SUMMARY:
Our client, a leading provider of ICT services, is looking for a Senior IPT (ISP) Engineer to join their team.
POSITION INFO:
Job Purpose:
- The Senior IPT (ISP) Engineer is the overall custodian for planning, implementation, and operation of the ISP network.
- This will cover all requirements for ISP Core and Open access networks including Layer 2 and 3 switching and routing, MPLS, FTTH and Fixed line networks, BRAS, CGNAT, peering, content caching and public IPv4/IPv6 queries and providing support for network faults and issues raised by the NOC (Network Operations Centre) team.
Responsibilities:- Scope ISP network requirements nationally. Including peering, Caching, NAT, BGP, PPPOE and Radius.
- Conduct high-level and low-level network planning.
- Develop methods of procedure and oversee implementation.
- Design, develop automated test cases for features of network management and automation product for ISP network.
- Understand feature impacts, identify test cases, and prepare plan to execute them.
- Understand real-world customer deployments and incorporate feedback into test cases.
- Analyse, reproduce, debug issues reported by internal and/or external customers promptly.
- Provide subject matter expertise on technical solutions.
- Manage vendor performances based on contractual obligations and quality objectives.
- Manage escalation of faults with vendors and communication with stakeholders during incidents.
- Participates in the development of goals, work plans, timelines, and implementation approaches.
- Support management team on national planning projects.
Required Skills & Experience:- 10+ years of overall experience with:
- Large service providers networks.
- FTTH and fixed line networks design and operations.
- Design, implementation/configuration, and support/operations of large network.
- 5+ years of experience with:
- Large OSPF networks - 50+ nodes - Design & Implementation.
- Large layer-2 networks - 500+ hosts.
- PPPoE and access technologies in networks of 1000+ subscribers.
- MPLS - Design & Implementation - VPLS/L2VPN, L3VPN/MP-BGP.
- Fibre optic networking in data centre environments
- Mixed multi-vendor Environments.
- At least five of the following equipment vendors: - Huawei Route & Switch - Arista - Mikrotik - Ciena - Juniper - Huawei GPON - Calix - Nokia GPON - Fortigate - Cisco NXOS.
- Open Access Networks -From either ISP (Internet Service Provider) or FNO (Fibre Network Operator) perspective.
- ISP Core Operations – including: - Peering Coordination and Internet Exchanges - Content Cache Infrastructure - eBGP Traffic Engineering Support management team on national planning projects.
- IPv4 & IPv6 network protocols.
- Troubleshooting and diagnosing user application performance issues - Speed & traffic throughput - Latency, jitter & user experience.
Additional Skills & Experience:- Network security.
- Firewall administration.
- Fibre optic backhaul and transmission - Passive DWDM & CWDM - Optical link planning.
- Last mile fibre technology - Ethernet point-to-point - GPON and related passive technologies.
- Scripting & coding - BASH, Python, YAML, etc.
- Basic Linux systems administration.
- Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Service Architectures.
- Microsoft Azure Networking.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Networking.
- PRTG & SNMP monitoring tools.
- NetBox & inventory management tools.
- Huawei NCE.
- VMware / Proxmox.
Required Qualification, Skills and ExperienceMinimum Qualification Indicator: - At least 2 years of tertiary education in an engineering or computer science field
- Network professional certifications
Minimum Experience Indicator: - Ten (10) years of experience in the network and telecommunications industry, in a Carrier / Mobile / Enterprise environment.
- Should be able to communicate & collaborate across the Enterprise (Cross functional seamless execution) and developing strong relationships with Internal and External customers.
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