Who are we?
We are a young, entrepreneurial global expert in connectivity and data management services, focusing exclusively on the media and entertainment industry. In short, we allow creatives to collaborate on content wherever they are in the world. We do this by providing an extensive range of SaaS/PaaS solutions backed up by unrivalled technical support which enables them to manage and transfer valuable and critical content quickly, securely and effectively. Our media network is the largest and most established private, high-performance network for the media industry connecting the leading studios, production and post-production facilities across the globe.
The Role
Sohonet seeks a Network & Systems Automation Engineer to help with its forthcoming expansion and Integration projects. The position reports to the senior Director of Engineering. Primary responsibilities will be to maintain existing automation tooling, Architect and build new automation tooling for use on the Sohonet Network and Systems infrastructure and to guide existing Sohonet engineers how to become more efficient in their problem solving. Tooling will be used for both internal users and customers.{/} {/} Current projects include: Core network configuration deployment, Network Service Definition, System security testing and hardening, Campus switch management system. {/} {/} Future projects include: Automated global traffic engineering system, Custom built perimeter IDS solution, Automatic public cloud connectivity deployment, “Self-Healing” fault finding built on Network and System monitoring metrics, Automated provisioning of services across private virtualisation estate {/} {/} Sohonet has a mixed discipline Engineering team consisting of Network Engineers, Systems Engineers and Automation Engineers. Every member of the team writes Python on a daily basis with an overall design philosophy of loosely coupled systems with common interfaces. This position is based at Sohonet’s offices in Soho however Sohonet are also flexible with working from home. We also have operations in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Atlanta, Miami and Sydney.
Responsibilities
{$} Automation suites such as Puppet, Ansible or Napalm
{$} Strong skills in Python
{$} Experience using Python web frameworks including Django
{$} REST API usage and design
{$} Metric and log aggregation using Graphite and ELK
{$} Understanding of service provider service provisioning and management
{$} Understanding of version control systems (git, svn)
{$} Knowledge of CI/CD Pipelines
{$} Datastructure Design
{$} Salesforce/CRM Integration
Requirements
{$} Can work well as part of a team or independently depending on project requirements
{$} Calm and decisive when diagnosing issues under pressure
{$} Has excellent troubleshooting skills
{$} First class interpersonal, communication and leadership skills at all levels within an organisation, across all departments and professional disciplines
{$} Outgoing personality who will develop the reputation of the engineering team within the company and the industry
{$} An individual who possesses excellent organisation skills
{$} Enjoy a varied workload and be able to easily switch between tasks
{$} Bright intellect with a depth and breadth of personal and professional experiences
{$} Be able to explain technical matters in an understandable way to non-technical staff or customers.
{$} Able to mentor and train junior team members
{$} Learn quickly on the job
{$} Visualise large complex systems easily and abstract the relevant parts of the systems
Benefits
Benefits will be discussed during the hiring process.
Why do you want to work for Sohonet
{$} Sohonet is the global expert in connectivity, media services and network security for the media and entertainment industry. We allow creatives to work on content wherever they are in the world by providing an extensive range of solutions which enable them to transfer and store valuable and critical content quickly or to collaborate securely in real-time. And all of this is backed up by our unrivalled 24/7 technical support. The Sohonet Media Network is the largest and most-established private, high-performance network for the media industry and connects over 500 of the leading studios, production and post-production facilities around the world.
{$} The winner of two Emmy Awards, Sohonet enjoys strong partnerships within the broadcast and film industry, supporting organizations such as the BFC, The Production Guild, SIGGRAPH, HPA, SMPTE, The Digital Production Partnership, AMWA, UK Screen Association, The Production Guild, StudioSysAdmins, MESA and MESA Europe, and The Visual Effects Socie
Location
This position is based at Sohonet’s office in beautiful Soho, London
5 Soho St, London W1D 3DQ
