Senior Network Engineer

Description

Senior Network Engineer - Service Provider

Job Details

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for engineering planning, design, equipment evaluation, project management, installation specifications, lab certification of equipment and services, test & acceptance for existing and advanced networks to ensure cost effective enhancements and upgrades to meet network requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Adept at working independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to provide detailed network designs and complete complex projects on time and within budget.
• Engineer, test, and certify Service Provider solutions for delivering Carrier Grade Ethernet and IP solutions for Residential/FTTH, SMB, Enterprise, Wholesale, and Mobile Backhaul customers.
• Publish MOPs and EDPs for deployment, maintenance, patches, upgrades, and network augments.
• Minimize customer downtime and maximize customer experience through sane and sound engineering principles and disciplined change management best practices.
• Capacity planning and management at all levels of the network.
• Available for 24x7 third tier escalation for troubleshooting challenging network problems including coordination with equipment vendor TAC for root cause analysis.
• Effectively research and present technical material verbally and in written form to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide accurate documentation and training for NOC personnel.
• Evaluate and recommend relevant new technologies for improving performance and scaling the network.
• Well-rounded with respect to multi-vendor, multi-protocol networks.
• Experienced in delivering services such as Internet, L3VPN, and MEF compliant EPL/EVPL/ELAN.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree or related field and/or equivalent work experience
• 5 years’ experience in Service Provider network engineering
• Deep understanding and experience with Routing and Switching,
• Extensive knowledge and experience with essential protocols and tools such as
  • BGP, OSPF, ISIS, BFD, LAG/LACP, MC-LAG, COS/QOS
  • MPLS, Segment Routing/Traffic Engineering, EVPN
  • VRRP, Anycast Gateways`
  • SNMP, Syslog, DHCP/DNS, IPerf/Ookla
  • CFM, y.1731, rfc-2544
• Solid understanding of GPON/XGS-PON, DWDM, WiFi gateways.
• Knowledgeable with respect to network security including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and AAA.
• Hands on experience with multiple equipment vendors and platforms such as Cisco NCS (IOS-XR), Ciena 39xx/51xx/81xx (SAOS 10), Nokia/Calix/Adtran/DZS OLTs/ONTs, Fortinet Firewalls including SDWan.
• Familiarity with Smartoptics or similar DWDM Transport systems,
• Competent with relevant systems and tools such as Circuit Vision (or other network/circuit inventory systems), Solarwinds, Zabbix, Ciena MCP/Navigator, Microsoft Office Suite including Visio.

• Nice to have Python scripting

Physical activities include, but are not limited to standing, walking, & sitting for extended periods of time. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability or Vietnam era or other protected veteran. Starting Pay is based on experience. This is a full-time position located in The Woodlands, Texas. Relocation will not be provided. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k and paid time off. Clear background and drug screen required.