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Lead Network Engineer
Senior Lead Network Engineer – ITN
About ITN
ITN is one of the UK’s leading independent content production companies, trusted for over 70 years to tell the world’s most important stories. From BAFTA- and Emmy-winning journalism and impactful factual content to creative entertainment and branded storytelling, ITN brings truth and innovation to every platform. Making over 70 hours of live programmes weekly and reaching 1 billion digital views monthly, we are a content powerhouse with an ambition to keep growing, serving audiences across the UK and globally.
Our people are at the heart of our success. With a reputation built on integrity and creativity, ITN evolves through an ambitious growth strategy, investing in new technology, premium content, and future talent. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture where everyone can thrive, shaping ITN’s next chapter.
We pride ourselves as an equal opportunities employer, committed to a culture that reflects our audiences—ensuring everyone feels included, supported, and inspired to deliver their best work.
How We Work
At ITN, how we work is as critical as what we do. Our core values define the culture here—and what we expect in return:
- Ambition: Bold goals, ownership, and continuous learning. We seek new opportunities to drive impact.
- Courage: Honest, respectful honesty. Challenging ideas constructively while valuing open communication.
- Team: Collaboration and intersection, celebrating successes, and ensuring every voice matters. Team success drives us forward.
We prioritise work-life balance, offering flexibility in working models, part-time roles, and everything in between.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead Network Engineer to drive technical ownership of ITN’s corporate and broadcast-critical network environments. This is a senior, hands-on leadership position demanding deep expertise in modern networking technologies and proven experience delivering high-availability, low-latency networks at scale.
You’ll bridge both enterprise IT and broadcast engineering, ensuring these networks underpin live production, content delivery, and corporate services. Ideal candidates are equally competent discussing BGP route policy as they are troubleshooting PTP (IEEE 1588) synchronisation.
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Key Responsibilities
Network Architecture & Operations
- Provide technical leadership for ITN’s corporate and broadcast network infrastructures across all sites.
- Design and operate mission-critical IP networks for live broadcast, streaming, and corporate systems.
- Own network performance, capacity planning, and resilience for both domains.
- Define and enforce network standards, architectures, configuration baselines, and operational best practices.
- Ensure networks are secure, scalable, well-documented, and robust through execution and oversight.
- Manage relationships with external suppliers and carriers for circuit provision, SLA agreement, and connectivity projects.
Broadcast & Live Event Networking
- Lead network services for large-scale, high-profile live events where no downtime is acceptable.
- Escalation point for critical network incidents, particularly in multicast and broadcast-centric environments.
- Design and optimise multicast routing for streaming video and broadcast workflows.
- Collaborate with broadcast and production teams to integrate new systems into the IP production environment.
- Support special events such as elections, royal events, and outside broadcasts from a network perspective.
Team Leadership & Project Delivery
- Line manage a team of network engineers (supporting development, mentoring, and performance).
- Act as technical lead, escalating solutions across the network function for highly complex or high-risk issues.
- Contribute to capital projects where network infrastructure is vital to delivery timelines.
- Represent networking in project/engineering forums, offering risk, resource, and delivery assessments.
Note: The above list highlights key responsibilities and is not exhaustive.
Key Attributes
Core Requirements
Must demonstrate:
- Significant industry experience across a diverse range of network technologies and architectures.
- Strong, hands-on expertise in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), switching, VLANs, and WAN connectivity.
- Proficient in VXLAN/EVPN overlay architectures.
- Expertise in multicast networking: PIM, SSM, IGMPv2/3, Rendezvous Points, and at-scale troubleshooting.
- Experience with VPNs (site-to-site and remote access).
- Proven track record operating high-availability, low-latency networks in pressured, live, or real-time environments.
- Deep understanding of network resilience/failover, high-availability designs.
- Advanced troubleshooting across Layer 2–4 and multicast domains.
- Experience in leading or mentoring small technical teams.
- Business-communications expertise to explain network concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Desired: Broadcast & Streaming Experience
- Knowledge of multicast in streaming or live broadcast environments.
- Prior experience working within broadcast or media industries a plus.
- Understanding of IP-based broadcast standards (SMPTE ST 2110, PTP (IEEE 1588), NMOS IS-04/IS-05).
- Familiarity with timing-sensitive networking and real-time production needs.
- Exposure to SDN principles in broadcast or live production.
- Membership in SMPTE or formal IP media training.
Certifications (Desirable)
- Arista ACE (Arista Certified Engineer)
- Cisco CCNP or equivalent
- Vendor or industry certifications specialising in network design, security, or enterprise networking.
Technology Environment
The role spans a multi-vendor, best-of-breed landscape including:
- Arista networks: Core broadcast/data-centre fabric
- Cisco networks: Corporate and campus domains
- Palo Alto: Firewalls & security
- Operational environments: Corporate, data centre, and broadcast networks
Personal Attributes
Ideal candidates embody:
- Clarity and confidence under pressure (especially during live events).
- Balance between strategic architectural vision and hands-on engineering excellence.
- Leadership and communication to effectively bridge IT and media production teams.
- Passion for evolving networking and broadcasting technologies.
- A detail-driven, accountable work ethic aligned with the needs of a mission-critical environment.
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