The Senior Network Engineer is expected to take ownership of the design and implementation of network solutions required by the business, while working to strict deadlines and being flexible to changing business requirements. The role also involves providing 3rd line support for diagnostics and resolution of network incidents, vendor and supplier engagement and mentoring of mid-level and graduate network engineers.
Client Details
My client is a fast growing Telecoms company dedicated to driving change across the local area and beyond.
Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, document and implement network solutions to deliver business objectives.
- Lead and manage the delivery of multiple projects at the same time to achieve agreed timescales.
- Contribute to the build and capacity management of the network, to facilitate optimal network operation under normal and failure conditions.
- Manage & resolve complex network and system incidents within desirable time frames to meet defined SLAs.
- Manage relationships with 3rd parties such as vendors, suppliers, and strategic technical partners.
- Contribute to the development of automation solutions to improve process/operational efficiency in the networks team.
- Participate in the on-call rota to support optimal operation of the network.
- Mentor mid-level and graduate engineers to aid their professional development.
Profile
The successful candidate should have the following:
Qualifications:
Essential: Engineering/Maths/Science related university degree.
Desirable: Minimum professional qualification - a valid CCNP/JNCIS-SP/JNCIS-ENT certification.
Desirable: Cisco DevNet/JNCIA-DevOps certification.
Relevant experience:
Essential: Minimum 6 years' experience working for an ISP across a service lifecycle - Design, Build, Automate, Operation.
Essential: Network design workflow experience and HLD/LLD documentation.
Essential: Development of QoS-enabled solutions using concepts such as traffic classification, marking, queuing & scheduling, policing, and H-QoS.
Essential: Advanced knowledge of L2/L3 routing and switching protocols such as BGP, OSPF, ISIS, STP, Q-in-Q, storm control, etc.
Essential: Experience with NMS and metrics collection servers such as LibreNMS, Grafana, SolarWinds, PRTG, etc.
Essential: Familiarity with security solutions e.g., Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls, and IPS/IDS etc.
Essential: Experience with passive optical network technologies (GPON/XPS-PON)
Essential: Knowledge of MPLS technologies such as L2/L3 VPNs, RSVP, LDP, etc.
Desirable: Network automation using Python, Ansible and related libraries.
Desirable: Experience with virtualisation concepts and solutions e.g., VMWare ESXi, Proxmox VE server, and Proxmox Backup server, RAID types, etc.
Job Offer
- 25 days holiday plus an extra day off for your birthday
- flexible and hybrid working
- Generous pension - employer 6%, employee 3%
- Discretionary bonus
- Medical cash plan
- Life assurance
- Shut down over Christmas