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Ground Network Design Authority - Telecom / SATCOM

This is an immediate requirement for a Ground Network Design Engineer or Architect with experience of the design of telecom or Satellite Ground Networks.

A great opportunity has arisen for a Network Design Authority to work for a leading communications design company in the Chippenham area. This Network Design Authority role will be working on a number of new programmes and products being developed for the UK military. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with Cisco equipment and holds either a CCNP or CCDP.

Re-locators are also welcome to apply and my client can offer assistance to those who qualify.

This post would suit anyone in current/previous roles of Network Design Architect, Technical Architect, Technical IP Consultant/SME or Senior Systems Engineer

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JOB DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities for this Network Engineer role

- Chairing Design Reviews as required, and supporting the Change Management Process as authorising signatories

- Establish the design requirements and ensure that design output records accurately reflect the design basis.

- Allocate and manage the naming, numbering and network IP address schemes and conventions.

- Ensure that the requirements are fully captured, managed, analysed and understood.

- Oversee the integrity of engineered and documented designs.

- Ownership of assigned design baselines

- Ensure that designs are adequate and meet the customer requirement.

- Ensure that Verification and Qualification activities are conducted in a traceable manner (to the customer requirement)

- Capacity Planning & records (Ports, devices, modules, IOS variants).

- Ensure that implementation teams understand the expected design outputs and basis for the design; provide guidance and advice as required

Requirements for this Network Engineer role

- You must have come from a Telecoms or satellite communications (Satcom) background

- Extensive experience with either Provider IP Networks or large-scale Enterprise WAN environments.

- Professional level certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), or similar experience, is being sought.

- Experience of both Pre-and Post-Sales Design.

- Proven Hands on implementation

- Demonstrated knowledge of other area's outside of main SDA competence (good around knowledge of Service features)

- IP, VOIP and MPLS systems.

- Encryption devices including DCAP, Mini Catapan and Ectocryp.

- Serial communication protocols.

- Test methods and good practise

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Due to the nature of the work at this site, applicants must be capable of achieving SC level UK security clearance. Current clearance is not a requirement.

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