This role can be based in either Brick Lane, London OR our Watermark Office in Livingston, Scotland.

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

Main purpose of the role would be providing technical leadership and TDA function for IP underlay to support Mobile network.

What you’ll do:

• Lead technical discussions and provide technical oversight and approvals for artefacts created by team
• Run upfront engagement phases of the project with architects, project managers and other collaborators for project setup and planning
• Lead teams of design, test and implementation engineers spread across time-zones and locations in a matrix organization for project delivery
• Ensure IP Net. Dev. process compliance against checkpoints during network design, testing and implementation stages
• Be part of change control boards to ensure that MOP are written appropriately and there is no unexpected service impact while delivery engineer is implementing the change.
• Recommend vendor products during RFP’s, leading technology validation activities in vendor/Sky labs, scoring vendor proposals and producing reports
• Draft SoW documents for supplier engagement required for delivery of project objectives

What you’ll bring:

• Validated stakeholder engagement and reporting skills, and deep technical leadership skills, project delivery using Agile methodologies
• Career focus on Telco IP backbones and MPLS/IP services with a passion for technology
• Experience of architecture and design for telco networks using ISIS, MPLS SR, MP-BGP, LDP, QoS, Security with basic understanding of Netconf/YANG.
• Detailed understanding of MPLS EVPN and leading development in MPLS SR standards
• Good knowledge of DC fabrics, spine/leaf architecture and VXLAN
• Good understanding of high scale routing and switching technology and products from Cisco, Nokia, and Fortinet Firewalls
• Ability to tell good network designs from bad, and a zeal for network quality and reliability

Group Communications and Infrastructure

Looking to be part of non-stop innovation? Join our Group Communications and Infrastructure team and you’ll work alongside authorities in broadband, telephony, mobile, cloud and infrastructure. We’re the team that designs, builds, supports, and maintains the telecoms networks across the whole Sky Group. Together, we help Sky broadband, mobile and TV enter new markets by creating a single and secure infrastructure for the amazing content and services that keep our customers coming back for more.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:

Livingston Watermark House:

Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston South train station and the town center. Plus, there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes, and bicycles.

You’ll be well fed at our subsidized canteen, and you can keep in shape at our onsite gym. Or play a game of pool or table tennis.

OR

Brick Lane:

Our Brick Lane office is in the heart of the East End of London. It’s part of a vibrant and varied community; close to street food, cafes, and shops.

The closest tube station is Aldgate East and Liverpool Street is about a 10-minute walk.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognized by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organization.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.