network engineer London, England
Job description
About Voneus
We’re proud to be one of the largest rural broadband providers in the country, serving customers up and down the UK. Our goal is straightforward – to give rural, hard-to-reach communities the same benefits of lightning-fast broadband as you get in the city. That includes homes, businesses, and complex outdoor sites.
About the Role
This role sits within our Network Operations team, who manage and deploy our FWA and FTTP Networks. This role is vital to help support Voneus' growth plans and to continue to provide a high quality service to our customers.
What you will be responsible for
- Supporting in the commissioning, deployment and management of our Hybrid Networks;
- Working with engineers in the field with issues found onsite;
- Creating / updating high quality Network documentation from new and existing Networks;
- Handling Network issues within the Network Operations Team and across the Network Estate;
- Working with our monitoring platforms to pick up and fix issues before they become customer impacting;
- Continually improve and develop Network processes, making them more efficient;
- Able to monitor and find faults in a logical way; and,
- Prioritise and manage multiple items that may conflict with one another
What we are looking for
A good understanding of L2/L3 Networking, PON Networks and experience working with Broadband Networks in either FWA or FTTP is a requirement. Training will be provided on the additional skillset required for this combined role.
We would also like you to have experience in the following:
- At least two year's experience within a similar role would be preferred;
- Experience working with the MOSAIC SD-Access Platform;
- Experience with Network Monitoring platforms, such as LibreNMS, Icinga, PRTG, Nagios, etc.;
- Experience of VLAN’s, PPP, Tunnelling;
- Strong analytical skills with proven problem-solving ability;
- Proven ability to operate in high-pressure situations;
- Proven ability to handle multiple competing priorities;
- High level of discipline while displaying high degree of flexibility and professionalism; and,
- Ability to work well in team, but also independently where needed
What we desire
- A telecommunications degree;
- DNS;
- Knowledge of routing protocols;
- Linux shell;
- Driving license;
- Fibre knowledge; and,
- Entry level network certifications like CCNA, JNCIA, etc.
What we offer in return
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and your birthday off
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 8% matching on our pension scheme
- Bike to work and electric vehicle schemes
- Health cash plan
- Wellbeing and social initiatives
- Opportunity to sign up to the training events via our Access and Bookboon development portal
- Employee referral scheme
- Employee kudos awards
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to equality and diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.
To find out more about your next employer, visit www.voneus.com.
We do not require the services of any recruitment agencies at this time.
