Senior Engineer network & Service Management (Solarwinds)

My client is looking for a Senior Network & Service Management (Solarwinds) to join on them on a 6 month contract. As a Senior Network & Service Manager, you will be responsible for the architecture and design of Solarwind Network & Service Management toolsets. Its implementation and integration mechanisms for systems and new large scale integrated systems.
Role: Senior Network & Service Management (Solarwinds)
Pay: £550.00 per day via Umbrella (Inside IR35)
Location: Newport
Contract: 6 months
Hours: 37 hours per week Monday – Friday Fully on site (Flexibility to condense 37 hours over four days)
Security Clearance: Current UK SC clearance and be capable of obtaining NATO SC clearance at a minimum. British National. Dual Nationality will not be suitable for this role.

Job Summary
The Senior Engineer for Network & Service Management Toolsets is responsible for the architecture and design of Solarwind Network & Service Management toolsets. Its implementation and integration mechanisms for systems and new large scale integrated systems.
The position-holder will act as a solution authority to the bid team and delivery projects and will take a leading role in defining and developing the solution that will support Service Management processes. We are looking for someone who is highly organised and experienced in a similar role using SolarWinds as the primary toolset, with experience of the application in military communications.

Job Profile
The successful candidate must be proactive, diligent with a strong technical ability, and they must have skills in both presentation and customer relations both at a technical and non-technical level. The role includes both hands-on implementation tasks, and design work in support of the solution. The successful candidate must be proactive, diligent with a strong technical ability.

The current projects will require an awareness of operating infrastructure services in a secured environment and an understanding of enabling security lockdown and controls to allow system accreditation.
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• As a member of the Bid team lead the design for service management toolsets to satisfy the customer requirements using Solarwinds as the principal toolset.
• Design and Implementation of Management Tooling: Solarwinds Orion / Solarwinds Hybrid cloud
• Experience using Solarwinds modules including ( NPM, SAM, NCM, VNQM, UDT,IPAM, NTM, VMAN,EOC)
• Particular focus on bespoke application monitoring using Solarwinds SAM, and management in a multi-vendor network (e.g. Cisco, Palo Alto, HP), a multi operating system (Windows, Linux) and virtualisation platforms such as VMWare.
• Focus on integrating Solarwinds with other software such as ITIL based Service Desk and SIEM tools.
• Use of Solarwinds SDK & API
• Devops using Ansible, YAML and API Development using RESTful.
• Sufficient network knowledge to liaise with Network Engineering team to ensure holistic end to end management of the network and network services.
• Collaboration with the customer to understand their requirements and develop the overall architecture and HLD (High Level Designs)
• Complete the technical document for the overall design.
• Work with third party suppliers providing system components.

Key Relationships

• Secure Systems Design Authorities
• Lead Delivery Engineers
• Customer technical authority
• Third party COTS product suppliers

Skills/Experience Required
Essential:

• Exposure of working with a 24/7 high availability & highly secure systems; Skillful in identifying design risks.
• Proven experience of designing multi-vendor complex secure communications and information exchange network interfaces to government grade.
• Proven experience of development of prototype secure solution within a multi-disciplined team whilst providing operational support.
• Knowledge of network management services at major airports
• Experience of ITIL-aligned service management processes
• Proven experience of working with product vendors to optimize a solution from a technical axis.
• Proven experience working within at least 1of the following customers environments UK MOD, NATO and Central Government
• Application of security hardening/lockdown of systems
• Experience in implementing certificate based network solutions.

Highly Desirable:

• Demonstrate the ability to participate in all phases of a Technical delivery from initial requirements capture through to in-service operations.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to explain technical subjects to senior non-technical staff

Ability to balance technical and non-technical (e.g. relationship management) aspect
Demonstrable Skills/Qualifications in the following areas:

• • Microsoft Windows & Linux Technologies
  • High-level knowledge of networks (VLAN etc)
  • Orchestration and Automation platforms and best practice e.g. Oasis TOSCA, ETSI NFV, MEF LSO.
  • Particular focus on bespoke application monitoring using Solarwinds SAM, and management in a multi-vendor network (e.g. Cisco, Palo Alto, HP), a multi operating system (Windows, Linux) and virtualisation platforms such as VMWare.
  • Focus on integrating Solarwinds with other software such as ITIL based Service Desk and SIEM tools.
  • Use of Solarwinds SDK & API
  • Devops using Ansible, YAML and API Development using RESTful.
  • Sufficient network knowledge to liaise with Network Engineering team to ensure holistic end-to-end management of the network and network services.

Education & Training
Essential – Strong experience in a similar role
Have completed a recognised Engineering Apprentice with HNC-D or Engineering Qualification to Degree level
ITIL v3 Foundation Preferable or have equivalent suitable experience in the areas required.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Sarah Budd at Line Up Aviation
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