Role : Senior Network Engineer Location : London Area - Onsite full time IR35 :TBC Length: 3 months initial We seek a strong Infrastructure & Network Engineer to help design, maintain, and optimise the networking and computing infrastructure supporting our robotics development, testing, and production environments. This role involves hands-on support for network configuration, local server environments, storage solutions, and on-premise GPU clusters, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance. Responsibilities Manage lab networks (routers, switches, VLANs, Wi-Fi) to ensure high-performance connectivity for robotic testing. Support teleoperation with low-latency, high-bandwidth links between operators and robots. Maintain local servers and NAS storage, ensuring uptime, backups, and secure access. Design and manage scalable, secure IT infrastructure (on-prem, hybrid, or cloud). Monitor and troubleshoot network performance (QoS, uptime, connectivity). Implement and enforce security best practices (access control, firewalls, VPNs). Maintain documentation of network setups, procedures, and hardware inventory. Expertise: Strong networking experience: Wi-Fi, switching, routing, VLANs, VPNs, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, iptables. Skilled in managing NAS systems and storage for robotics/AI workloads. Proficient with Linux server administration and hardware configurations. Familiar with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) and automation tools. Solid grasp of IT security for mixed on-prem/cloud environments. Comfortable with hardware setup, cabling, and diagnosing physical network issues. Experience supporting real-time or high-availability networked systems. Preferred Skills Experience with GPU servers, containers, and Kubernetes. Knowledge of hybrid infrastructure (on-prem cloud like AWS/GCP). Familiarity with teleoperation, game streaming, or low-latency systems. Infrastructure monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, Netdata, etc. Basic scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and tooling. Strong communicator with solid documentation skills.