Description
Network Transport Engineer
Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires a Network Transport Engineer to be based in their client's office in Canary Wharf, London. You can work remotely until covid abates.
This is a 6-month temporary contract, to start on 1st. July 2021.
Key Responsibilities
- Work within the Network Transport Engineering team responsible for design and strategic direction for Networking Technologies and product lines.
- Liaising closely with all engineering and Architecture teams globally.
- Cisco code testing and certification C9K, N9K
- BGP Routing evaluation between campus and Data Centres
- Enhancement of configuration management tool (CTM)
- New Data Centre Strategy including cloud connectivity
- Zero Touch Deployment automation of Cisco devices
- Deliver fully certified code into release management. Transport Engineering to approve.
- Test, document and present to team. Transport Engineering to approve.
- Enhanced capabilities and increased coverage. Transport Engineering to approve.
- Document and present proposals to senior management. Transport Engineering to approve.
- Documented solutions for C9K product line. Transport Engineering to approve.
Key Requirements
- Strong experience with SDN platforms (Cisco ACI, Nokia Nuage VSP, Vmware NSX), NFV, Network Automations, Cloud Deployment Models (eg IaaS, EaaS and Paas), Public Cloud offerings (MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and IBM Softlayer) are required.
- Routing/Switching & TCP/IP skills: 5 years' experience at CCIE level or equivalent to include BGP, OSPF, QoS, WAN and Wireless Technologies.
- Complete understanding of network technologies from low level (10-Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband) to protocols (RDMA, TCP/UDP) with the ability to do packet analysis.
- Thorough understanding of multicast, ranging from design, to advanced troubleshooting, Application Delivery, IP Telephony, Video over IP, Network Management Systems: Good understanding.
- Network Security knowledge: Good understanding of protocols
- Writing technical documents: Good report writing skills
- Operation and implementation: A few years work experience
- Design experience: Minimum of 3 years
- Technical lead experience: for a number of projects
- Work closely with application development and business users to develop technology solutions for latency sensitive applications.
- Weekend work depending on business requirements