> Senior System Engineer | Kubernetes | SDN | NAAS
> Birmingham
> £80,000 to £100,000 + 15% Bonus
> 10% Pension + Life Assurance + Excellent Benefits + Share Equity
> Hybrid Working | 3 On Site | 2 Remote
** This mission-driven business delivers essential support to the UKs most high-profile organisations, including the UK Government, MOD, and NHS, strengthening their ability to operate at the highest level **
The role in a Nutshell
* Previous experience using technologies such as Kubernetes, Paragon, Kafca, Kong, AWS. Hands-on experience with NetBox or Itential. Experience in the security field would be advantageous. You don't need experience in all of the aforementioned technologies but must have experience in at least 1.
* Provides hands-on leadership to and responsible for technical oversight of engineers to develop and test features (inc. vendors and 3rd party)
About The Business
With one of the largest networks in Europe, this business invests hundreds of millions annually in research each year and employs more than 10,000 people in the network business alone. With incredible opportunities to learn, develop and grow your skills, they will invest in you, nurture your potential and shape your future whatever your background or experience.
The Team
Working with some of the brightest technologists in the industry, this development team focuses on providing Software, Systems and Network Engineering development. They are currently developing a new global platform focussing on Global MPLS, Global & UK Internet, UK VPN platform, and Global cloud connect platform. Nothing else like this currently exists.
Skills & Experience
Mandatory
* Expertise in designing, configuring, analysing, integrating and troubleshooting highly available distributed systems underpinned by Kubernetes
* Expertise in automating all operational aspects of systems in production
* Expertise in developing frameworks for and automating test cases for systems in production
* Engineering leadership and excellence
* Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills
Expected (some not all)
* Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
* Experience with data modelling with Yang (with a vendor neutral landscape in mind)
* Solid experience with RESTful, gRPC APIs and JSON/Protobuf
* Open-source software experience and engagement with open-source development practices (e.g. Netbox, Elastic, Kafka, gNMIc, Kong, fluentd, Prometheus)
* Experience with CICD methodologies (Robot, Gitlab, BDD)
* Experience with Software Defined Networking, Service Provisioning, fault management, inventory management, performance management
* Understanding of Life-Cycle Management (devices, services, resources)
Desirable
Experience with Juniper Paragon Automation
Experience with Itential(IAP/IAG) expertise
Awareness of TM Forum API framework
Awareness of Incident Management Systems (SNOW)
Experience with agile delivery
Experience with developing databases (Postgres, InfluxDB, MongoDB, ArangoDB)
Accountable For:
* Overall technical accountability for all systems development of SDN/NAAS ecosystem (inc OSS, BSS, compute, underlay).
* Driving efficiency and scalability through the re-use of code both from a system design but also from a test perspective.
* Acting as a technical ambassador for the company and providing expert technical consulting to customers at a platform and/or overall solution level.
* Ensures, engages in and improves (inc. hands on) the whole lifecycle of solutionfrom architecture and design, through to deployment, operation and refinement.
* Establishes technical direction and oversees system and automation quality.
* Leads feature level technical planning and technology development.
* Ensures successful integration of a variety of automation and orchestration systems/endpoints.
* Tracks progress, resolves dependencies, evaluates risks and communicates status to stakeholders.
* Ensures optimal technical resources utilisation and provides input on optimisations.
Benefits
15% Bonus
10% Pension
4x Life assurance cover
Free annual shares
Above average annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service
Significant investment in world-class training and development
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