Senior Network Consultant

Company Description

Sopra Steria is a listed European technology leader specializing in Consulting, Digital Services, and Software. With over 51,000 employees worldwide across Europe, North America and Asia, the Group supports organizations in driving their digital transformation and delivering sustainable business value.

In Asia Pacific, Singapore serves as the regional headquarter for Sopra Steria’s Infrastructure, Cloud and Cybersecurity services.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Develop or update solution architecture drawings and diagrams, cost templates (devis), the List of Supply (LOS) / Bill of Materials (BOM), and interfaces at the start of the project.
• Develop or update network contributions to the Solution Specification and Design documentation, Network Acceptance Test Procedures, and other associated network integration documents.
• Define equipment configuration for the ATM solution(s) and coordinate with Hardware Deployment and Integration management for assembly of the ATM system and interface with Tools Engineering, Customer Service and Site Services departments where necessary to accomplish this task.
• Load, configure, validate, and hand over equipment to Software Integration in the factory and on customer sites
• Support configuration changes to system platforms in factory and customer sites.
• Proactively support Project Design Reviews
• Provide customer training
• Identify risks at solution architecture level and propose where possible alternate validated solutions
• Provide system and networking expertise
• Follow and contribute to the development and enhancement of engineering processes

In a leadership capacity, provide support to Work Package Manager:

• Develop and maintain objectives, strategy and roadmap
• Ensure that deliveries (including associated documentation and engineering artefacts) are on time (as per schedule and milestones) with the expected level of compliance
• Contribute to key milestones and provide input into triage and change boards
• Track team progression against the agreed plan, provide task estimation and forecasting as input into the weekly status dashboard
• Identify risks and propose mitigation solutions
• Relay key communications to team through daily/weekly team meetings

Responsibilities to the team:

• Is main point of contact for the team on functional or technical topics, or knows who to contact
• Performs allocation and prioritisation of tasks for the team
• Responsible for the quality of the teams outputs, including compliance to the configuration management process

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline
• Cisco formal certifications (CCNP, CCNA etc)

Essential Experience

• 5+ years experience in similar positions on projects delivering complex software-centric real-time systems.
• Experience in leading small teams
• Demonstrated experience in the design of infrastructure and network architectures
• Demonstrated experience in the design of network architectures inline with security standards and policies
• Sound level of knowledge and experience with Unix/Linux (Redhat distribution preferred) Operating System
• Familiarity with a wide range of Computer and Networking hardware (preferably Cisco)
• Scripting (TCL/TK, Perl, & Shell)
• Able to work on multiple activities con-currently and effectively self-manage (autonomy)
• Experience with collective decisions and conflict resolutions
• Capability to manage various stakeholders having different objectives

Desirable:

• Work experience in a mission-critical, near real-time environment preferably ATC-related
• Experience in large and distributed networked computer system
• Experience in working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• French Literacy

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Be eligible for Security Clearance from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs (CAT2)

Additional Information

•Health & insurance: Comprehensive coverage including General Practitioner, hospitalization, dental, and optical
•Performance incentives: Annual bonus based on individual performance
•Learning & development: Training programs, certification opportunities, and training incentives to support career growth
•Team culture: Regular team-building activities and social events