Network Engineering Specialist

Job description

**What you’ll be doing – your accountabilities** The purpose of the Network Engineering Specialist engineer role is to lead the design of IP Internet/VPN technologies. Specifically, this role is accountable for: - Design accountability for new features into T International’s network platforms. - Provide thought leadership to senior internal stakeholders and customers regarding aspects of Global Reach platforms and/or customer solutions. - Point of contact for technical expertise to senior stakeholders, internal and external. - Mentor and share knowledge with others and be an advanced user of design tools. - Create and develop architecture patterns and design techniques for BT and/or customers. - Lead on resolving customer impacting issues regarding the overall network platform and/or customer solution. - Solve problems that tend to arise from the interaction of multiple components and usually are complex and unknown related to the overall IP Internet/VPN platform and/or customer solution and involve vendor interworking issues. - Raise and resolve implementation issues with suppliers and other designers. - Resolve in-life issues to overall network platform and/or customer solution, as appropriate. - Lead a matrix team as appropriate within BT International. - Estimate the time and type of resource needed to support deliverables with increasing cost impact and time duration. - Drive transformation specifically in terms of automation, **The skills you’ll need to succeed** - Specialist knowledge of IP/VPN technologies and vendors (Cisco/Juniper) - Specialist knowledge of relevant emerging network/software technologies. - Experience of leading matrix teams to deliver network designs and testing. - Software development skills specifically in solving network issues / activities. - Experience in resolution of customer impacting network issues. - Prior experience of designing network solutions in a service provider setting. - Working knowledge of CI/CD principles and tools such as Gitlab is essential. - Working knowledge of automation test frameworks such as Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and/or Robot Framework is desirable. - Hand-on demonstratable experience with core routing technologies (IS-IS, BGP, BGP-LS, SR-TE, SR IGP, PCEP, MPLS-VPNs) - Understanding and hand-on experience with Quality of Service (QoS). - Expertise in developing frameworks for and automating test cases for systems in production - Experience with data modelling with Yang (with a vendor neutral landscape in mind) - Solid experience with gRPC, JSON. - Typical Certifications/Accreditations Attained or working towards include: **Experience you’d be expected to have** - Leader of matrix technology team. - Delivery of IP network design - Strong collaboration skills. - Ability to lead / coach teams to change and develop an innovative, challenging, and supportive team culture.