Senior Network Development Engineer

Vodafone; Newbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global telecommunications company is seeking a Senior Network Development Engineer responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting network fabric and systems. This role involves collaboration with cloud service providers and requires a deep understanding of networking protocols and cloud technologies. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of experience in network infrastructure solutions, a degree in Computer Science, and strong programming skills in languages like Python or Java. Competitive opportunities for professional growth are also offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of work experience in designing, developing, deploying, and administering network infrastructure solutions.
• Expertise in cloud network technologies and architectures such as SDN ACI, SD WAN.
• Familiarity with programming/scripting languages like Python, Java, or Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network fabric and support automation.
• Monitor and maintain network performance and capacity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define product vision and strategy.

Skills

Network design

Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure)

Networking protocols (TCP/IP, VPN)

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Role Purpose:

The Senior Network Development Engineer (SNDE) is accountable for the design, deployment and support of network fabric and systems through a combination of a deep level understanding of networking at the protocol level coupled with programming skills to support the intensive automation required to operate a production environment. This role is accountable for network solutions, detailed designs and deployment both on Data Center network and also in Cloud Network including also capacity and performance management.

What you’ll do

• Work with Private and Public Cloud service providers to forecast and right-size long-term capacity and performance requirements, iterating regularly
• Determine user and technical story impact on existing architecture, work processes and systems, Design and implement supporting database and middleware capabilities to support software module development and operations
• Design and implement supporting platform/infrastructure/network and tooling for software module development, orchestration and operations
• Monitor and maintain Platform/infrastructure/network performance, capacity and availabilit, Define product vision and strategy, road-map and growth opportunities according to stakeholders and market needs
• Work with the Lead Product Owner to define and prioritize the user stories aligned to the capability roadmap, providing a systems perspective
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value

Who you are

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree or technical institute certificate in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
• 7+ years of work experience in designing, developing, deploying and / or administering Network infrastructure solutions at the expert certification level
• Experience of current and emerging virtualization, infrastructure, and cloud network technologies and architectures such SDN ACI, SD WAN, NSX, Amazon, OCI, Azure, Google networks
• Experience working closely with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, XP, and with teams leveraging DevOps and Continuous Delivery / Integration
• Network knowledge, network management & network design experience in large scale Datacenter and Cloud environments ( Cisco ACI networking and various SDN technologies).
• Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL, Infrastructure & Network automation and configuration of the management tools, (Puppet, Chef, Ansible);
• Public and private cloud IaaS and PaaS product engineering models and technologies, (Openstack, AWS, Azure) & preferably two or more programming and scripting languages, Python, Java, PHP, Rub, Understanding of fundamentals of software development processes and procedures, as well as supporting systems and architecture