Job title: IP Tech Lead/ Lead Network Design Engineer/ Lead IP Engineer
Duration: 06 months
Location: Brick Lane, UK
Summary:
The main function of an IP Tech Lead is to supervise a scrum of Network Designers, Testers, and fulfilment Engineers throughout the whole project life-cycle - from requirements gathering and analysis stages, through design, testing, delivery, and hand-over to network operations and service/network reliability teams.
Job Responsibilities:
• Work closely and communicate proactively with Scrum Masters and Project Managers to plan project activities - daily, per sprint, as well as quarterly
• Provide resource and effort estimates to Resource Managers and Scrum Masters
• Work closely with a scrum of network engineers and supervise their work in order to ensure their deliverables follow best practices
• Call out risks, exceptions or deviations from standard processes (technical or project-related) and present them to senior management
• Contribute in the design stage by providing valuable input and insights to Network Designers
• Contribute and provide insights to Fulfilment Engineers in writing MOPs and signing them off
• Contribute and provide insights to Test Engineers in writing test plans and signing them off
• Act as a point of escalation during project-related issues or outages
• Act as an end-to-end solution owner across the different teams and functions, from kick-off to hand-over
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• MSc degree is a plus
• 10-15 years experience required in the networking field
• 5 years experience required as a senior in the networking field, preferably in a solutions design role
• Previous work experience required in the telecommunications sector, preferably in a solutions design role
• Strong understanding about networking technologies, like routing, switching, security/firewalling, load-balancing, and QoS
• Experience working on Nokia 7750 service routers, Cisco IOS XR, and NXOS
• Experience with Fortinet firewalls and F5 load-balancers is a plus
• Experience working in Agile SAFe framework, or ability to prove so
• Good project planning and management skills
• Good leadership and supervision skills
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Minimum CCNP level or equivalent from other vendors, preferable CCIE level or equivalent from other vendors
