Senior Network Architect – space sector

Harwell Science Park

2-3 days a week in the office

Description

This fully funded start-up is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global enterprise providing space sector services.

It’s been spun-out to create the freedom for this small team to work away from interruption and large corporate baggage. The challenge is to identify, define and develop ground-breaking next-generation space services for the NewSpace market.

They’re about to grow rapidly because they’ve just won a large multi-million £ project with partners and they are the prime.

The opportunity

• Design & develop architectures and operations to support NewSpace systems and services.
• Analyse and characterise performance of existing communication protocols and develop new, more efficient and higher performance protocols. 
• Lead engineering and design teams through the network development life: 
• Define, develop or adapt communications protocols, interfaces and standards to support network operations.
• Maintain network integrity & performance & manage expansion in new geographic areas. 
• Technical authority on network systems, including software and hardware development, implementation, interface definitions, testing, and release.
• Work with team leads, Scrum Master and Product.

Essential

• 5+ years architecting, developing, and operating enterprise class networks.
• Solid experience in the following areas:
  • Wireless networking, software defined networking (SDN) or network function virtualization (NFV).
  • IP WAN/LAN customization and optimization in satellite / telecommunications systems.
  • Cloud-based technologies (Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, C2S, Istio).
  • Integration of communication protocols and network layers.
• Solid understanding of communications standards (3GPP, IEEE, LTE etc.), IP networks and routing/switching protocols.
• Proficiency in C++ at a minimum and others e.g. Python, JavaScript preferable.  
• Experience of mentoring and coaching peers or junior engineers.

Desirable Skills

• Network or cloud certifications (Cisco/Juniper/AWS/Azure).
• Understanding of satellite technologies and systems.

• Knowledge or experience of
  • satellite communication standards/protocols: CCSDS, ECSS, ETSI etc. 
  • development and operations for space and ground communication systems. 
  • systems engineering practises and tools.

• Design leadership in past roles.
• Work within ITIL, DevOps, Agile methodologies and CI/CD.
• Eligibility for UK security clearance

Occasional travel may be required.

Rules onsite require British Citizens. You will be required to undergo security clearance.

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