Network Engineer (32022)

Title: Network Engineer

Location: Pittsburgh, PA - can only consider local or candidates willing to relocate.

Type: Contract, 36 months,

On-Site Required

***We can not accept any C2C or Vendor Candidates for this role.***

***Must have 6 years of experience with Nokia devices shown on your resume to be considered.****

The Network Engineer role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities from network strategy, design and engineering, implementation and migration planning, service design and proof of concept, implementation, testing, optimization services, customer training and advice and on-site support. The work is on-site with customers.

Network Engineer will be required to work in a consultative manner with customers, solutions and marketing groups and systems engineering to scope and deliver professional service projects. The ideal candidate should have work experience with some or all of the following (minimum 6 years relevant work experience):

Required Experience:

• Develop network architecture and services designs with the best architecture available to support our customer's services.
• Strong working level knowledge of IP Networking. Routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, BGP), signaling protocols (RSVP, LDP), QoS, IP VPN, VLAN, VLL/VPLS, DPI, etc. Specific Nokia knowledge of 7x50, 7705, 7210, 7220 products.
• Experienced delivering professional services including network strategy, design and engineering, implementation, testing, customer training, and on-site support.
• Experienced with Planning, Designing, and Implementation around Nokia SDN and Data Center products and solutions.
• At least Intermediate level expertise in Nokia SR Linux or Cisco's Data Center ACI product or Juniper Products.
• Knowledge of Python, JSON programming would be an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills, with strong problem-solving capability.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Influences others outside of the team to ensure goals are met and conflicts are resolved.
• Nokia SRA, Nokia DCF or equivalent Certification are a plus

Job Responsibilities:

• Produce network implementation and migration plans.
• Configure equipment and services.
• Test and support networks in various stages of deployment.
• Audit and assess network against customer service requirements and best practices.
• Formulate network management strategies.
• Produce and review technical statement of work documentation.
• Provide appropriate training material and delivery of the training.
• Evaluate customer networks for performance, scalability, manageability and security.
• Provide recommendations to optimize the network operations and performance.
• Work with internal technical teams for product placement and feature improvements for reliability, availability, and serviceability.
• Work closely with customers to conduct network readiness and customer readiness tests.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customer's technical and management teams.
• Occasional maintenance hour work expected in the role to support critical network events.