Hitachi
Network Infrastructure Engineer
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Location: London, London, United Kingdom
Job ID: R1009295
Date Posted: 2026-07-10
Company Name: Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited
Profession (Job Category): IT, Telecom & Internet
Job Schedule: Full time
Remote: No
About Us
A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.
Job Description
LR Grade: 7
Location: Palestra
Working style: On site
Our Opportunity
Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like an opportunity to develop further within a varied and challenging role? This role will play a key part within the Services job family working on the RON Project. This is a temporary role, designed to coincide with the duration of the project specific need – expected to be around 18 months. This role is responsible for monitoring the overall performance of the RON network and looking for optimisation opportunities. The role supports configuration, maintenance and upgrades for the system. The role holder will have complex network issues escalated to them from the O&M staff and will also use the test and reference network environment to validate changes before updating the production environment. This will be an on-site role, working within the RON network, meaning you could be based in Palestra, Waterloo or other designated sites associated with the programme.
Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:
- Network Performance Monitoring and Optimisation
- VLAN Configuration and Maintenance
- Switch/Router/Firewall Configuration
- Threat and Patch Validation (Use of Test and RefNet Environment)
- Hardware and Firmware Upgrades
- Hardware Lifecycle Management
- Backup and Recovery of Network Devices
- Documentation and Network Diagrams
- Access Control Management
- Policy Validation
- Remediation Implementation (in response to a network issue)
- Recommendation to NSA
- Change Implementation in Production Environment
- Log in / log off activities for new systems and applications (also monitoring the capacity)
- Use of distributed file storage / sharing
- Admin rights for specific applications
- Run book (Service Centre Technical Document)
- Use of Metrix
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Human Skills
- Experience of working using own initiative and within a team environment
- Self-motivated and self-aware
- Problem solving skills
- Self-disciplined
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong written skills for documentation and reporting
What to expect
We aim to complete a single-stage interview process, held in person at our Palestra or Waterloo site. The interview will focus on technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you with the ability to flex your start and finish times where our customer needs are covered, where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
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Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.
At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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