Remote Network Monitoring Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements

• Previous experience in a senior network monitoring or network engineering role within an ISP, managed network or large-scale infrastructure environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with VictoriaMetrics in production.
• Solid knowledge of Nagios, including configuration, plugins, and alerting workflows.
• Experience with streaming telemetry, including tools and protocols such as gNMI, gRPC, Telegraf or gNMIc.
• Exposure to AI or ML-driven monitoring, anomaly detection or predictive fault identification.
• Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and optical networks.
• Comfortable working independently and delivering against project milestones.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A detail-focused, proactive approach with a strong emphasis on reliability and quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy end-to-end monitoring solutions across newly delivered dark fibre infrastructure.
• Build streaming telemetry pipelines to provide real-time, low-latency visibility across the network.
• Configure, optimise and tune VictoriaMetrics for ingestion, retention and performance.
• Implement and manage Nagios-based monitoring for alerting and service health.
• Develop Grafana dashboards, or equivalent, to support operational and engineering insight.
• Commission monitoring across fibre nodes, OLTs and Layer 1-3 network equipment.
• Define baseline performance metrics and SLA-led alert thresholds.
• Work closely with network and operational teams to align monitoring with evolving topology.
• Drive continuous improvement across monitoring architecture, tooling and processes.
• Produce clear technical documentation, runbooks and operational guides.
• Support knowledge transfer into NOC and engineering teams.
• Provide project updates and contribute to wider programme reviews.

Technologies

• AI
• Grafana
• Support
• Network
• TCP/IP
• gRPC

More

We are a technology-led connectivity business looking for an experienced Network Monitoring Engineer to support a major dark fibre rollout programme on a 6-month fixed-term basis. This hands-on engineering role focuses on designing, implementing, and commissioning monitoring solutions across newly deployed fibre infrastructure and network equipment. Joining us offers the chance to take ownership in a critical technical area, work with specialist network teams, and ensure that new infrastructure is operationally ready from day one. We provide a high-impact project environment with modern tooling and meaningful engineering outcomes.

last updated 13 week of 2026