Network Systems Engineer

Job Introduction

We have an exciting (and challenging) opening for a Network Systems Engineer in Darmstadt. 

Dynamic, Energetic, Entrepreneurial, Highly Motivated, Resilient … If this describes you then we would love to hear from you :) Come and join talented diverse Serco team at the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) based in Darmstadt, Germany. 

Discover the offer below and click on ‘Apply’ if you know that your skillset and talents are a suitable match for this opportunity.

• Serco – The employer of choice for a career within the Space Sector.

Serco are a trusted provider of services to National Space Agencies and the European Space Agency (ESA), we have over 40 years’ experience supporting the space sector and providing services for all stages of our customer’s space missions.

• Join our community of space specialists across Europe

We are proud to support the European institutional Space landscape: Serco boasts an extensive network of Space professionals located at our offices in Darmstadt, Noordwijk, Frascati, Paris and Madrid, all within close proximity of our two largest space sector customers, European Space Agency/European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

• Supporting Women in Aerospace

Diversity and Inclusion is extremely important to us. Supporting women's opportunities, development and visibility in the space sector is key and that is why we are proud members and supporters of Women in Aerospace Europe, a dynamic and global network supporting women's careers in Aerospace.

Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) – Supporting women in STEM (wia-europe.org)    

Role Responsibility

As Communications and Network Systems Engineer you will concentrate your activities on the following:

• Identification of networking customer, user, or business needs. Identification, extraction/collection, analysis & consolidation – e.g. extraction of required data flows and specification of their characteristics.
• Specification, set-up and running of Proof-of-concept / prototype (in lab environment).
• Detailed specification of design and/or solution, incl. detailed roll-out plan.
• Specification of Integration, Verification and Testing procedures.
• Roll-out planning and scheduling (migration/integration, validation)
• Leading network solution’ deployment activities, in coordination with customers and peers.
• Provide cross-team presentation and training on network infrastructure and service developments and deployments.
• Install and configure network equipment.
• Perform Integration, Verification and Testing.
• Perform the hand-over to production and support the customer/user validation
• Provision of standby/call-out support and first line troubleshooting following an agreed rota.
• Contribute to specification and update of network systems, services and solutions road-map and strategy
• Contribute to procurement of network systems and services (provide equipment specification and costs estimation, provide service specification, compile detailed equipment lists, perform evaluation and comparison of offers on service and/or equipment, contribute to supplier negotiations).
• Contribute to procurement documentation, e.g. requirements specifications and statements of work.

Key tasks have been identified as follows:

• Contribute to the migration of existing operational program-specific and shared facilities from their current legacy networks to the consolidated network infrastructure at EUM HQ.
• Contribute to the development and deployment of network solutions for the future satellite programs ground infrastructure.
• Develop an understanding of the existing network monitoring and reporting capabilities, with a view to contributing a road-map for the implementation of more developed real-time performance monitoring and reporting solution
• Manage and develop the Linux based monitoring tools.
• Manage and develop the BlueCat application used for IPAM/DNS
• Design and develop automation procedures.

Successful Candidate

Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:

In particular, the following skills and experience are identified as key:

• Knowledge and experience of DDI (DNS, DHCP and IPAM) solutions e.g. Bluecat.
• Knowledge and experience of Cisco ISE
• Experience of building custom monitoring solutions using Solarwinds and Netbrain.

The following skills and experience are also important for the role:

• Experience of network engineering in such environments throughout its life-cycle, from identification of needs to deployment and operations.
• Experience of carrying out (specifying, preparing, planning and executing) network engineering activities, including their coordination and technical guidance, working with other engineers within and outside the team involved in the activities, and with the customers/users and other stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco technology and solutions for these environments, particularly Cisco ACI and UCS from a monitoring and control.
• Ability to present - verbally and in writing - network solutions and systems in a comprehensible way, with the specific ability to explain relevant details while keeping the focus on the overall system aspects. Ability to translate IT jargon into customer business terms.
• Experience of working in and applying the above skills in high-availability, always-on production environments, driven by high availability requirements.
• Experience of interacting with suppliers of network products and service providers as part of network infrastructure, services and solutions development and deployment.
• Experience of supporting procurement of network systems and services
• Demonstrated capability of technical authoring (structure/organisation of concept, design, and test specification documents, and of creating and working with technical network diagrams (Visio)).
• Programming skills, such as Python, are considered highly desirable.

The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of autonomy and good analytical skills.

The working language for the position is English, so proficient written and spoken English is a necessity.

Package Description

What we offer if you join our amazing team:

• Competitive Salary 

• Corporate Benefits Package 

• Company events

About the Company

Why should you join Serco ?

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.

Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.

A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression

Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work. We are a company passionate about diversity and inclusion. 

About Serco

Serco provides the User Helpdesk and Data Centre Operations Service of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), which plays a key role in enhancing the use of EUMETSAT data, products and data services.

The main objective of the service is to ensure effective and user-driven service to support the provision of data, both real-time and offline, as well as to provide comprehensive technical information to support all forms of user enquiries relating both to current operational services and to future satellite programmes of EUMETSAT.

Important:

Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law.

Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. 

Data Protection:

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