Description:
Overall Purpose of the Organisation
Life Cycle Architecture and Engineering (LCA&E) is the technical design authority (TDA) for
Telecommunication-managed customer networks. LCA&E owns the customer's network architecture and
is responsible for the implementation of all design-impacting changes, architecture reviews,
capacity management, problem management, etc. for the customer. The technical scope of
GES includes LAN and WAN engineering, IP Services (DNS, DHCP) engineering, IP
Telephony, Wi-Fi and various other network-based technologies. Within GES, a specific
group is responsible for the engineering of customer networks that were completely
outsourced to Telecommunication.
Principal Job Responsibilities
LCA&E is looking for a Lead Consulting Engineer with the following functions:
Design and hands-on implementation of customer networks (WAN, LAN, data centre,
IPT, etc.)
Creating documentation for the implementation of the customer's network.
Support and coach other engineers in the team at a technical level to provide
professional engineering support to enable Telecommunication's organisation to provide high
quality services/solutions to our customers.
Responsible for strategies for complex projects.
Manage the deliverables on complex customer design and implementation projects.
Pro-actively drive the development of the engineering role together with the other
Design Engineers, Implementation Engineers.
Fourth-level support for Operations in the Incident and Problem Management
process.
Qualifications and Experiences
Knowledge: Advance knowledge on Cisco ACI fabric, leaf and spine configuration
and good experience in DC LAN migrations.
Basic Knowledge of Open Stack neutron and SDS configuration would be preferred.
?Advance Technical Knowledge and experience at CCNP or similar level with focus
on contemporary technologies (e.g. SDWan, NFV, MPLS, TCP/IP, GRE/IPSec,
DMVPN, BGP, QoS, IP Telephony, Multicast, etc.). At least 6 years of experience in
the design and implementation of large-scale customer networks. Fluency in English
required; proficiency in other major languages desired. Basic knowledge of business
processes (e.g. ITIL, Project Management) and the impact thereof on the technical
environment. Application development and coding skills; affinity/interest in
AGILE/SCRUM methodology (MCPD, GIAC GMOB, Net+, PostgreSQL; JAVA, Perl,
Python, PHP, or equivalent). Affinity/interest in cloud-based applications,
virtualization (MCSE P&I, AWS CSA/CDE, VMware CMA, or equivalent).
Affinity/interest for security issues concerning network infrastructure (CompTIA
Security+, CISSP, SSCP, CRISC, or equivalent)
LCA&E
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Author: Dolf van der Haven page 2 LCA&E Job Description
Lead Consultant Engineer Lifecycle Architecture & Engineering
Attitude: Flexible work-attitude, being willing to work at irregular hours when
required, but at the same time knowing how to set boundaries and find a healthy
work-life balance. Having found a middle way between procedural and optional focus.
Ethics: Working at an ethical level that goes beyond mere compliance, but keeping in
mind the needs of colleagues, customer and company at an integral level and basing
decisions on those ethical principles.
Communication: Professional level of personal and business communication at
levels ranging from operational engineering to customer technical contacts.
Cooperation: Ability to give guidance and coaching to GES engineers at a technical
level. Ability to cooperate with the customer on technical project-related issues.
Culture: Affinity with a multi-cultural work environment. Affinity with working in an
international company, with international customers, taking into account various time-
zones.
Politics: Ability to cope with the politics of large company environments.
Organisation: 5-8 years experience with telecommunication organisations as well as
with international companies. Knows the way within Telecommunication to access resources and
people needed at their own level. •
Last updated on Dec 22, 2020