Job Description

Our client, a leading provider of ICT services, is looking for a Senior IPT (ISP) Engineer to join their team.

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 xe2x80x93 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 Experience
Minimum 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.

Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

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For more information please contact:

Bianca Burger

wePlace