Description
Major Telecoms SP requires an IaaS Designer/Planner to work within the platform design & Mobility Core Network Team responsible for design and planning to support the core 4G Data Services. The role has a responsibility to ensure the stability, integrity and efficient operation of the SP Telco Service Virtualisation Cloud that support the core functions of the domain for all customer facing SP services. This role has particular focus on the Standard Server Architecture that underpins SP Customer Facing Network Services.
Core Responsibilities:
- Design and Plan capacity uplifts to the TSV Cloud.
- Act as technical lead within SP TSV Cloud delivery to projects with necessary support from technical leads.
- Review project requirements, influencing them to ensure the most effective use of the EE TSV Cloud resources.
- Create and maintain robust design documentation
- Successfully interface with the Control, Delivery and Operational communities to ensure the successful transition from Design through Delivery and to Operational Acceptance.
- Coordinate the activities of third parties, such as vendors, outsourced partners, or parent companies, to manage the successful delivery of designed solutions.
- Act as a technical design authority, with enduring ownership of one or more components within a technical domain.
- Lead specifically identified inputs to Procurement/Sourcing processes, such as vendor management, vendor selection activities and supporting RFQs.
- Develop and maintain a level of technical expertise, knowledge of current best practice so as to act as a domain expert.
- Provide 3rd line support to the Operations teams.
Essential Skills:
- Good understanding of X86 compute and SAN
- Track record working with VMWare product suite
- Proven experience with Linux, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives
- Experience in a mobile/fixed telecommunications industry in the role of a designer of business-critical, high-availability/high-throughput systems
- Good level of understanding, ability and leadership in their technical domain as specified in the Department Profile section
- Knowledge of Red Hat Satellite 5/6
- Experience in delivering automated virtualised Linux server builds.
- Use of products like Puppet, Ansible
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