Assistant Manager - Platform Planning & Network Design

Job Description

Responsible for managing and optimizing SSL certificate lifecycle, DNS infrastructure, Linux and Windows server administration and automate system patching processes. This role is critical to ensuring the security, availability, and performance of our production systems

Responsibilities

• Expert experience in administering Linux operating systems, an in-depth understanding of associated open-source monitoring, management, deployment and reporting tools and an in-depth understanding of Windows operating systems
• An in-depth understanding of ISP services / protocols /network concepts (including IP, TCP, DNS, Mail, HTTP(s), routing, switching concepts, load balancers, layer 7 firewalls etc).
• An in-depth understanding of other vituallisation platforms (including VMware EXSi,
• Experience working to company security policy compliance as well as industry standard certifications such as ISO 27001.
• Strong scripting/automation capability such as: Bash / Shell scripting
• Previous extensive 'hands on' experience in Operation and Build of Linux Networks / Platforms / Services and a good level of design experience, with a mindset of simplicity, automation, digitisation and security.
• A working understanding of service provider technologies relevant to the technology vertical and working knowledge of concepts in other technology verticals. (For example, IP service provider technologies and applications such as eVPN, Segment Routing, BGP, DDoS, DNS, Ipv4, Ipv6, SIP, IPSEC, GRE, L2TP tunnelling techniques, SDN and NFV).
• Ability to design and implement networks / platforms / services relevant to the technology vertical and working knowledge of impacts and integrations into other technology verticals.
• Must establish and maintain an in-depth knowledge of current and future technologies in order to contribute to the identification of advances and improvements in Networking and Platforms, with associated security elements.
• Experience in constructing and reviewing quotes and/or proposals and the relevant numerical skills in order to technically size network / platform / system load capacity requirements.
• Good level of awareness and current understanding of process, procedure and governance and required, own and team, and contributions to Change Management.

Problem Solving

• Design and implement networks in the most cost-efficient manner through the careful selection of new equipment and the reuse of existing equipment where possible.
• Provide expert technical advice and guidance to (senior) engineers, in order to help them resolve problems or help complete complex deployments
• Effectively communicate with team, other teams, customers, 3rd party contractors, suppliers, etc. Provide a confident and proactive face to other internal departments and external agents or clients.