NMS Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026. Exponential-e scores B on the Alion truth index.
Exponential-e
Founded in 2002, Exponential-e swiftly established itself as a UK Cloud, Connectivity and Communications pioneer. Throughout our history, a focus upon leveraging leading-edge technology to deliver profitable and innovative services to our clients and prospects has resulted in industry and peer recognition for our ground-breaking approach, a truly world-class ICT services company.
We’re a company of innovators who think big and achieve bigger! Our people are crucial to the continuing success of our company. From our CEO to our new Graduates, each of our people demonstrates our PRIDE principles which are at the core of everything we do.
Overall Purpose of the Job:
- To provide architectural and support functions to the Exponential-E’s internal and external Network Management Systems.
- Carrying out daily duties and necessary tasks on ongoing projects and implement new ones, as defined by your Manager.
- You will be a key part of the Network Management Systems team, your passion will contribute to Exponential-e continuous leading edge in the telecoms market.
- Working mainly with the Core Engineering, R&D, and DevOps Team, developing and maintaining software for cutting-edge technologies like SDN and SD-WAN.
Key responsibilities for this role
- Architecture, Design and Planning of all existing and new NMS systems, in order to support existing and new networks and services
- Install, configure and maintain all NMS systems
- Design, test, and validation of maintenance patches and minor code changes
- Daily administration and troubleshooting of Network Management Systems, and support all related applications
- Production of implementation and technical service documentation
- Provide support to the Customer Service teams
- Work in parallel with normal daily duties to deliver assigned projects
- Being able to provide out-of-hours support (24x7x365 rota)
- Deliver any other fair and reasonable task or duty assigned to you by your Manager
Primary requirements
- Existing SC clearance, or being able to obtain a new SC clearance
- SysAdmin on *nix production environments (RedHat, Centos, Ubuntu, etc)
- Network management principles, protocols and technologies
- Networking protocols and technologies
- Cloud technologies, VMWare vCenter
- SNMP, MIBs and related technologies
- DB servers (MySql, Postgre SQL, Cassandra) and SQL languages
Additional knowledge/skills
- Nokia NSP/NFM-P systems
- Ansible
- Programming languages (advanced Python, C#)
- Kafka
- Jit, Rancid
- XML, JSON
- IP routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), MPLS
- Scripting languages (Python, Perl, etc)
Our People
Our people are what makes Exponential-e Group the company it is today. This year’s employee survey highlighted that 81% of employees who took the survey, would recommend a friend to work for our organisation.
Learning and development are fundamental parts of daily life at Exponential-e. From their first day at the company, everyone is provided ample opportunities to develop their skills and broaden their horizons, with our own L&D team running a range of bespoke courses, based on the latest innovations and challenges across the digital landscape.
Exponential-e Group is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating all employees with respect and dignity. The company respects and values the diversity of its staff, striving to maintain an environment where there is opportunity for everyone to feel valued, their talents to be utilised and for both personal and organisational aspirations to be met. Every employee plays a vital role in helping to create an inclusive working environment by understanding and harnessing difference in a positive way.