An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a rapidly growing telecoms business. Our client is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to work as part of a team to provision, configure and maintain the companies national network equipment covering all aspects of the network deployment from Core , PE , BNG , OLT/ONT down to CPE.

This is a varied role which includes elements of operation, monitoring, design and build. The role will include Optical, IP/Routing and Access technologies and will also include OSS systems and security management.

Responsibilities

• Bringing BAU customer connections into service.
• Provide 3rd line support for the in-house support team.
• Deploy network upgrades at key POP sites.
• Evaluate new technologies and platforms to determine their applicability to solving our customers business challenges and needs.
• Technical implementation of design solutions where required.
• Need to troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve complex network and system problems.
• Working in a team on a rota to provide on-call coverage for out of hours network faults.
• Providing a support service to the service desk during any major service outage.
• Provide support for network build and backhaul commissioning.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience working for an ISP.
• Experience of BGP, ISIS, MPLS, VPLS, VRRP, VLAN, IPv4 and IPV6.
• Advanced knowledge of L2/L3 routing and switching protocols.
• Understanding diagnostic tools: Tcpdump, wireshark, NMAP, Netflow
• Network design workflow experience and HLD/LLD documentation skills.
• Experience of configuration, management and administration of network services: e.g. DHCP, DNS, IP address allocation planning, VPN, RADIUS/TACACS+, Syslog, NTP.

Desirable Experience

• Professional level network vendor qualifications such as CCNP/JNCIP
• Experience with GPON/XGS-PON and passive network architectures
• Experience in working with Dark Fibre in metro/urban deployments.
• Ubiquiti and Mikrotik experience
• Experience managing Virtual Server environments
• Knowledge of optical DWDM/CWDM equipment
• Basic Unix/Linux administration and scripting
• Familiarity with Firewalls and Content Filtering Management

Benefits

• Up to £45,000 DOE
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 1 day off for your birthday
• Pension

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