About the Position

1083326 Lead Network Engineer IP/MPLS (DE)

We are seeking a Lead Network Engineer IP/MPLS with extensive experience in Carrier/ISP environments to shape the future of our network architecture.

Responsibilities

Design the IP/MPLS network in the areas of Core, Aggregation, Edge, and BNG and create HLDs, LLDs, and migration concepts.
Develop technical concepts for the evolution of defined network areas and contribute your expertise to architecture planning.
Provide technical guidance for network migrations, ensuring that technical, operational, and risk-relevant aspects are carefully considered.
Design new products in the B2B and wholesale environment from a network perspective and support their technical feasibility and implementability.
Collaborate on standards, design guidelines, and architecture target images and consolidate architecture decisions into a consistent overall picture.
Advise on the definition of technical requirements and work with manufacturers in the areas of configuration, automation, and inventory management.
Develop technical solutions for the expansion of the automation platform and contribute to topics such as Source of Truth, IPAM, Config-Audit, and SW-Rollout.
Ensure that design, migration, and operational documentation is comprehensible, robust, and practical.

Extensive experience in the Carrier/ISP environment with a focus on IP/MPLS.
Deep knowledge in IS-IS/OSPF, BGP, MPLS, L2VPN/VPLS/EVPN, L3VPN, and QoS.
Very good practical experience with Nokia SR OS and/or Cisco IOS-XR/XE as well as JUNOS.
Familiarity with Broadband-Access-Aggregation, especially with BNG, PPPoE/IPoE, RADIUS, DHCP-Relay/Option 82, and CGNAT.
Ability to create robust design and operational documentation such as HLDs and LLDs.
Experience in automation with Python, NETCONF/YANG, and gNMI, and ideally, experience with network automation platforms like Nokia NSP.
Experience in migration projects in a live network, consistently thinking in terms of risk and rollback planning.
Good understanding of interfaces to the optical transport layer and the ability to consider IP and optics layers together.
Familiarity with common tools such as FNT, phpIPAM, Grafana, or OTRS, or the ability to quickly familiarize yourself with such environments.
Ideally, relevant certifications such as CCNP/CCIE SP or Nokia NRS II/SRA.

SOLCOM GmbH is a leading provider of network solutions, dedicated to delivering high-quality, reliable, and innovative services to our clients.