Network Design Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by eTeam
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Network Design Engineer role involves designing and documenting network solutions for a telecommunications environment, requiring in-office attendance twice a week for planning sessions. The position emphasizes collaboration with various partners to gather requirements and improve network security features. Candidates must have experience in service provider technologies and the ability to produce high-level and low-level design documents. Strong communication skills and technical expertise in network architecture are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Author High Level and Low Level Design Documents to support clients network
- Own software/hardware selection, perform bug scrubs and security vulnerability assessments
- Work with Test and Delivery engineers to review test plans, defects, test reports, MOP and change tickets
- Drive platform improvements, enable automation and implement new solutions that support business strategy
- Design Carrier grade network solutions for projects, complying with clients design standards
- Elicit business and technical requirements working with various partners during requirements collection phase
- Steer network security elements’ feature roadmap by collaborating with strategic technology partners
Key Skills:
- Experience working for a Service Provider
- Competent in designing carrier grade network solutions
- Good experience with service provider technologies for routing, switching and security
- Strong understanding of Reliability matrix, availability matrix, longevity of design
- Document writing skills for HLD and LLD, presentation and technical diagrams
- Excellent communication skills for conveying risks and project updates
- Exposure to Next Generation firewall technologies (e.g., Fortigate Firewalls)
- Strong understanding of distributed hardware architecture and hands-on experience with Nokia 7750
- Strong experience on ISIS, MPLS, RSVP, TE, Hierarchical QOS, LACP, BGP
- Knowledge of Python and GIT for managing configuration templates (nice to have)
- Knowledge of F5 LTM/GTM and Mobile 5G technologies (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Network Design Engineer
Duration: 12 months
Location: London, UK
Interview Process: 2 rounds
Job Description
Must have had experience working in Telco/carrier in mobile/security/infrastructure environments. This position requires being in the office twice per week. Every first and third Monday specifically are mandatory to attend in person for Planning Sessions related to the upcoming sprints.
Network Design Engineer
What you'll do
- Author High Level and Low Level Design Documents to support clients network
- Own software/hardware selection perform bug scrubs and security vulnerability assessments and work with Test and Delivery engineers to review test plans, defects, test reports, MOP and change tickets.
- Drive platform improvements enable automation and implement new solutions that enable DevOps capabilities and support business strategy of building once and deploy multiple time.
- Competent in designing Carrier grade network solutions for projects, complying with clients design standards
- Good experience with service provider technologies for supporting carrier routing, switching and security
- Elicit business and technical requirements working with various partners during requirements collection phase.
- Strong understanding of Reliability matrix, availability matrix, longevity of design, commercial aspect of solutions
- Steer network security elements’ feature roadmap by working closely with our strategic technology partners for software release planning, budget submissions and provide inputs for case preparation.
What you’ll bring
Must haves:
- Experience working for a Service Provider
- Competent in designing carrier grade network solutions for projects, complying with clients design standards
- Good experience with service provider technologies for supporting carrier routing, switching and security
- Strong understanding of Reliability matrix, availability matrix, longevity of design, commercial aspect of solutions
- Demonstrable document writing skills in producing artefacts such as HLD and LLD, presentation and technical diagrams as part of project engagements
- Possess excellent communication skills to convey Risks, obtain sign-off, timely escalate issues to management, and send weekly project updates
- Exposure to Next Generation firewall technologies i.e. Fortigate Firewalls
- Strong understanding of distributed hardware architecture and hands-on experience with Nokia 7750
- Strong experience on ISIS, MPLS, RSVP, TE, Hierarchical QOS, LACP, BGP
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of Python and GIT to manage configuration templates and develop Automation solutions
- Knowledge of F5 LTM/GTM (or other load balancing) and Mobile 5G technologies