Infrastructure Delivery Engineer

Position Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Engineer to join our dynamic team as an Infrastructure

Delivery Engineer. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical expertise in network architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting, combined with excellent communication and project management skills. They are also required to be certified (as a minimum) to CCNP level.

The Infrastructure Delivery Engineer is responsible for the planning, designing and implementation of projects and solutions to achieve the Customer’s technological and business requirements. This role is predominantly a customer delivery focused role and will be billable. This role requires the Infrastructure Delivery Engineer to be certified (as a minimum) to CCNP Route/Switch or equivalent.

Role Description:

This role will be primarily responsible for the planning, designing and implementation of projects and

solutions to achieve the Customer’s technological and business requirements. This role is predominantly a customer delivery focused role and will be billable. This role will include the upskilling of the engineer in Arista Network skills, with a view to support our customers with Arista solutions across various industry verticals (though with a particular focus on financial services organisations).

Key Responsibilities

Perform delivery activities for Customer projects, including, but not limited to:

• • Lead customer design workshops, evaluating design options and solutions to finalize design principles

  • Develop a Requirements Capture document detailing the customer’s technical and business

    requirements

  • Develop a High-Level Design of the technical solution specifications

  • Develop a Low-Level Design against the agreed requirements

  • Develop the technical implementation/migration plan

  • Develop the network test & system plan

  • Stage, Implement & configure the solutions as per approved designs and implementation plans

  • Test & commission the solution as per approved test plans

  • Develop & execute service transition plans/handover

  • As required, train customer technical & operations personnel

  • Work with the assigned Project Managers to ensure successful delivery and capture and changes/deviations in scope

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Network Engineer or similar technical/project delivery role.
• Expertise in networking protocols, routing and switching as a minimum.
• Strong knowledge of networking hardware, software, and technologies from vendors like Cisco, Juniper, etc.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for client interaction and team collaboration.
• Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CCDP, JNCIE, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working for or with a VAR, systems integrator or MSP
• Familiarity with scripting/automation (e.g., Python, Ansible) is a plus.
• Specialisations in other vendor technologies and architectures, Arista in particuar is a plus

Key Competencies

• Teamwork and Leadership – A commitment to being a team player, working for the greater good of the team and the customer as well as HighPoint

• Planning – Ability to implement against project plan that delivers objectives that meet the required levels of quality, timeliness, and cost

• Goal achievement – The ability to identify and prioritise activities that lead to a goal.

• Customer focus – A commitment to customer satisfaction and ability to build effective business relationships with project stakeholders (including internal and customer resources).

• Communication – The ability to listen, interpret, communicate, and present, in an effective manner to technical teams and to customers.

• Self-Management – Ability to prioritise and complete tasks to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames.

• Continuous Learning – The ability to take personal responsibility and action toward learning and implementing new ideas, methods, and technologies.

• Problem solving – The ability to identify key components of a problem to formulate a solution or solutions

• Persuasive Presentation – Effectively & concisely communicates through verbal and visual methods to gain the support and cooperation from stakeholders, superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and other parties to achieve a desired course of action

• Facilitation Skills – Impartially guides a group with an overall goal of reaching consensus, solving problems, or accomplishing tasks.

• Pro-active – take ownership, accountability and responsibility for assigned work

• Technology – Seasoned technologist able to own and deliver assigned tasks with quality and authority

• Sales Minded – Able to identify and realise new business and technology opportunities for customers and

  internally

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: High Point Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Our Story

HighPoint was established in 1996 and has since become a leading technology partner for some of the world’s most prominent IT vendors. The name “HighPoint” was selected to pay tribute to the High Point Monument which is the highest elevation in the state of New Jersey at 1,803 feet – and is located near the childhood home of the company’s founders, brothers Mike and Tom Mendiburu. HighPoint’s logo features a small triangle inside the “P” which represents the pyramid atop the obelisk found at the peak of High Point State Park.

HighPoint is known as a leader in technology solutions and is consistently recognized by industry experts as a top performer. HighPoint is featured on CRN’s Solution Provider 500 List, is a recent recipient of the Minority Business Supplier of the Year Award by The New York and New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, and is frequently honored by its customers, manufacturers, and suppliers as a distinguished partner.

• • Our unwavering commitment to the health, happiness, and success of our employees is undoubtedly a differentiator for us – we’re proud of the many contributions our team makes to the communities in which we work, live, and play.
  • We believe that being honest, living a life with integrity, and earning the trust of those around us are guidingprinciples that we should all employ.

Schedule:

Full Time

Experience:

5+ years

Technical Role

City:

Greenford, UK

Office Based, occasional travel to EMEA Customer Sites and Remote Travel: Around 40% of time will require travel outside of office base location