The role works within the PMO organisation of a global telecommunication's ESN Mobilisation programme. The Mobilisation phase builds the systems and services required for ESN, integrating the systems and services with other ESN suppliers preparing the services for operational management.

The role is a combination of working closely with the Telecom product lead, project delivery teams as well as supporting customer facing activities.

This role will work with the Telecom product lead, project delivery teams and customer to establish and maintain clear scope against all products identified, ensuring the Release Management framework Gate achieve approvals during the product life-cycle through to handover of product management to the Service Management organisation.

The role will be responsible for:

-              Developing and tracking the progress of the product delivery phases including product releases needed to support the overall delivery of the product strategy

-              Ensuring efficient and effective coordination of the core programme work streams to ensure all activities are aligned and ready for product launch

-              Information regarding product delivery phases is carefully controlled to ensure the Technical and Service Delivery key personnel are kept informed about content along with changes

-              Maintaining clear deliverables for the company within the Release Management framework

-              Providing clear reports to the Telecom product lead, project delivery teams and the customer against progress against product deliverables including proactive risk management communication

-              Providing the bridge of information flow between the company's internal teams and the customer for all product related activities

This role will interact collaboratively on a daily basis with the product lead, project delivery teams and Technical Design Authority (TDA), Service Design Authority (SDA) of the Design Authority.

The role will report to the ESN Head of PMO.

The ESN Product Delivery Project Manager requires;

-              Excellent communication skills both written and verbal – clarity is essential

-              The ability to manage both internal and external customers with competing priorities

-              Commercial awareness to ensure there is a translation of contractual responsibilities into actionable deliverables for the company

-              Good meeting etiquette

-              Deputising for the MSI Product Lead when needed

Decisions and accountability for:

•             Product project delivery progress reporting to the MSI leadership / product teams and the customer

•             Creating and managing a L2 product focused project plan

•             Maintaining product related RAID logs

•             Escalation of risks and issues where appropriate

The role will be based in London & Basingstoke.

In order to apply successfully, you must be eligible to live and work in the EU. The candidate will ideally already hold a current UK Security Clearance, or be willing to undergo Security vetting, following a Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS) check.

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Skills: IMS, IMS Engineer, IMS Voice, IMS Voice Migration, High Level Designs, HLD, Low Level Design, LLD, 

A technology services provider requires an experienced IMS Engineer for a long term contract engagement to work on a client site based in Berkshire. 

You will working as part of team responsible for the extraction of Voice Customer Data from a IMS solutions into a pre-defined data format as well as the integration of a target IMS Voice Solutions into the overall IT estate. 

The main objective of the role is to ensure that all design requirements are complete and you will support the High Level Design, Low Level Designs and Test plans. 

Deliverables: 

• Technical experts to discuss design topics in workshops and requirement meetings, having the expertise in the following areas: Fixed IMS, Integration between IT and NW interfaces, Security, Fixed Cable Access
• HLD, node LLD, Interface Specifications, Test plans documents. This includes IMS design for Fixed NW, IMS design for I-SBC

For immediate consideration please submit your CV. 

Skills: Security Cleared, SC, SC Cleared, Security Clearance, Optical Network Designer, Network Design, Network Planner, Layer 2, Layer 3, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, Amdocs Cramer

Our global telecoms client requires a Security Cleared Optical Network Designer for a long term contract engagement to work across their two Berkshire sites. 

Please note as a result of the time constraints that are in place and due to the nature of the project candidates must have a valid and currently active Security Clearance. 

Skills & Experience:

Optical Network Design/Planner

• Greater than 5 years’ experience working in the Telecommunications industry in a technical role.
• Experience of planning and designing services for DWDM, OTN & SDH networks
• Good understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 services including MPLS; OSPF and BGP
• Experience of generating network capacity reports
• Experience in using Amdocs Cramer
• High level of expertise in the use of Excel to sort and organise large data sets
• Excellent communication skills.
• Capable of working well as part of a team

For immediate consideration please submit your CV. 

Technical Lead – Cloud & DevOps Team

Location: Camberley, Surrey

Duration: Contractor

Salary: £500 - £600 per day

We are currently seeking a very experienced Technical Engineer to lead the Cloud & DevOps Team. We need a strong Team Leader who will be dedicated to transforming the way that Cloud services are consumed by our mission critical customers such as: Emergency Services, Defence, Service Providers, and Enterprises. You will be given the authority and autonomy to deliver high quality solutions meeting both the technical and business needs of customers, whilst being able to work in an outcome focused collaborative environment.

Duties:

• To act as a technical lead within their nominated customer account or Project delivery for both internal and external requirements.
• To act as an internal technical escalation point and to be able to mentor/coach internal resources to achieve a higher level of service.
• To train internal engineering staff and customers on products and solutions.
• To add value by highlighting trends, security threats or technical bulletins which may impacts customers.
• To be responsible and accountable for all documentation and technical information relating to customer networks.
• To adhere to internal and external processes with regards to task allocation, completion, reporting and change. This includes updating all parties and associated documentation.
• To assist with Proof of Concept scenarios, Type Approval activities and pre/post-change lab testing in both customer facing and lab spaces.
• To help in the creation of TA, POC, RFC, WI and SoW documentation.
• Perform comprehensive peer review of engineering technical documentation.
• To attend, as required, the following customer facing meetings; support reviews, project roadmap, monthly service reviews and weekly incident reviews.
• To take the lead in value-add projects and innovations.
• Adhering to GDPR policy around sensitive data held on devices or central shares.
• Handling and protection of information and reporting of security incidents as defined in the Information Security Policy and the HR Information Security Policy.

• Responsibilities
• You will have responsibility of ensuring that the technical elements of the delivery are executed on time, within scope, and with quality.
• You will have ownership of your designs and the delivery of these designs into the project.
• You will be responsible for accurately documenting your solutions including High Level Designs, Low Level Designs, and Test Plans.

Experience:

We are looking for candidates with experience in the below:

• Windows Systems Administration
• Microsoft Active Directory Administration
• Microsoft SQL Server Administration
• Linux Systems Administration
• Linux Web Server Technologies (e.g. apache, nginx, lighttpd)
• Other Relational Database Technologies (e.g. mysql, postgresql)
• NoSQL Database Technologies (e.g. document stores, key-value stores, graph databases)
• Virtualisation Technologies (e.g. vmware, openstack, kvm)
• Scripting experience in powershell, bash, python, perl, ruby or similar
• Container technologies and orchestration (e.g. docker & docker cloud, kubernetes)

Key Skills:

If interested, please apply today.

Network Engineer

Location: Reading

Contract Duration: 6 – 12 months (must be available to provisionally start 1st March 2019)

A fantastic new opportunity has come up for two Network Engineers to help with a Lab re-location project for a fantastic site.

The requirement will be to assist with the IP aspect of a Lab Closure Activity.

Main Activities:

• Audit & document all lab equipment & connectivity in the current lab
• Design cabinet, connectivity & power requirements for the new lab
• Install switch management infrastructure for remote access to the new Lab (OOB, console management)
• Ensure equipment is powered down in a controlled manner prior to transit / configs saved
• Install and fibre up equipment to new location ensuring its reachable remotely.

Key skills:

• Cisco IOS-XR
• Cisco IOX-XE
• Nokia SROS
• Juniper JuNOS
• Infrastructure management - Installation / racking / power
• Cabling / Fibre management

PROJECT MANAGER (Infrastructure Re-location project)

Location: Reading

Rate: £450 per day

Contract Duration: 6 months (must be available to provisionally start 1^st March 2019)

Please note that specific infrastructure re-location experience is essential for this project.

A brilliant new opportunity has come up for a Project Manager specifically with infrastructure re-location experience to help support with a re-location project for a fantastic site.

The lab re-location involves IP, Optical, Voice Networks, IT OSS and pre-production test labs. The requirement is to manage these work streams with a central schedule, whilst the deliveries of migrations will be handled by the respective team processes (support will be required to teams where necessary). There will also be work with UK Teams including the Infrastructure Team to assist target site delivery build and Network configuration to install and commission new equipment.

Duties:

• Analyse audits and determine owners and future strategy for all equipment in labs
• Review analysis and strategy with UK Infrastructure and determine / design target sites
• Work with teams to complete all relocation designs
• Compile all relocation designs and build requirements at target site
• Build a Central Relocation Schedule which will detail all relocation activity incorporating the timelines based on: Equipment – equipment dependencies and minimise impacts to ongoing projects
• Complete relocation activity
• Decommission remaining equipment at initial site.

If you are interested and specifically have infrastructure re-location experience within project Management, please apply today.

Network Auditor / Discovery Analyst, Network Inventory, SC Clearance Required.

A technology services provider requires an experienced Network Audit professional for a new programme within the telecoms sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for the discovery phase for a network transformation project, working across various sites to capture data and information relating to their network inventory. Tasks will focus on asset labelling, and recording information in required format to be passed on for further analysis in relation to the project.  

To be considered we are looking for:

• Experience around auditing or taking inventory of network assets.
• Good technical knowledge around network technology; knowledge of load racks is of specific interest.
• Ability to capture, analyse and present data. Good Excel/Access database skills.
• Excellent customer facing skills.
• Involvement in the discovery phase for a major programme would be desirable.
• Willingness to travel to sites across the UK
• Current SC Clearance

Location: Based in the Berkshire area with travel to sites across the UK. Most sites are in the South, but applicants must be willing to travel when required.

Telephone interviews will take place this week, with a view to face to face week commencing 4^th February.

Start Date: within 1-2 weeks.

Please apply with CV for further details.

NOC Engineer &- 2nd Line 

Location: Camberley

Salary:  Up to £37'000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

A fantastic permanent opportunity has arisen to work within a leading provider of Technology services in the Camberley area. The successful individual will be a hardworking, dynamic, and dedicated NOC Engineer, highly skilled in delivering exceptional customer service.

You will be responsible for providing remote technical support for customers, being the intermediate engineering step between 1^st Line NOC and the engineering groups.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide timely responses any incidents which could include investigation, troubleshooting, diagnostics or data analysis

Recognise, identify and prioritise incidents in accordance to requirements, policies and operational impact

Technical ownership of all incidents and clear and concise ensuring to maintain customer satisfaction

Work alongside the Service Desk and other teams

Review performance repots and identify trends and changed to help us continuously improve and grow

Maintaining and updating documentation and technical databases

Keeping customer and third parties informed with any updates, issues or outages

 

Requirements:

Experience of working a shift-based NOC role

Strong technical diagnostic ability

Excellent Problem-solving skills

Engagement with Vendor TAC

Two years Networking experience

Strong sense of Ownership

Hands on with technology

Ability to build trust and a collaborative relationship with all stakeholders and colleagues

Excellent customer service skills

Qualifications:

CCNA or JNCIA level Networking Qualification

Employee benefits….

33 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell five days each year

Company pension scheme

A range of family friendly policies including childcare vouchers

An employee-funded car leasing scheme

Occupational health support

Fantastic rewards scheme

Why should this be your next opportunity?

You’ll go further: This company understand the importance of career development and will give you all the support you need to realise your potential. You’ll receive formal training, e-learning and mentoring from top professionals. And they offer opportunities to transfer to other sectors &- or even different technology areas.

You’ll make a difference: You could be working outdoors, battling the elements, or in one of their many offices helping them develop the network infrastructures of tomorrow.

You’ll be treated as an individual: They’re not a vast corporation, which means every individual counts. With them, you’ll be valued and supported, involved and empowered from day one.

You’ll be well rewarded: They offer salary progression that reflects market rates and personal performance - a flexible working environment and excellent training.

If interested, apply today.