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Software Technical Lead

6 month initial contract

Hybrid - onsite 2 days a week in London or Ipswich

Purview are currently recruiting for a Software Technical Lead on an initial 6- month contract with end client being in the telecommunication space.

Key Responsibilities

* Engage as a Software Technical Lead for a hybrid (open-source, in-house) SDN/NAAS ecosystem (OSS, BSS, compute, underlay)

* Ensures, engages in and improves (inc hands on) the whole lifecycle of solution—from architecture and design, through to deployment, operation and refinement

* Establishes technical direction and oversees software quality

* Leads feature level technical planning and technology development

* Ensures successful integration of a variety of automation and orchestration systems/endpoints Provides hands-on leadership to and responsible for technical oversight of engineers to develop and test features (inc vendors and 3rd party)

* Tracks progress, resolves dependencies, evaluates risks and communicates status to stakeholders

* Ensures optimal technical resources utilisation and provides input on optimisations

* Coaching junior engineers

Key Skills

Mandatory

* Engineering leadership and excellence

* Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills

* Expertise in full stack Python development

* Expertise in developing frameworks for and automating test cases for systems in production

Expected

* Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks

* Experience with data modelling with Yang (with a vendor neutral landscape in mind)

* Solid experience with RESTful, gRPC APIs and JSON/Protobuf

* Open-source software experience and engagement with open-source development practices (e.g. Netbox, gNMIc)

* Experience with CICD methodologies (Robot, Gitlab, BDD)

* Experience with Software Defined Networking, Service Provisioning, fault management, inventory management, performance management

* Understanding of Life-Cycle Management (devices, services, resources)

Desirable

* Awareness of TM Forum API framework

* Experience with agile delivery