Network Engineer (Contract)

London, England, United Kingdom

9/5/2024

Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using: Collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.

We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. Our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London and events like the London Olympics.

We are currently hiring a Network Engineer to join our team on an initial 6-month contract!

You will be part of the networking team responsible for a number of key areas within the business across new product design and introduction, delivery, support and system maintenance, all focused around IP based systems that provide wireless services to our customers. The candidate is expected to be able to manage key deliverables and be able to adjust priorities when needed while keeping clear and regular communication to management and other key stakeholders. In addition, the candidate may be required to attend client meetings in order to capture new requirements, and manage pre and post integration testing.

This role has a Hybrid split between office based work, onsite field work including but not limited to fault diagnostics, lab testing work, and home working.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience:

• 3-5 years' experience
• Practical knowledge in all packet based protocols such as TCP / IP (including protocols like DHCP, DNS, TCP, UDP, etc.), switching and routing protocols
• Detailed understanding of modern router architecture
• Knowledge of LAN switching architecture, design and implementation
• Familiar service provider environment
• UNIX/LINUX administration
• Understanding diagnostic tools, Tcpdump, Wireshark, NMAP, Netflow
• Knowledge of monitoring and management tools (OSS/NMS) such as OpenNMS or similar
• Network automation exposure with experience in Python software development and network infrastructure management using CLI, SNMP, NETCONF interfaces
• Experience of automation frameworks such as Ansible
• Experience with different component of Cellular Core and RAN of mobile network an advantage
• Having Cisco network certifications - CCNA (routing and switching) or equivalent as a minimum
• Experienced in data communications and networking principles; standards
  
  
  

The successful candidate will:

• Be a highly motivated self starter individual with a real can do attitude
• Be a leader and team player within Networking team and beyond
• Good analytical and investigative skills
• Enjoy and be used to working in a dynamic and fast paced environment
• Have the highest levels of integrity
• Have good written and oral communication skills and be able to present to wider team
  
  
  

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it's needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals - think of them as what's important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we're engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we're neutral in our position, doing what's best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards
  
  
  

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we'll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most
• A thriving workforce: We're nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we're putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we've baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here
  
  
  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.