Job Description

The Company

At Amber Labs, we are a cutting-edge UK and European technology consultancy that prioritises empowering autonomy, promoting experimentation, and facilitating rapid learning to provide exceptional value to our clients. Our company culture is centred around collaboration, where all colleagues, regardless of their role, work together to minimise risk and shorten delivery times.

Our team consists of highly-skilled cross-functional consultants, analysts, and support staff.

Our clients have the opportunity to earn R&D credits that can be used towards our areas of expertise: Data, Governance, and Cloud Engineering, allowing us to drive customer-focused innovation. Our work extends across both the public and private sectors, providing our colleagues with a diverse and interesting landscape of experience.

Amber Labs was founded on three key principles:

1. A people-first internal culture, with diverse investments and exciting opportunities for our team, and a partnership structure that ensures everyone has a chance to share in the success of the company.

2. Constant iteration to identify opportunities to develop artifacts, accelerators, and automation solutions that allow for rapid deployment of highly technical cloud or on-premises solutions for our clients.

3. Consistent investment in our ADM (Amber Labs Delivery Methodology, underpinned by Agile Methodology) to ensure maximum velocity, quality, and value.

Role

The purpose of the network engineer role is to participate in larger project or lead smaller projects and deliver the network elements in the project. The network engineer will be the key person in the project for all telecom and network elements.

The key accountabilities are:

1. Development of detailed designs for portfolio solutions/services & projects

2. Collect all network and telecom requirements

3. Work with design team to produce design meeting requirements based on company standards

4. Develop deployment strategy and lead deployment including handover to operations by coordinating activities across suppliers, internal IT teams and business stakeholders

5. Knowledge sharing and drive continuous improvement across the community

Accountabilities:

For the services in scope (LAN/WLAN):

Lead Network Designer or as Network engineer of a project with the accountabilities for:

o Deliver and execute the project control documentation for networking and field telecoms with assurance of the supplier plan and solution designs from an operability, affordability and maintainability perspective

Collect and document requirements by specifying the needed functionality, all the non-functional requirements and all dependencies (eg cabling, construction or electrical work needed)

Company standards-based design produced and signed off with the design team and design assurance team.

Work via design office with architecture & portfolio to update standards in specific cases

Develop a deployment and testing strategy which is aligned with business readiness and IT delivery timelines

Lead the deployment by orchestrating all activities across multiple teams, consisting off: central IT delivery, local installation, local testing and business stakeholders

Handover the deployed or changed services to operations

Share knowledge obtained and learn from others as part of a natural team across architecture, portfolio, design, network engineers, operations and service management, amongst others.

Requirements:

Typical Years of Experience: 12-16 - leading and executing Telecoms project delivery, Telecoms operations, or IT consultancy assignments to design, develop and deliver viable network and telecom solutions, preferably in Oil and Gas or similar industry with offshore experience preferred

A high degree of technical network knowledge on traditional (IP) networks and systems as well as telecom solutions such as Satellite, Optical/Radio links, Wireless Canopy, Mobile Radio (DMR/Tetra), Microwave, Fiber Optics, Marine and Aeronautical Radio, Sub-marine Fiber and Access Security/CCTV

Minimum Education or Certification: Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications or equivalent work experience

Skills:

Mandatory: Design experience: requirement gathering, HLD, LLD, EOL, configs creation, deployment experience.

Must have 1 of the 3 highlighted: Design and deployment expertise in: LAN, Aruba WLAN, Infoblox DDIA, F5 load balancing.

Mastering the OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SMTP, FTP, TFTP)

Mastering of Layer-2 Switching, VLAN\'s and Access-list

Mastering WiFi, authentication, security technologies, Internet, SDWAN, MPLS and Voice Over IP (VoIP)

Mastering IP Addressing and subnetting and routing concepts

Switches: Full configuration and VLAN setup on Cisco Switches

Telecoms Industry knowledge with extensive experience in Networks and Telecommunications, Testing and Commissioning

Consistently delivered results in a Matrix, global virtualized organization

Experience in working with suppliers

Experience in negotiation skills

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Proven experience in stakeholder and relationship management including external vendors

Ability to translate technical requirements and specifications into easily understood business concepts and vice versa

Preferential Skills:

Cisco Router/switching/security certification, at minimum CCNP

Python programming and app development skills for programmable networks

Experience working in an (partially) outsourced environment

Awareness of Agile and Scrum

Service Management processes (Support Models, Service Level Management, Contract Management and Supplier Management)

What We Offer to You

• A prosperous future with opportunities for growth within a supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including [mention specific benefits].
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• The chance to be part of a dynamic and diverse team that values teamwork and mutual support.
• A platform to enhance your skills and contribute to the overall success of the company.
• Promotion of a healthy work-life balance and consideration for flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

Please submit your most recent CV, including a contact number, along with a cover letter outlining your qualifications and interest in the role. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, or sexual orientation. All applications will be assessed purely on merit, against the capabilities and competencies required to fulfil the position.

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