Senior Network Engineer - Hybrid working in London

Unlike most providers, we build, own and operate our dedicated fibre optic network and install it directly into the home, meaning we can deliver a super-fast connection at prices the national providers find hard to beat. Our network covers 1.3 million properties in London, which is more than one third of homes in the UK’s capital city.We have over 800,000 properties under wayleave agreement and are currently working in partnership with more than 200 of London’s biggest landlords. We have connected 720 community spaces in 24 boroughs, giving more Londoners free access to fast, reliable broadband.To help us get to our future, we’re looking for forward thinkers, people with big ideas, people passionate about technology and most importantly hard working team players to join us and be a part of our growing business.The Senior Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, improving, and supporting Community Fibre’s infrastructure service environments which support our customer-facing network. This includes both cloud (AWS) and on-premise servers, storage, applications, databases, containers, and as-a-service offerings.Manage and maintain existing Linux based servers, both on-prem and cloud hosted, including management of security patches, distribution upgrades and configuration management, systems/codebases, installation/configuration/operation of the applications running on the servers.You will work with the Network Technology Team and be responsible for building new servers / systems as well as ensuring that all our existing ones are maintained, reliable and resilient.The role covers backend systems engineering, infrastructure, and site reliability engineering within the Network Technology group.Provide guidance and mentoring to other engineers, supporting the design, implementation and troubleshooting when required.Act as a senior member for the Network Technology team, providing an escalation point and acting as a mentor to other engineers in the team.You will be responsible for low-level design and implementation of solutions to time, cost and quality, following industry best practices.Create, improve, and maintain automation scripts to increase system maintenance efficiency and reduce repetitive manual tasks.The skill to take a new technology, research it, test it in the lab and deploy it live.Provide guidance and mentoring to other engineers, supporting the design, implementation and troubleshooting when required.Advanced Scripting and Automation: Develop scripts in Python, Bash, and Perl to automate systemadministration tasks, infrastructure deployment, and network security enhancements.Infrastructure Management: Oversee the planning, deployment, and maintenance of network infrastructure using tools such as Terraform and Puppet.Configuration Management: Utilise Puppet to manage configurations consistently across different environments, ensuring efficiency and compliance.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to facilitate automated deployment and integration processes.Security Implementations: Configure and manage complex security solutions using tools such as Freeradius,Palo Alto Networks devices, FreeIPA, iptables, and firewalled.OS Deployment Automation: Automate operating system installations and configurations for various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and RHEL.Security Strategy Implementation: Develop and enforce robust security protocols, applying various security methods including encryption, authentication, and intrusion detection systems.Comprehensive Testing: Lead diverse types of testing to ensure system integrity and security, including uni, integration, performance, security, and end-to-end testing.Maintaining knowledge of current and future information security threats and challenges.Lead significant projects including design, development, integration and deployment.Deliver end-to-end data ingestion and processing using OpenSearch/Elastic Stack.The Engineer should have a minimum of 5 years of experience working in a server and storage environment.ISP/MSP ExperienceAdvanced understanding of Linux (Ubuntu / Debian, and CentOS / RHEL).Configuration management: OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Filebeat, SyslogContainerisation: Docker and / or KubernetesVirtualisation experienceCloud: AWSDatabases: PostgreSQL and / or MySQLApplication Servers: Network aptitude. The skill to take a new technology, research it, test it in the lab and deploy it live.Excellent understanding of telecommunications industry practices, standards, and regulatory requirements.Solid understanding of core ITIL processes.Experience with data replication, backup, and recovery strategies.Next generation firewall experienceScripting Languages - Eg Bash and PythonTech stack:DNSDell PowerEdge and PowerVault, HPE ProLiant, SupermicroElasticsearch/OpenSearch, Logstash, Filebeat, OpensearchNetBoxAnsibleVirtualisationAWSPuppetTerraformLinux Operating SystemsDatabases - Eg NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQLWhy join us:You get to work with some of the best technology in the marketBe part of an exciting scale up business where you can bring your ideas, bring your knowledge, we value your contributionWe all love time off whether that’s going on an exotic holiday or a staycation, you’ll get 25 days holiday to enjoy, increasing by 1 day for each year of service up to 28 daysBirthday leave, our treat to youKeen cyclist, join our cycle to work schemeFlexible WFH policyEnjoy the perks of Private Health CoverYou get to work with an amazing bunch of peopleWhat happens next:We are an equal opportunities employer that values diversity in our team, we welcome applications from all backgrounds.