Position title:

IP Network Engineer

Location:

Amsterdam

Purpose Statement: The Network Engineer is required in the current organization to design, maintain and optimise the MPLS core network of X Broadband carrying B2B and residential services. She/he acts as the technical lead for related capacity upgrade and feature enhancement projects. She/he collaborates with engineers in the countries and other Corporate departments (Operations and Design) Main Responsibilities: Understand the business requirements and translate them into technical 1. Engineering design network solutions (capacity and functionalities), Support the budgeting and (Main Responsibility) spend justification process (Bills of Material, network drawings etc.) Design and plan the MPLS network of X Broadband down to the access networks in the Countries in an optimal and cost effective way, according to company technical guidelines Produce network engineering solutions and designs, bills of material, implementation & migration plans and documents taking into account all related network elements Carry out network implementations and migrations and handover the new rd networks to Operations and to 3 parties Review and validate design and migration plans of consultant engineers Deal with major incidents in terms of Tier-3 escalations Provide root cause analysis on major incidents and follow up on corrective measures Discover and address systematic problems in the network design Liaise with the vendors for major incident and problem management Perform Lab testing of major software loads and new hardware components Perform end to end testing of engineered solutions before the implementation takes place Contribution to the Mergers & Acquisitions process in terms of technical assessments of the networks in question

2. Problem and Compliance management 3. Testing 4. Mergers & Acquisitions Context/Environment:

X provides design, engineering, advanced network support, service planning and network capacity planning to the largest Digital Broadband Network distribution infrastructure in Europe (31.2 million homes passed, 17.6 million customer relationships, and 28.0 million video, voice, and internet subscriptions (RGU's)). Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Strong knowledge of IP Networks and relevant design (CCIE or JNCIE is a plus) Proven solid experience in high-scale IP networks - BGP, MPLS, QoS, OSPF, ISIS, Multicast etc. Good experience with network monitoring, reporting and planning tools Experience with Unix developments and SQL databases - perl, c++, mySQL etc. Used to work with the Microsoft Windows and Office Suite Fluent in spoken and written English Good interpersonal skills, able communicator & Team player Experience in multinational and multicultural environments. Bachelor degree in Information Technology or Computer /Electrical Engineering or equivalent industry exp. Key Measures: Timely capacity and functionality upgrades of the MPLS core network Performance, resilience and stability of the network design solutions provided Problem resolution within agreed SLAs