Traffic Management Engineer

This role is a mixture of leadership and hands-on development of network traffic-shaping, including advanced data analysis, monitoring and reporting, traffic management algorithms, deep-packet inspection.

This position has been created to expand the capability of traffic management within a telecoms environment. The position will work within in a team of 6 staff that provide analytics into our client's service performance function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Determine technology solutions in advanced data analysis required for future service performance optimisation. Provide leadership and direction in the development of the infrastructure of data processing and report visualisation.
• Provide direction to colleagues on how to analyse, monitor, report on traffic shaping.
• Lead the rollout of new algorithms that monitor traffic and provide appropriate optimisations in traffic management. Lead the development of data analytics for traffic management.
• Create the capability where Satcom networks are continuously assessed for the optimisation of network capacity, according to customer applications and demand.
• Generate insights and business solutions around the network optimisation of our client’s service offering and trigger opportunities that generate revenue.
• Use data analysis to determine trends in traffic behaviour and determine network optimisation. Data analysis may extend to machine learning.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Have hands-on experience of Deep Packet Inspection technology and how can be applied to manage applications in a network to achieve service quality.
• Have achieved a responsible position within the telecoms industry, or similar, and can demonstrate successful delivery of key engineering projects within an operational environment.
• Hands-on experience of optimisation of networks for performance of applications as seen by end-customers and according to business needs.
• Capability to build impactful business assessments, using analysis and visualisation, and create convincing arguments for the assessed solution.
• Ability to comprehend complex contexts and to communicate ideas in a simple business language to stakeholders from CxOs to junior analysts.
• Presence and charisma to convince an audience of the route to success and the ability to build strong and powerful relationships.
• An aptitude for strategic development and implementation.
• Demonstrable track record of integrity and commercial acumen.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Understanding of databases and proven experience of working with and creating enterprise data models and data architectures. Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Big Query, visualisation tools.
• Knowledge of data analysis technology, big data, data engineering, machine learning.
• Experience of Sandvine Deep Packet Inspection technology for network optimisation.
• Knowledge of network technologies.
• Knowledge of satellite communications.