Network Architect

Job Title: Network Architect

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 member of the Network Architecture Engineering team, you are responsible for the design, documentation and deployment of services within a global Managed Service Provider IP/MPLS network.

The role comes at an exciting time for TNS as we integrate services into private- and public-cloud environments, with a focus on automation and orchestration of services and look to transform to a NetDevOps model, where this role will play a key part.

The position requires technical expertise across multiple areas and functions – ability to work with pre-sales and internal teams on requirements gathering, creation of high-level and detailed design specs, ability to work alongside development teams to automate configuration, delivery and support processes, and ownership of overall projects.

Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting solutions specific to our Communications market
• Developing the architecture that supports our wide portfolio of products in the Communications market including- LTE Roaming and clearing, Caller ID and protection services, Messaging services, SS7 and mobile signalling services.
• Designing solutions such as large-scale SD-WAN, IPSec and MPLS VPN, IP multicast solutions and public cloud interconnects across wired and wireless comms.
• Selected candidate will also work with strategic vendors for solution evaluation and customization and will provide third-level Operations support for incident resolution, and leadership over critical operational maintenance works.

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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