Network & DNS Engineer

JOB: IT/Software Development
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Posted: Mon 22nd March 2021
Deadline: Thu 22nd April 2021

Reference: finda-146-job
Salary: £72K - £90K basic + 12% annual bonus, £6k car allowance & competitive benefits package
City: Remote / Hungerford / Bristol

Network & DNS Engineer - Leading provider of Automotive retail software

Remote / Hungerford (2/3 days in Hungerford based tech-hub office, 2/3 days remote)

£72K - £90K basic + 12% annual bonus, £6k car allowance & competitive benefits package

Do you have strong understanding of DNS tech and hands-on experience of network design for internal systems?

Are you a confident decision maker and someone who is not afraid to bring innovative ideas to the table?

Have you developed as a talented engineer with a strong focus on DNS architecture & engineering?

If you are a Network and DNS Engineer with hands-on internal system design experience and strong DNS architecture skills but have become stuck in the same old routine in your current role, then read on.

About the company:

Keyloop’s mission is to transform the car buying and ownership experience across the entire automotive ecosystem and through unrivalled partnerships across 16,000 dealership sites and 80 manufactures across 90 countries. They are evolving the automotive industry through a fully connected open platform technology solution.

Keyloop are a global market leader innovating SaaS, Cloud, iPaaS and digital marketing solutions over established leading enterprise platforms the automotive industry, Keyloop are innovating the way that automotive dealerships drive their customers’ car-buying experience from the moment they run a search online all the way through to bringing their car back in for a service.

The recent acquisition of Keyloop by one of the most active and longstanding global investment firms specialising in technology-enabled businesses, places both the company and their employees in a fantastic position of realizing full potential in both depth of sectoral knowledge and operational expertise. This, combined with their impressive global footprint and established customer base of 16,000 + clients, will enable them the ability to act with the agility, freedom, and empowerment you would normally only experience in a start-up environment.

About the role:

Keyloop are looking for a talented Network & DNS Engineer, within their Architecture and Engineering team, who will be responsible for network architecture, engineering, standards, solution consulting and escalated support of network and security infrastructure.

The team’s primary role is to engineer networks and solutions within and between the hosting environments, Associate (Employee) sites, supported customer premises and public cloud.

This role requires an experienced and talented network design engineer, and has specific focus on DNS architecture and engineering, in addition to assumed knowledge and expertise in the areas of routing, switching, wireless, load balancing, and firewall skills.

In this role, you will work as part of global team, and in partnership with platform and software teams, so you should be an excellent communicator who is able to provide consulting for major/complex customer and internal business projects. We’d also like you to have hands-on experience on the design and implementation of DNS and network infrastructures in datacentres, employee sites, public cloud and in support of customer deployments.

Key Responsibilities include:

Develop and manage standards and design templates for network infrastructure and services.
Manage and maintain network infrastructure documentation to agreed standards.
Develop and maintain network infrastructure deployment and management processes.
Provide consulting for major/complex customer and business projects.
Escalation point to assist troubleshooting and resolution of chronic and complex issues.
Maintain awareness and knowledge of new and emerging technologies that could benefit the services and network products that the business uses and provides to its customers.
Support the selection of products and partners for integration in the structure and delivery of network services and infrastructure.
Provide infrastructure and support documentation and training to Networks Engineering and Operations teams.

What we are looking for:

We're looking for someone with in-depth experience in key DNS technologies and standards (BIND, Microsoft, Big-IP, etc), including integration with IPAM platforms, for example Proteus, SolarWinds.

This is a crucial phase for the company, so we are looking for dynamism, strong input, and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience in operations and engineering roles managing networks infrastructure and services.

You won’t be afraid of new ideas or technologies and people who can bring an alternative viewpoint to the table. You'll have an idea of how to solve a problem and be confident presenting your point of view to team members and stakeholders alike and be able to reach a consensus.

Skills required:

Good knowledge, understanding and experience is expected of the following :

Routing and switching technologies and protocols is essential. TCP/UDP, IP, IPSEC, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, ICMP, etc.
Virtualisation technologies and cloud services.
F5 and NGINX Load Balancing and services.
Firewalls, network security and IDP. In particular ASA, FTD, Fortinet; IXIA, Suricata and Splunk monitoring and reporting.
Designing, building and supporting large-scale, complex and highly available infrastructure and services to and within datacentres, employee sites and connectivity to external Business Partners and Customer environments.
SolarWinds, ThousandEyes monitoring platforms and tools.
Capacity planning, QoS, and intelligent/optimal path selection.
Financial aspects of infrastructure design, deployment and management.
Designing, configuring and troubleshooting VoIP, VPN encryption technologies, modern switching platforms, and firewalls. Including policy implementation and capacity management.
Application of network simulation, automation and scripting tools.
Both Operations and Engineering roles, including positions of significant responsibility across large, complex global infrastructures.
ITIL processes.

In addition, you will have a BSc, Associate Degree or HND in Electronics/Communication/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. A formal Cisco certification at a level of CCNP or CCIE is preferred. However most important is a demonstrable and deep understanding of network protocols and services, and their application in large and complex business environments.

What’s in it for you?

If you are Looking for the freedom to innovate and create exciting new tech then apply today! The company is made up of agile thinkers and doers, designing solutions their competitors haven’t even dreamed of yet.

In return for your hard work they offer: