NETWORK ENGINEER

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education and Experience: Bachelor s degree in a relevant field or ten years of equivalent experience. Certifications like CCNA or CCNP are advantageous.
• Network Engineering Expertise: Extensive experience in network engineering, design, and implementation, particularly in an FTTH service provider environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of network protocols and technologies such as BGP-LS, IS-IS, MPLS, RSVP, Pseudo-wires, VPLS, EVPN, IPv4, IPv6, CGNAT, Peering, VLANs, TCP/IP, and VPNs.
• Vendor Experience: Experience with routing and switching equipment from vendors like Nokia and Calix.
• Network Security: Proficiency in network security practices, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and access control lists.
• Monitoring and Management: Direct experience with network monitoring and management tools.
• On-Site Work: Remote work with occasional on-site presence at the Houston headquarters (availability to travel on-site if necessary)
• FTTX Experience: Experience with XGS-PON-based access networks and FTTX deployments.
• On-Call Availability: Ability to lead and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise:

• Network Design and Implementation: Proficiency in designing and implementing network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and servers.
• Network Maintenance: Ensure resilient and redundant network architecture, monitor performance, and troubleshoot issues. Plan and execute maintenance windows. Establish a code revision control protocol across platforms.
• Network Assessment: Present a regular network assessment that highlights the risks to network availability and proposes mitigation options.
• Security: Knowledge of network security practices and compliance standards.
• Performance Monitoring: Ability to monitor and optimize network performance.
• Testing: maintain a strict pre-network deployment testing protocol.

Project Management:

• Planning and Execution: Experience in planning and executing network expansion projects.
• Documentation: Document network configurations, changes, and standard operating procedures.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Team Collaboration: Ability to work with cross-functional teams to align network solutions with business needs.
• Vendor Management: Experience in collaborating with vendors and carriers to resolve issues.
• Customer Support: Skills in providing technical support and communicating with internal and external customers.

Leadership and Mentorship:

• Technical Leadership: Lead network changes, develop processes, and present network assessments.
• Guidance: Ability to mentor junior engineers, provide technical leadership and develop job aids for the technical organizations.
• Training: Skills in conducting training sessions to improve team proficiency.

Adaptability and Continuous Learning:

• Technology Evaluation: Ability to evaluate and select new network technologies.
• Emerging Trends: Keeping up to date with emerging networking technologies and trends.

Problem-Solving:

• Support and Troubleshooting: Provide tier 2 and tier 3 technical support and troubleshoot network problems. run postmortem analysis and follow detailed MOPs for maintenance and upgrades.
• Network Troubleshooting: Strong skills in diagnosing and resolving network issues.

• Root Cause Analysis: Skills in performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
• Incident Management: Adherence to best practices in incident and problem management. Establish a policy of immediate vendor ticket submission upon network and system incidents.