Lead Network Design Engineer (L3/3.5)

About the role

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.

We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.

We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience. Want to be part of it?

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Network Design & L3/L3.5 Engineer to act as a technical authority across our global network infrastructure. This role combines architecture, design, engineering, automation and advanced operational support responsibility for enterprise networking, cloud connectivity, security services and application delivery platforms.

The successful candidate will operate at the highest levels of technical escalation, leading the design, governance and optimisation of routing, switching, firewalling, load balancing and cloud networking technologies. They will also be expected to drive the adoption of AI and automation to improve network visibility, operational efficiency, proactive capacity management and incident resolution.

This role is suited to an engineer who enjoys both strategic design work and deep technical troubleshooting, and who can influence standards, mentor engineers and modernise network operations through automation and intelligent tooling.

Key Responsibilities -

Network Architecture & Design

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Design and govern enterprise network architectures across datacentres, public cloud and corporate environments.

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Define standards, patterns and roadmaps for routing, switching, firewall, DNS and load balancing technologies.

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Lead network design reviews, technical governance and architectural decision-making.

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Design highly available and resilient network solutions supporting business-critical applications and customer-facing platforms.

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Develop network standards covering segmentation, availability, performance and security.

L3 / L3.5 Engineering & Technical Leadership

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Act as a senior escalation point for complex network incidents and major service outages.

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Perform deep root-cause analysis across LAN, WAN, cloud and security platforms.

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Provide technical leadership during major incidents and high-risk infrastructure changes.

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Lead troubleshooting activities across routing, switching, firewall, DNS and application delivery environments.

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Mentor network engineers and support technical capability development across the team.