Senior Network Engineer

You'll be joining our Network Team within Infrastructure Services, a small but highly skilled group of four engineers who play a critical role in keeping Bauer's networks running smoothly and evolving for the future.

We're a collaborative, supportive team with a friendly, family-like culture. Everyone has a voice here, whether it's handling major incidents, sharing knowledge, or shaping technical decisions. You'll work across a multi-site environment, partnering closely with wider infrastructure teams and the business to deliver high-quality, reliable network services.

As a Senior Network Engineer, you'll play a key role in ensuring the performance, resilience, and future evolution of our network infrastructure. You'll take ownership of complex technical challenges, lead impactful projects, and act as an escalation point for critical issues.

This is an opportunity to combine hands on engineering with leadership, mentoring others, driving improvements, and shaping how our network operates across a multi site organisation.

You'll lead on network engineering initiatives while supporting day-to-day operations, ensuring our infrastructure is secure, scalable, and high performing.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading delivery of network projects (e.g. switch refreshes, firewall deployments, cloud connectivity)
• Monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving complex network issues
• Acting as an escalation point for network related incidents and queries
• Driving performance optimisation and identifying system improvements
• Providing technical leadership, including peer reviews and mentoring
• Supporting change and continuous improvement across network operations
• Producing clear documentation for internal teams and stakeholders
• Collaborating with internal teams, vendors, and service providers

• Strong experience as a Network Engineer in a complex, multi-site environment
• Deep expertise in Cisco technologies (routers, switches, firewalls)
• Hands on experience with Palo Alto firewalls (configuration and deployment)
• Advanced routing knowledge (EIGRP preferred, plus OSPF/BGP)
• Experience working in high availability, resilient environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Experience leading projects and driving technical delivery
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers
• Exposure to wireless (e.g. Meraki), WAN technologies, and VPN solutions
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. SolarWinds, Zabbix)
• Experience in media or similar fast paced industries

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe's largest Publishers. From women's and celebrities' magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France - both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long term, with a consumer first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people's everyday lives.

• You'll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider - Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You'll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing .

We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.

Date Job Posting Last Updated: 10 May 2026