Senior Technical Engineer - Infrastructure Platforms Networking

Job Summary

As a Senior Technical Engineer you will design, develop, implement and support infrastructure solutions for the group in alignment with corporate business and IT strategies ensuring an appropriate balance between functional service quality and system management requirements. This necessitates engagement with the internal and external stakeholders while taking full responsibility for the implemented solutions and operational availability of production infrastructure.

In this role you will:

• Develop IT Solutions that meet customer requirements. Ensure that the design is robust, appropriate and of high quality and conforming to corporate standards and in line with the technical strategy.
• Ensure that the developed architecture/solution meets the service level requirements in terms of expected availability, capacity, continuity, security, performance and reliability.
• Develop solution architectures for assigned projects with the established EA standards and also support the development of technology advancements and adaptation of new technologies.
• Collaborate with other IT Technology teams to implement ongoing monitoring of the relevant technology to ensure level 1 & 2 incidents are configured within EMS.
• Guide Project Manager/Technology team managers for solution definition, technical design and development of in-house developed solutions. These are to be delivered as per agreed costs and timescales to meet signed-off functional, technical and process requirements.
• Ensure that assigned incidents are resolved within the agreed service levels and problems are defined and analysed in line with the Problem Management Process. Ensure that solutions to problems meet the architectural and security standards within the technology area and that impact on the business is minimised. Own and manage changes within the technology area.
• Publish and maintain high-quality documentation and data catalogue for the technology area. Working within the standard templates and documentation guidelines which includes detailed design, configuration details, support procedures, operations manuals and deployments architecture to ensure data accuracy, accessibility, and governance across systems..
• Manage End-of-life replacement of equipment and/or software within the technology area to ensure conformance to technical standards and support the technology initiatives and directions.
• Ensure the process and enhancement specifications are translated into effective programs with error-free code using the enterprise development tools, methods and languages.

Qualification

To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• 5+ Years working in a related IT Engineering

Knowledge/Skills:

• Expertise in developing, implementing, and maintaining network automation solutions using infrastructure automation frameworks to enable seamless provisioning and management of network infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of software-defined networking (SDN) concepts and automation techniques, utilizing scripting and API-driven approaches to ensure efficient, scalable, and secure network operations.
• Proficiency in designing and managing multi-tenant, software-defined networking architectures, ensuring secure, high-performance connectivity and optimized traffic flow across infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of network provisioning automation for virtualized and containerized workloads, integrating with cloud-native and container orchestration platforms to enhance scalability and agility.
• Experience in developing API-driven network automation workflows, enabling self-service provisioning and dynamic infrastructure management to improve operational efficiency.