Engineer, Network Systems

Primary Responsibilities / Key Result Areas

• Participate in the design of the SES core transport networks and its associated provisioning and assurance systems, including, but not limited to: validation of technical requirements, assessment of platforms or vendors and budgetary requirements;
• Implementation of the core transport networks nodes and points-of-presence (PoP) in line with the design principles and business requirements;
  • Strong focus on maintaining up-to-date documentation (drawings/operational procedures/trouble shooting guides);
• Responsible for proactive maintenance of the core transport networks, through upgrades and preventive maintenances and for reactive maintenance via Level 3 network engineering support to Network Operations staff during office hours and on-call by rotation during out of business hours
• Engineering support for sales, sales engineering and product development teams both for Video and Networks with focus on customer requirements, operational efficiency and budgetary requirements;
• Participate and responsible for Core Network Engineering in-time delivery in cross-functional and company strategic projects;
• Be able to understand and effectively interact with all stakeholders in the infrastructure and service delivery process
• Subject-matter expert in systems and technologies deployed in the Core Transport Networks as well as broad mastering of service provider best practices and current deployments;
• Manage allocated SES sites, hardware upgrades and capacity planning

Competencies

• Good problem solving and analytical skills; able to delivery visible and measurable results with limited supervision and incomplete input;
• Must be able understand and deliver on company goals and maintain focus on the end customer experience and quality of service delivery;
• Be able to demonstrate good documentation and report writing skills for team members and/or cross-functional peers;
• Willingness to explore next-generation solutions and technologies;
• Ability to coordinate business requirements and day to day tasks, both autonomously and in interdisciplinary teams;
• Ability to manage complex projects and major network implementations;
• Good communication skills and team-spirit;
• Systematic and consistent problem and technical issues solving both in business as usual and stress environment;

Qualification & Experience

• University degree in Electronics/Engineering/IT or equivalent
• At least 5 years of professional experience in IP networking and LAN/WAN technologies including but not limited to Layer 2 & 3, network architecture and design;
• Thorough understanding of ISP backbone networks and associated services;
• Proven track record in design, implementation and support of high availability IP/MPLS networks in the Service Provider domain along with associated security, traffic management and monitoring systems; Building experience in Multicast;
• Very strong knowledge in OSPF, MPLS, BGP, MPLS services is a must; Building experience on MPLS-TE, RSVP, Multicast and multicast VPN;
• At least 3 years of experience in Service Provider networks;
• Building experience in Cisco IOS XR and Juniper JUNOS;
• Building experience with using automation tools and technologies;
• Able to read, write and debug shell code and other scripting languages (e.g. Perl, PHP, Python)
• Cisco certified at professional level (Service Provider tracks) mandatory; CCIE SP as well as additional vendor certifications are encouraged;
• Experience in deploying and managing on-premises virtualization technologies VMWare ESX and Citrix Xenserver; Building experience with cloud hosted applications;
• Experience in administration Linux (CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu) servers;
• Understanding of authentication and authentication protocols such as TACACS, RADIUS and LDAP and experience in managing IP Address Management tools and managing DNS/DHCP servers and services;

Other Key Requirements / Comments

• KPI – deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Maintenance of network
• Understanding of service provider business environment;

SES is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.