About this role
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location: Bordon, Hampshire and Corsham, Wiltshire
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70584
Join Us in Powering Defence Communications
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Network Engineer at Oakhanger, near Bordon, Hampshire or Corsham, Wiltshire.
As a Senior Network Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of supporting the UK Ministry of Defence’s military satellite communications system and ground stations. This is a unique opportunity to work on projects that safeguard national security and enable global defence operations. You’ll be part of a team that keeps mission-critical networks running smoothly, ensuring connectivity for those who protect us. It’s a role that offers challenge, purpose, and the chance to grow your career in a dynamic, high-impact environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Investigating RF and Baseband issues and resolving network incidents
- Setting up and testing new user access configurations
- Generating reports to validate network status and inform customers.
- Providing first-line technical solutions and fault investigations for MOD incidents within the Military Satellite Network
- Performing health checks on network and infrastructure to maintain operational readiness
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based onsite at our Oakhanger and Hawthorn sites. Occasional travel to other Babcock and customer sites may also be required.
Essential experience of the Senior Network Engineer:
- Exposure to the telecommunications industry
- Familiarity with satellite communications systems.
- Broad understanding of data communications
- Strong IP switching and routing skills
Qualifications for the Senior Network Engineer:
- Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering discipline
- Cisco Professional (CCNA) certification preferred, or demonstrable experience at this level.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing Date: 23/01/2026
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About Babcock
Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets.
Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals.
There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us.
Babcock is a Disability Confident, Committed Employer
What you'll do
- The Senior Network Engineer will investigate RF and Baseband issues, resolve network incidents, and maintain operational readiness of mission-critical networks. They will also provide first-line technical solutions and generate reports to validate network status.
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