Senior Systems Developer - London, United Kingdom - Claranet Limited

Claranet Limited

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role

Group Configuration Management Systems, part of the Claranet Group Engineering, area, focuses on network automation, provisioning, and reporting systems along with systems integration as necessary.

The role involves development and enhancement of these systemsand interaction and co-operation with infrastructure and support teams who are the suppliers and customers of these systems, providing ongoing support.

The role is not limited to a geography and can be undertaken from either Claranet offices, or remotely, in countries where Claranet have presence.

Out of hours work (relative to the European timezones) may be required, in addition to participation in anon-call rota for escalations regarding our software.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Work with our networks, implementation and architecture teams, along with other key stakeholders to design and implement new features
Help our infrastructure teams build and maintain high availability infrastructure to support the team's software
Provide solid technical understanding of our codebase working alongside skilled peers
Build and maintain our network automation system and surrounding services
Work with network device APIs and user interfaces
Understand and improve our network data model
Participate in code reviews
Contribute to improve and develop standards and best practice
Participate in an oncall rotation for our software
Act as escalation point for junior members of the team

About You
Position specifications
Mandatory

Strong knowledge of one of the following languages: Java, C++ or Perl
Good knowledge of Python
Ability to learn new programming languages and technologies as necessary
Ability to produce reliable and well tested code
Knowledgeable with SQL databases
Strong systems and software engineering skills
Good knowledge of computer networking technologies (TCP, IPv4/IPv6, HTTP, DNS, etc.)
Indepth knowledge of Linux and experience with virtualisation and containerisation technologies
Version control, CI/CD pipelines
Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills
Attention to detail
Ability to share knowledge and ideas as well as listening to other's opinions
Be fluent in English with good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

Experience with Service Provider networking (IS-IS, BGP, MPLS)
Experience with Data Centre networking (L2, VXLAN)
Experience working with distributed modern infrastructure (Docker / Kubernetes)
Experience with Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
Ability to mentor the junior developers in our team

About Us
Claranet combine pioneering technologies, practices, and expertise to propel our customers ambitions.

Through a vibrant customer centric culture of collaboration, learning, and opportunity, we nurture a dynamic community of the best technology and serviceexpertise spanning cloud, cybersecurity, networks, and unified communications.

Founded in 1996, Claranet has evolved into a multi-disciplinary technology services provider with global reach.

The company has annualised revenues of circa £520 million, over 10,000 customers, and more than 3,000 employees in nine countries.

In the UK wehave over 500 staff working in London, Gloucester, Warrington, Bristol, and Leeds, or as homeworkers.

Claranet consistently appears in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 as one of the fastest growing privately-owned businesses in the UK.

Our international success is driven by local service, out of local offices, using a mixture of local and international infrastructure,including hyperscaler clouds.

With 20+ years' experience, Claranet has one of the most comprehensive network services portfolios in the UK underpinned by creative commercial solutions.

From Cloud Connect services to large Wide Area Network solutions, Claranet is at the forefront of combiningnetwork, communications, cloud, and cybersecurity technologies.

We're working on building an ever-improving company based on openness, diversity, collaboration, and empathy as our core values, a company that aims to be inclusive for the diverse group of people we get to work with, and where everyone supports each otherand celebrates successes together.

We want our people to feel engaged, comfortable, and healthy—and to know that they can belong here, no matter their story or background.

If this resonates with you, then come and join us.