Associate Cisco IOS Network Engineer

Sky UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled professional to work closely with the Network Design team. The role focuses on reviewing business requirements and deploying network capacity upgrades. Candidates should have solid experience with service provider technologies and IOS-XR based platforms. Responsibilities include testing procedures and supporting team members. The position supports hybrid working with a modern office in London, alongside benefits like a generous pension and private healthcare.

Benefits

Generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Access to Sky VIP rewards

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.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Network Design team to understand business requirements.
• Prepare provisioning procedures for Core Network capacity expansion.
• Deploy procedures in production network during out of business hours.

Skills

Service provider technologies

IOS-XR based platforms

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.