Network Systems Engineer

Search-Select LTD; East Devon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Our client seeks a Network Systems Engineer to join their team.

Role Profile: The successful candidate will help to design, manage, monitor and support the global network and associated platforms. The focus on security, scalability, 24x7 availability and highly optimised performance results in a professional, dynamic and exciting working environment and a dedicated and passionate team. Relying on a wide range of leading-edge technologies and tools, this role provides an opportunity to work at the forefront of networking technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configuring, monitoring and managing networking equipment, systems and servers distributed in datacentres worldwide.
• Identifying, investigating, troubleshooting and resolving anomalies and faults.
• Contributing to the evolution and expansion of network strategy, design, planning and implementation.
• Participation in out-of-hours on-call rota to respond to critical incidents, faults or alarms.
• Collaborating with customers, suppliers and partners to undertake integration, perform maintenance and troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Dealing with technical support issues escalated from the operations team.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Practical commercial experience of networking, IP routing (BGP, OSPF), switching/VLANs, VPNs, high-availability principles, georedundancy.
• Good understanding of security principles and best practices.
• Hands-on experience of working with Cisco routers (ideally IOS-XE), Cisco Nexus switches, server and storage hardware.
• Practical commercial experience of managing Linux servers (ideally Ubuntu), virtualization (ideally Proxmox), containerisation (Kubernetes and Docker).
• Experience of managing databases (ideally Postgres, MongoDB).
• Experience of event streaming (Apache Kafka) would also be beneficial.
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Grafana, Zabbix, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry/SigNoz.
• Experience of mobile telecoms principles and platforms would be advantageous but is not mandatory (such as EPC, DIAMETER/SS7 signalling, GTP and platforms such as HLR/HSS, PGW, OCS, OSS/BSS).
• Technically inquisitive but pragmatic and delivery-focused.
• Fastidious, vigilant and thorough when working with critical production platforms.
• Enjoys learning, thrives on embracing new technologies and platforms.
• Able and willing to explain and document solutions and concepts, as well as design and build them.
• Methodical and organised and capable of managing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Team player, good communicator, and able to collaborate across departments and geographies.

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