Network Consultant

The Network Consultant is responsible for providing direction and implementation tasks supporting the Virtual Migrations and reports directly to the Network Lead.  The network consultant will be a key member of a wider network team consisting of both Cisco and VMware NSX consultants.  The network consultant will be expected to both help design and implement network transformation between legacy Cisco NX-OS, NSX-V to Cisco ACI, NSX-T platforms.   Discovery and migration support across Networks, Load Balancers and Firewalls will also form part of the role. Existing VxBlock and VxRail technologies would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

·       Lead the design of complex Network Integration, migration project work

·       Responsible and Accountable for the production high- and low-level designs to help deliver the solutions required by the project and customer

·       Understand and comply with both project and customer governance and standards

·       Lead an experience team by example and leverage previous experience to identify migration Solutions, bug fixes and development opportunities

·       Work with planning on pre-review of migration bundles

·       Attend the migration governance meetings

·       Participate in Capacity Management process specifically relating to the delivery and execution readiness

·       Assist KANBAN and backlog creation and tracking

·       Preparation for delivery and execution

·       Raise risks and issues with options to address and record on the MS Teams RAID board

·       Any tasks assigned Programme Leads.

·       Performance Metrics gathering and analysis

·       Participate in migration events

·       Network sign-off on all bundles prior to Squad handover

·       Raise Lessons Learned and Risk / Issues where required

·       Acts as technical escalation point during Migration Event weekends.

·       Technical SME

·       Attends Post Implementation Review (PIR) after migrations have been executed as technical SME.

·       Leverage previous experience to bring forth best practices and solutions to the project team and contribute to enhancing existing methodologies

·       Any tasks assigned by TDA or Programme Leads.

·       Raise technical challenges in the appropriate forum.

·       Ensure critical issues are escalated.

·       Adhering to the Architecture Board Governance

·       Knowledge Share and Documentation, Templates, Testing Documentation

Essential Skills

·       Expert Level Certification Data Centre networks both traditional and SDN

·       Cisco IOS, NX-OS, Fabric Path and ACI expertise

·       F5 Load Balancer

·       Fortinet Firewall

·       Proven Track record of leading complex Network projects

·       Ability to Lead, design, implement, troubleshoot Network infrastructure

·       Ability to manage multiple workstreams at once

·       Capable of producing (via governance) High Level and Low Designs

·       Proven track record in a complex multi-vendor network using technologies as TCP/IP, static routing, Layer 2/3 Switching/Routing protocols

·       In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of Networking systems such as LAN, firewalls, routers

·       Capacity Management

·       Ability to analyse and evaluate networks, identify issues, and provide solutions to ensure networks are operating efficiently

·       Good communication skills, Agile and Growth Mindset

·       Desirable

o   Solarwinds

o   NETMri

o   VRealise Suite

o   VMware Host Virtualisation

o   VMware NSX-V and NSX-T

o   VxRail

o   VxBlock

·       Experience in similar role.

·       Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

·       Proactive, self-starter and ability to work within deadlines.

·       Attention to detail.

Preferred Skills

·       Experience working in finance or banking industry.

·       Experience working on a complex storage migration programme.