Hybrid Network Engineer

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About the role

  • Network Engineer deploying STATSports Live Data infrastructure in sporting environments. Responsibilities include planning, installing, testing, and commissioning networked systems in stadiums and training grounds.

Responsibilities

  • Managing, designing, installing, testing, and commissioning live data infrastructure across training grounds, indoor facilities, and stadiums
  • Planning projects from initial site survey through to final handover
  • Communicating directly with the clients' Network and Facilities Managers
  • Carrying out on-site and remote site surveys to assess technical and logistical requirements
  • Producing system specifications and proposal documentation based on customer needs
  • Preparing hardware, including physical assembly and pre-installation testing
  • Creating risk assessments, method statements, site schedules, and coordinating access, permits, and match-day constraints
  • Supervising on-site installations, guiding customer subcontractors and internal partners
  • Designing and documenting network layouts for beacon and live data systems, including PoE switching, VLANs, addressing plans, patch panels, and cabinet layouts
  • Installing and validating GNSS antenna systems, including placement planning, cable routing, earthing, surge protection, and signal verification
  • Owning the mechanical scope of installations, including brackets, mounts, poles, fixings, environmental sealing, cable management, and safe routing
  • Creating and maintaining project documentation, including network diagrams, cable schedules, port maps, and as-built drawings
  • Producing installation reports with test results, photos, and system evidence
  • Testing and qualifying each installation against agreed acceptance criteria
  • Leading or supporting customer test activities and driving close-out and sign-off
  • Troubleshooting field issues quickly using structured isolation and evidence-based escalation
  • Working closely with Account Managers, Sales, Marketing, and Product Installation teams to align scope, timelines, and customer expectations

Requirements

  • Have a degree, apprenticeship, or technical qualification in networking, electrical, telecoms, or a related field
  • Are comfortable designing and working with IP networks, switches, routers, VLANs, DHCP, and PoE systems
  • Have hands-on experience with Ethernet cabling standards, terminations, and testing
  • Understand wireless technologies such as WiFi, Bluetooth, and Ultra-Wideband at a practical level
  • Can produce and interpret technical documentation, including network diagrams, cable schedules, and site mark-ups
  • Are confident working on-site with tools, test equipment, and PPE
  • Can manage your own tasks, meet deadlines, and drive projects through to completion
  • Communicate clearly with customers and internal teams
  • Are comfortable working in stadium environments, including out-of-hours work when required
  • Hold a full driving licence, a passport, and are willing to travel

Benefits

  • A role where your work directly powers live performance data at elite sporting venues
  • Hands-on ownership of projects from survey to sign-off
  • Exposure to complex networking, RF, GNSS, and live data systems
  • Collaboration with customers and cross-functional internal teams
  • The opportunity to work in iconic stadiums and training facilities
  • A team culture that values accountability, learning, and shared success

Job title

Network Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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