Network DevOps Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Network DevOps Engineer

Location: Sheffield

Salary: Competitive

Job type: Full Time, Permanent.

Since 1990, TNS has been a preferred supplier of networking and integrated data services to many leading organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of extensive telecommunications network solutions to service providers.

TNS manages some of the largest real-time data communication networks in the world, enabling industry participants to simply, securely and reliably interact and transact with other businesses, to access the data and applications they need, over managed and secure communications platforms. TNS' existing footprint supports millions of connections and provides access to critical databases. TNS' network securely blends private and public networking to enable customers to utilize a single connection for "one-to-many" and "many-to-many" connections over a global platform.

The Role

As a senior member of the Network Architecture team, we are seeking a NetDevOps Engineer who can implement, design and support new processes into the Cloud and automate existing and new solutions.

The NetDevOps Engineer will work as part of a globally distributed team to support development and engineering activities and assist in defining strategy across multiple private and public cloud architectures including VMWare NSX, Openstack, AWS, Azure.

Responsibilities

This role will support the engineering teams in developing strategic direction for the platforms and will be building and supporting automation of the environment using typical tools and languages such as Ansible, Terraform, NSX-T, VRO, VRA, Python, etc.

• Work with key stakeholders and customers to understand requirements, and define appropriate standards and strategies
• Work closely with the Product Management and architecture teams to create and maintain the technical strategy and product roadmap for the Hybrid cloud platform
• Define, build and support the automation strategy for the platform
• Perform product testing and certification to ensure all releases are rigorously tested, secure, stable and fit for consumption

The team also has a wider network automation agenda to automate the network at scale in complex environments and industry leading technologies. There will be plenty of opportunity to work on these other automation projects if desired.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Skills:

The following technical expertise is sought, transferable skills in other areas of network and infrastructure design and support will also be strongly considered:

• Experience with architecture and provisioning of solutions within MPLS or SD-WAN based environments
• Proficient in IPSec (including DMVPN and RRI) design, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting
• Data Center design and support (Cisco Nexus, Arista, Juniper)
• Experience with Server Load-Balancing (F5, Netscaler, AWS ALB/SLB)
• Experience in designing cloud-based architectures in AWS/Azure/GCP
• Proficient in IP Multicast design, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting
• Experience in network design and implementation based on high-level customer requirements
• Extensive TCP/IP and routing knowledge (BGP, OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, PIM, BFD).
• Experience with Customer Edge features such as Network Address Translation, VRRP/HSRP
• Knowledge of SS7 signalling
• Experience providing support for Tier1 and Tier2 environments
• Able to work flexible hours as required and provide on-call support

Desirable Skills

• Fortinet, Cisco and/or Juniper certifications (NSE Level 4/5/6/7, CCIE/CCNP-SP, JNCIE, JNCIP)
• Hands-on experience with the design and configuration of Fortinet FortiGate devices, particularly within SD-WAN topologies
• Experience with network automation and orchestration tools and features and DevOps methodology (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, JSON, Nautobot, Vendor-specific tools like Arista Cloudvision, Cisco DNA Center)
• Experience with AAA, Tacacs+, Radius, and CA/PKI
• Experience with Voice over IP, Dial Services (Async/PPP, ISDN), Wireless services (CDMA, EVDO, GPRS, EDGE, 802.11b/g/n), Server Load-Balancing (F5)
• Experience of GIT, Jenkins, and other DevOps tools and Agile working practices
• Automating using other scripting/automation languages such as Python, Ansible and vendor-specific tools like Arista Cloudvision, Cisco DNA Center is beneficial

Benefits

• Competitive salary (Varies depending on experience)
• 25 days Holiday + Bank holidays
• Friendly and supportive team culture
• Optional Private Health insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Free Parking

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