Reference:

J1533

Sector:

Telecommunications, Information Technology

Rates:

Competitive

Town/City:

Remote working

Type:

Contract

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+44 (0) 1322 316 240

Senior Network Engineer

 

( Cisco ACI , Cisco Nexus , F5 , Checkpoint , Python , Automation , Ansible , Terraform )

 

We are looking for a network engineer who can onboard very quickly within a very demanding and complex telco network environment.

Ideally, you have experience with multiple platforms and tools for network automation. You have a strong and proven experience in networking and security design, delivery, and operations. You are able to leverage those foundational skills in an environment combining multiple skills to deliver projects end-to-end within the team. You will be joining an international team of engineers supporting the entire datacentre stack from switching all the way to OS layer and cloud deployments.

 

Your Responsibilities

 

* Assuring network availability/quality and perform repair actions together with other internal teams.

* End-to-end ownership over projects covering design, implementation, and operations.

* Ensure that network & associated systems are rightfully monitored.

* Perform daily performance and root cause analysis.

* Participate at the system's software & hardware lifecycle.

* Use existing tenant provisioning tools.

* Improve automation towards the provisioning, the alarming, the lifecycle activities.

* Keep updated documentation.

 

Experience :

 

* Strong skills on at least two of the following platforms: Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, F5, Checkpoint, Gigamon

* Strong scripting skills (preferably Python) used in the context of network automation.

* Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-a-code principles, being able to use Ansible and/or Terraform..

* Knowledge/Experience with CI/CD (automated testing, version control)

* Knowledge/Experience programmable interfaces on Network equipment e.g. RESTful API's, netconf/yang, etc

* Fluent English in both spoken and written.

* Nearshore position

 

Will be an advantage

* Experience with modern monitoring solutions: nagios, zabbix, Prometheus, Splunk, etc.

* Relevant work experience in a large Telecom/Internet service provider environment is a highly preferred.

* ITIL Service Operation knowledge

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+44 (0) 1322 316 240

Skillbase Group Ltd
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