Senior Network Engineer - Access

Job Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office 2/3 days a week. 

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be. 

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally. 

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people! 

Joining us as a Senior Network Engineer – Access

As our Senior Network Engineer, you will be providing subject matter engineering expertise for CityFibre’s Active Access network components, with a specific focus on Nokia, Calix, and Adtran technologies. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of active network components, ensuring solutions are delivered at pace in a standardized, scalable, supportable, and secure manner.

You’ll receive a competitive salary, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

Some of your other responsibilities will include:

• Designing and delivering solutions with a focus on Nokia, Calix, and Adtran equipment
• Leading functional teams or projects and serving as a best practice/quality resource
• Serving as an expert within your function, leveraging specialized subject matter expertise in Nokia, Calix, and Adtran technologies

What you’ll bring to the role 

You’ll bring a specialist depth and breadth of Access Network Engineering at scale. Additionally, you will have:

• Excellent understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies, with a focus on GPON/XGS-PON
• Experience with Nokia, Calix, and Adtran equipment in mixed vendor environments, product life cycle, and technology migrations
• Well-developed problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way. 
What you can expect from us 

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!