Connectivity & Network Engineer in City of London, London

Connectivity & Network Engineer
6 Months
£450 per day (Inside IR35)
Remote with 1-2 days on London site per month

My client in the telco industry are looking for a Connectivity & Network Engineer to join their fast-paced team on an initial 6 month contract.

The Connectivity & Network Engineer will ensure the correct lifecycle of Fixed Security products. Product Lifecycle engineer will engage with multiple stakeholders to ensure performance are correctly measured, will lead lifecycle projects and will ensure the privacy and security of the products themselves remain up to date. The Product Lifecycle Engineer will be working with a team of Security, Connectivity, SD-WAN and SD-LAN architects, operational support teams, vendors, and developers to ensure all the activities of the product portfolio meet agreed KPIs.

This role will be to deliver on the following:
Lead lifecycle projects, to maintain privacy and security of the live products
Identify areas of operation process improvements across business teams and suppliers, and feed them to peers such as Product Architects and Technical Product Owners
Identify operational product performance enhancements and introduce into development EPICs
Engage with operational and support functions to collect and discuss requirements and solutions
Present solution to technical and not technical audience and run know-how transfer sessions

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
Ensure the correct lifecycle of the products - Identify areas of product and process optimisation and feed into development teams for delivery. - Review technical documents from internal stakeholders as well as suppliers - Review and refine end to end service models - Ability to master complex problems and summarise them in simple terms, based on target audience

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
Expertise in either fixed security or traditional connectivity - Ability to manage multiple & changing priorities and follow-up until delivered. - Strong communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation - Solid understanding of in life product lifecycle processes

Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Relevant higher education in a related field (computer science / networking field with elements of modern SW programming) - Knowledge and understanding of the Connectivity and/or Enterprise technology market - In-life operational process improvement experience

Desirable areas of expertise:
Expertise in SD-WAN/SD-LAN - Technical knowledge in IP data networking and in non CLI driven device configuration - Experience in working in virtual and multinational teams, with proven record of delivering goals in matrix organisations - Experience in working with Agile and SAFe - Cloud and cloud-native application concepts - 3rd party Cloud hosting certifications or key experience

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.