(Senior) Engineer, Network Systems (m/f)
Context
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The (Senior) Engineer, Network Systems is directly responsible to the Senior Manager, Services Delivery for the design, implementation and management of mission critical IP production networks associated with Satellite based IP platforms, Internet Backbone infrastructure and media content contribution/distribution. He / She will have a dedication and commitment to providing a high level technical competence, professionalism and customer service.
Responsibilities
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• Implement and maintain high availability, scalable and cost effective IP/MPLS production networks involved in the support of mission critical operations and customer service provision
• Support Fixed Data and Mobile Data Networks which are integral to MSC activities
• Responsible for provision of Level 3 network engineering support to Network Operations staff during office hours and on-call by rotation during out of business hours
• Provide and maintain a detailed documentation library for all IP networks under the responsibility of SES Services Delivery (drawings/operational procedures/trouble shooting guides), providing appropriate documentation to the operations groups
• Provide cost effective solutions based on operational, customer and budgetary requirements while taking into account currently available technologies
• Be proactive in implementing improvements to the existing network infrastructure in the drive for best in class service availability and reliability while meeting internal product requirements
• Manage vendors with particular emphasis on maintenance agreements, incident management and software deployment; acts as interface between SES and all customers
• Be able to understand and effectively interact with all stakeholders in the service delivery process
• Be proactive in recommending/implementing improvements to the existing network infrastructure in the drive for best in class service availability and reliability
• Manage allocated SES sites, hardware upgrades and capacity planning
Experience / Qualifications
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• University degree in Electronics/Engineering/IT or equivalent
• At least 3 (5) years of professional experience in IP networking and LAN/WAN technologies including but not limited to Layer 2 & 3, network architecture and design
• At least 2 (3) years of experience in IOS XR platforms (ASR9000)
• At least 2 (3) years of experience in Service provider networks
• Thorough understanding of ISP backbone networks
• Professional certification to level of Cisco Certified Network Professional (Service Provider) mandatory, CCIE SP will be consider as advantage
• Proven track record in the design, implementation and support of high availability IP networks in the Service Provider domain along with associated security, traffic management and monitoring systems, including detailed multicast and MPLS network design
• Good knowledge in: MPLS, MPLS-TE, RSVP, OSPF, Multicast and multicast VPN
• Experience in deploying and managing virtualization technologies VMWare ESX and Citrix Xenserver
• Experience in administration Linux (CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu) servers
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible
• Able to read, write and debug shell code and other scripting languages (e.g. Perl, PHP, Python)
• Understanding of authentication and authentication protocols such as TACACS, RADIUS and LDAP
• Experience in managing IP Address Management tools and managing DNS/DHCP servers and services
