Senior Network Engineer

afarax is looking for a freelance Senior Network Engineer. We need you!

The project:

Our client in the banking sector is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join their team.

Working on VoIP or Unified Communication development and management is often perceived an ‘overhead’ task, so automating as much of the management as possible lets IT staff work on more strategic and client-facing tasks that can make the company money. Applying DevOps principles to testing VoIP phone configuration, platform, and infrastructure changes can help enterprises do more testing with fewer resources while delivering quality VoIP/UC services to their customers.

The job mainly consists of the following :

• Taking the lead for all automation and deployment needs
• Providing guidance to the squad in implementing the best practice guidelines for automation
• Develop and maintain tools to improve troubleshooting and monitoring of our voice infrastructure
• Automate/Execute operational sysadmin tasks

Is this you?

• Good in one of the two local languages + English
• Bachelor or Master Degree or equivalent by experience
• At least 5 years of relevant experience
• Central telephony infrastructure (Oracle SBC & SIP Router, (Cisco CUCM)
• Ability to efficiently process data & automate routine tasks
• via scripting (bash, perl, phyton, powershell, VBA, …)
• by using (REST & SOAP) API’s offered by different platforms (CUCM, Oracle SBC, …)
• by consulting directories via LDAP, SQL, XML, …
• providing your colleagues with a simple (php) frontend to launch automated tasks & scripts
• Knowledge of LINUX
• Knowledge of encryption mechanisms (SSL certificates, SIP-TLS , SRTP, … )
• GIT Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment tools CI/CD
• Basic knowledge (awareness) of network Infrastructure (switches, routers, firewalls, servers, loadbalancers)
• & protocols (VLANs, IP, TCP/UDP, QoS, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, NTP, TACACS, Radius, … )
• Basic knowledge of Windows Servers & Active Directory
• Basic knowledge of telephony protocols, especially SIP & RTP (incl debugging via Wireshark)
• Being able to design, implement, maintain and troubleshoot
• Being able to zoom out (see the big picture) and zoom in (in-depth analysis of tasks & dependencies)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Visio, Powerpoint & Excel

• Can work independent and focused to deliver on time and according to planning
• Good communicator
• Customer-orientation
• Risk consciousness
• Flexible and accurate
• Experience in the Agile way of working

How afarax supports you?

• You benefit from our extensive network
• You will have access to projects that fit your expertise
• We help and support you throughout your project
• We offer the possibility to build a valuable and lasting partnership

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