Network Operations Engineer, Sovereign Operations, Hampshire

Apigee
Apigee

Operations

London, UK

Posted on Sep 21, 2026
Must be a British citizen to meet compliance and security clearance requirements. The office location will be a satellite site in Hampshire, with occasional travel to London. This is an on-site position, requiring a standard five day per week schedule in the office.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Networking, Information Security, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with Linux Systems Administration and kernel level/data plane cloud native networking.
  • Experience with one or more scripting languages e.g. Python, Bash, Poweshell.
  • Experience with designing and implementing resilient, secure networks using a wide range of technologies.
  • Active, or the ability to obtain, a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience deploying and operating production workloads in Kubernetes.
  • Experience designing and implementing configuration management solutions to enable network and cloud platform operations (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet).
  • Understanding of the Kubernetes networking model, along with experience debugging CNI plugin (e.g., Cilium) configurations and Service Mesh (e.g., Istio) architectures.
  • Excellent partner management, follow-through, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and verbal and written communication skills.
  • Current and active UK Security Check (SC) or UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.