

We’re on a truly exciting journey of growth and transformation – we’re going places! This is where you come in.
** The Opportunity
** Our Network Engineering team is responsible for driving technology change and managing technical debt, with a cloud-first strategy at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with product and development teams to support growth and innovation across the business.

As part of the core engineering function, this is a hands-on operational role with a strong focus on Network Security, Net Dev Ops , and Content Delivery.

We’re looking for a highly skilled Network & Dev Ops Engineer with expertise in Akamai (or a comparable CDN), Palo Alto Prisma Access (SSE), AWS networking best practice, and infrastructure automation with Terraform. This role blends advanced network engineering, cloud security, Dev Ops automation, and edge performance optimisation to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing infrastructure for global  this role, you’ll take ownership of ensuring secure connectivity, efficient content delivery, and cloud-native automation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

This role is based out of our London office. We call our approach to hybrid working
* The Blend* — it’s about giving you the flexibility to choose where you do your best work, while staying connected with your team and the wider business. This means you will be required to spend at least two days per week in the office, with the rest of the time working from home. You may also be required to work from one of our other office or partner locations, based on your role and 'to do' list.
** What you’ll be doing
** Working within the Tech Ops function of Core Engineering, you will support Product, Data, and AI-focused teams, ensuring cloud networking is well-architected and guardrails are consistently applied.

You will take ownership of the design, implementation, and maintenance of content delivery and web security solutions, ensuring clients benefit from optimal performance and security. This includes configuring and managing Akamai-provisioned services such as Property Manager, Edge Logic Cloudlets, WAF, Data stream, AAP Policy, and PKI, as well as troubleshooting and resolving technical issues end-to-end.

Collaboration is key in this role. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to align Akamai solutions with business needs, maintain policies in line with industry trends, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement. You will also review and implement both vendor-proposed changes and internal change requests from product, data, and application delivery teams.

The position also involves the technical review and implementation of network-related CI/CD delivery across cloud and content delivery platforms, as well as participation in working groups to deliver business objectives and drive technical improvements. You will contribute to the proactive development of network environments, guided by business plans, technical architecture, and long-term strategy to meet future requirements.

You will be responsible for network security, developing and maintaining policies and procedures in line with audit requirements and industry standards such as ISO and PCI. This includes managing escalated network and firewall infrastructure support, providing consultation, and delivering cloud network capabilities. You will also take ownership of firewall security policy administration, branch LAN infrastructure maintenance and configuration, DNS management, and the interpretation and implementation of firewall and LAN-based changes.

Finally, you will ensure the successful ownership and management of network operations tickets, making sure they are handled efficiently and effectively.
** What we’re…