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Senior Network Analyst/Engineer

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Senior Network Analyst/Engineer

  • Location:

    Slough, Berkshire

  • Sector:

    ConSol UK Infrastructure & Telecommunications

  • Job type:

    Temporary & Contract

  • Salary:

    Up to £0.00 per annum + Competitive Market Rates

  • Contact:

    Yashica Bharvirkar

  • Contact email:

    Yashica.Bharvirkar@consolpartners.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH188770_1634307174

  • Published:

    over 2 years ago

  • Duration:

    5 months + Ext

  • Expiry date:

    2021-11-17

  • Startdate:

    November 2021

  • Client:

    ConSol Partners

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading IT services provider. They are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Network Engineer to help with on boarding of Virtual Network Functions.

On offer is long term opportunity to work with a leading telecommunications company that will offer training and development in addition to a competitive rate.

Job type - Contract

Duration - 5 months + Extensions (long term project)

Location - : Remote, but could require on-site work in Slough

Start Date - November/December 2021

Responsibilities

  • Create NFV descriptors for onboarding Network Functions onto the end client telco cloud, which uses Open Source Mano over VMWare infrastructure.
  • Create Helm Charts that automate the initial installation of Network Functions, including task such as mysql database creation, assignment of permissions to database users, creation of Kubernetes Roles, Rolebindings, etc.
  • Review automation scripts using Ansible that invoke the Open Source MANO northbound interface and Kubenetes commands, designed and developed by the end client. This will require frequent interaction with the client.
  • Use the Open Source MANO infrastructure in the Labs for testing the Network Function deployments. The technologies involved are Canonical Juju, Kubernetes and Openstack (VIO, VMWare Integrated Openstack)
  • Create best practices for the development of programming standards and promote modularisation and reusability of code.
  • Technical interaction with the client automation team and with our Open Source MANO team. Provide detailed working plans when required, having an understanding of all the processes involved in the integration and operation of a Network Function in production.
  • Drive Continuous Improvement Initiatives by identifying technical improvements, efficiency opportunities and provide solutions to achieve improvements.

Experience

  • 1 to 3 years of experience in projects involving the deployment of Network Functions in a Telco Operator, understanding the usual needs in terms of networking, security an operability (Fault Management, Performance Management)
  • Proficiency in Kubernetes. Solid understanding of the base concepts and practical experience of having deployed workloads in production.
  • Some experience in the development of Helm Charts, including hooks
  • Some experience in the usage of Opentack environments: Horizon user interface and command line.
  • Experience in VMWare VIO will also be useful
  • Ability to interact in English with highly skilled automation team of the end client
  • Ability to understand customer expectations and requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Create a complete technical architecture for Network Function deployment projects making sure the architecture is manageable.
  • Experience in all design and development phases of the project lifecycle (analysis, development, testing and implementation).
  • Experience in Agile environments (Scrum).
  • Strong problem solving, analysis and design skills.

Should you be interested, please apply to the role today as the client is scheduling interviews immediately!!