Principal Systems Engineer - Networks

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JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: 18 Month Fixed-term Contract (attachment for BBC Staff)

DEPARTMENT: Technology & Media Operations, Broadcast & End User Technology, Programmes & Project Delivery

LOCATION: UK – Hybrid. Onsite working in Birmingham is required during network commissioning and test.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £85,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role will lead the development and delivery of a BBC Future Network that will converge enterprise, office, media and control networks onto a multi-tenanted Arista fabric in the BBC’s new home in Birmingham, The Tea Factory. Working closely with the project team, Architects, Solution and Product Managers you will document, design, configure, test and handover the network into support. Initially a role for 18 months the right candidate may have the role extended to work on other flagship BBC projects.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The Programmes & Project Delivery department is leading the design and delivery of a flagship BBC project that will deliver state of the art media and broadcast technology into the BBC’s new home in Birmingham, The Tea Factory. The team offers a flexible approach to working, focussing on outcomes and results, engaging with thought leaders across the industry on a daily basis.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

The key responsibility of the role is to design, deliver, configure, test and handover a BBC large site multi-tenanted network into the BBC’s new home in Birmingham, The Tea Factory. The impact will be a large site template for the BBC to deploy at BBC sites in the UK and across the world.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of translating network requirements from a variety of network owners into documentation and design collateral.
• Experience in the design, delivery, and support of fabric networks using open standards including EVPN and VXLAN.
• Knowledge of design and engineering techniques around integration of firewalls into fabric networks.
• Knowledge of current systems engineering best practices around the monitoring, performance testing, and security considerations of complex multi-tenanted networks.
• Proven experience of using open automation toolsets (Ansible, NetBox, and vendor frameworks) to deploy network infrastructure at scale.
• Experience working with Git and DevOps practices.
  
  

Desired But Not Required

• Knowledge of handling PTP and IP multicast on a medium sized network.
• Current knowledge of Arista’s AVD framework and experience with Arista CloudVision.
• Experience with the creation of automated network test code using Python or Arista’s ANTA framework.
• Exposure to Fortinet firewall platforms and their use for securing inter-tenant traffic on a multi-tenanted network.
• Awareness of Wi-Fi design best practices.
• Exposure to broadcast / media application layer protocols including AES67, RTP, SRT, and ST2202-7.
• Knowledge or experience of working with media/technology tools (hardware and software).
  
  

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

The interview process will be one stage on MS Teams, held week commencing 15th September. The format will be a blend of BBC value and competency and technical questions.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.