Exceptionally strong Nokia and Fortinet experience mandatory for this Design role, please do not apply if you do not have the requisite level of expertise.

2 days per week in the London office as a minimum, Network Designer Engineer with experience working in Telco/carrier in mobile/security/infrastructure environments. Every first and third Monday of the month specifically are mandatory to attend in person for Planning Sessions related to the upcoming sprints.

What you'll do

• Author High Level and Low Level Design Documents to support our network
• Own software/hardware selection perform bug scrubs and security vulnerability assessments and work with Test and Delivery engineers to review test plans, defects, test reports, MOP and change tickets.
• Drive platform improvements enable automation and implement new solutions that enable DevOps capabilities and support business strategy of building once and deploy multiple time.
• Competent in designing Carrier grade network solutions for projects, complying with our design standards
• Good experience with service provider technologies for supporting carrier routing, switching and security
• Elicit business and technical requirements working with various partners during requirements collection phase.
• Strong understanding of Reliability Matrix, availability Matrix, longevity of design, commercial aspect of solutions
• Steer network security elements' feature roadmap by working closely with our strategic technology partners for software release planning, budget submissions and provide inputs for case preparation.

What you'll bring:

Must haves:

• Experience working for a Service Provider
• Strong Nokia experience
• Strong understanding of distributed hardware architecture and hands-on experience with Nokia 7750
• Competent in designing carrier grade network solutions for projects, complying with our design standards
• Good experience with service provider technologies for supporting carrier routing, switching and security
• Strong understanding of Reliability Matrix, availability Matrix, longevity of design, commercial aspect of solutions
• Demonstrable document writing skills in producing artefacts such as HLD and LLD, presentation and technical diagrams as part of project engagements
• Possess excellent communication skills to convey Risks, obtain sign-off, timely escalate issues to management, and send weekly project updates
• Fortinet NSE4 certification and strong hands-on experience of FortiGate Firewalls, FortiAnalyser and FortiManager
• Strong experience on ISIS, MPLS, RSVP, TE, Hierarchical QOS, LACP, BGP
• Good understanding of configuring Firewall policies, address objects, NAT, Interfaces, Zones, Dynamic Routing (BGP), logging.
• Solid grasp of Firewall architecture

Nice to haves:

• Ability to apply Open-config and Vendor specific NETCONF-YANG models, JSON and XML payload for network automation to configure and manage Firewalls
• Knowledge of Python and GIT to manage configuration templates and develop Automation solutions
• Knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 LTM/GTM (or other load balancing) and Mobile 5G technologies