Associate Cisco IOS Network Engineer

Sky UK; Ardleigh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company is searching for a skilled Network Engineer in Ardleigh, England. You will engage with the Network Design team to ensure seamless deployments and upgrades in a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate has solid experience with service provider technologies and Cisco platforms. Excellent communication skills are essential to convey project updates and risks. Join us to support innovative telecom services across the UK and beyond.

Benefits

Sky Q

Generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Qualifications

• Solid experience with service provider technologies, understanding Core IP backbone, CDN, Peering and Transit.
• Good experience with IOS‑XR based platforms such as Cisco NCS/ASR Routers.
• Strong experience in ISIS, MPLS, BGP, QOS, Segment routing, EPE, EVPN, Telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Network Design team to understand business requirements.
• Prepare provisioning procedures for deployment of Network upgrades.
• Deploy procedures in the production network during out of business hours.
• Test procedures in lab environment for successful deployment.
• Consult on feature availability and performance with engineers and vendors.
• Support team members and bring improvements.

Skills

Service provider technologies

Core IP backbone

Cisco NCS/ASR Routers

ISIS, MPLS, BGP

Communication skills

Python

GIT

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Network Design team to review and understand business requirements, high‑level designs, and low‑level designs.
• Prepare provisioning procedures (MoP) for the deployment of Core Network capacity expansion upgrades/migrations as well as the release of new projects/services.
• Deploy those procedures in the production network during out of business hours.
• Test procedures in lab environment and ensure successful and event‑less deployment in production network.
• Gain a high‑level detailed knowledge of hardware and software to consult in feature availability and performance with test engineers, design engineers and vendors.
• Support other members in the team, make suggestions and bring improvements. Responsible for the Strategy, Architecture, Design, and Operations of all Telecom services provided by Sky across the Group (UKI, Germany and Italy).

Qualifications

• Solid experience with service provider technologies, understanding Core IP backbone, CDN, Peering and Transit (P&T).
• Good experience with IOS‑XR based platforms such as Cisco NCS/ASR Routers (configuration, management & OS upgrade).
• Strong experience in ISIS, MPLS, BGP, QOS, Segment routing, EPE (egress peer engineering), EVPN, Telemetry.
• Great communication skills (both written and verbal) to convey risks, acquire sign‑off, timely call out issues to management, and send weekly project updates.
• Knowledge of Python, GIT for leading configuration templates, JINJA, NETCONF, YANG models is desirable.

Benefits

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place.
• A generous pension package.
• Private healthcare.
• Discounted mobile and broadband.
• Access to a wide range of outstanding Sky VIP rewards and experiences.

Location

Brick Lane office in the heart of the East End of London. The closest tube stations are Aldgate East and Liverpool Street (about a 10‑minute walk). We currently support hybrid working.