What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Engineer position at Cam-Tel Company?
Position Purpose / Summary
The Network Engineer will function within the Fastwyre organization to perform work requiring a high level of technical knowledge across broadband data, voice and video services for an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Requires the ability to quickly adapt and obtain a high level of knowledge of other areas within the engineering field for all critical infrastructure platforms. When acting as project leader, this position takes the lead in managing large-scale, complex, and highly analytical tasks. The Network Engineer serves as lead technical architect and integrator for large, complex network infrastructures and mentor's junior personnel in the engineering field.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Provides long-range strategic planning for new and innovative networking technologies, including research and development of alternative architectures, new infrastructure framework, and engineering strategy; monitors the impact of technological developments and supplier roadmaps.
- Leads advanced technical project teams and contractors, with engineering emphasis on routing / switching, system buildouts, and systems security and reliability; plans, assigns, directs, and coordinates work efforts; develops project plans, timetables, and staff requirements.
- Enhances legacy infrastructure with upgrade designs, expansion projects and configuration improvements, presents proposals to Director level and above for costing approval and IRR / breakeven targets.
- Oversees the performance of day-to-day networking tasks to ensure network reliability, availability, performance and serviceability with minimal service interruptions.
- Provides complex technical support, analyzes, and solves complex reported network problems.
- Develops criteria and oversees design and development of prototypical lab environments for the purpose of providing testing and training platforms of new networking technologies by engineering and operations staff.
- Develops and produces engineering documentation for installation, optimization and evolving network topology.
- Acts as highest level of technical support internally for troubleshooting of communications hardware or software.
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures and author system configuration documents for on-going reference.
- Represents the engineering department at group, task force and steering committee meetings and pilot testing, as assigned.
- Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned, occasional travel to Fastwyre locations as required.
Knowledge, Abilities, & Skills for Success
Qualifications
At a minimum, the Network Engineer must have :