Network Technician (Network Automation & Data Entry)

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·       Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience

·       3+ years' experience in a Network Technician, DOI or IP address management (IPAM) role

·       Familiarity with network automation or other coding languages

·       Competence with subnetting in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments; - Practical experience in DNS, IP and routing protocols (OSPF,RIP, ISIS, BGP etc)

·       Evaluating and processing change requests

·       Auditing network device configurations against registered baselines

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

·       IP address management for military networks

·       Higher secondary education and advanced vocational training in a post related area, couples with at least 5 years recent experience in Telecommunications Management, Information Systems support and/or support of digital Networks

·       Drafting documents/manuals for NATO users

·       Knowledge of NCIA deployable CIS assets

·       Experience supporting NATO operations and exercises

·       Completion of RIPE NCC's LIR Training Course

·       Experience with NCIA's service request processes

·       Technical knowledge on wide area networks, local area networks and applicability of Firewalls

·       Awareness of MPLS and Multicast networking

·       Experience and engagement in industry trainings and events

·       Industry certification (CCNA DevNet or JNCIA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience

·       Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements

·       Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT

DUTIES/ROLE:

·       Ensure tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements

·       Be responsible for the data quality and integrity

·       Be responsible for registration and publishing of names, addresses and metadata required to support the operation and management of NATO networks or comply with Agency direction

·       Perform data extraction, deduplication, matching, fusion and master data generation, curation and management through its lifecycle

·       Assign and register addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs

·       Assist project teams in integrating names and addresses of configuration items into NRA repositories

·       Automate configuration data for NATO, partners and Federation Mission Network affiliates

·       Automate network telemetry collection and ingestion

·       Perform other duties as may be required