Job Description
Role: Wifi Network Designer
Location: Ipswich or London - Hybrid 3 days on site
Duration: 9 Months
Day rate: 500 - 540 inside IR35
Role Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that designs and builds the UK's largest Public Wifi network. We need an experienced network designer to maintain our existing core network, design new solutions to customer requirements and play a part in transforming to the latest cloud-based solutions. The team you will be joining uses a DevOps model to build and support a range of technologies including: Wifi access points, routing, switching, load balancing and firewalls, because we support the platform all the way through from initial concept to deploying the solution. You will be a self-starter and have the chance to work closely with the product team to take developments through to operation.
The work is varied and could include:
- Designing, developing new and maintaining existing network solutions or add ons to the existing network.
- Migrating network designs to cloud based technologies.
- Supporting and testing customer Wifi networks in challenging environments.
- Working with our product line to capture requirements from our customers and turn them into real world solutions.
- Analysing potential security problems and deploying upgrades or fixes to resolve them.
- DevOps to ensure service availability, monitoring and potentially fixing any in-life operational issues.
- Planning and undertaking deployment of changes to the Public Wifi platform. On occasion, this will require some overnight working alongside the test teams.
The successful candidate will have a desire to design and configure networks that deliver excellent operational performance coupled with knowledge and experience in the following:
- Core network designs using Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE software
- IP technologies, to a CCNA level standard
- Security technologies such as Firewalls and IPSec
- The physical installation of network equipment into data centres
The following experience would also be advantageous:
- F5 BigIP products and load balancing technology
- Wifi Access Points, particularly Meraki or Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers.
- Supporting technologies such as DHCP, DNS and Web Servers
