What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cell Site Engineer position at Verizon?
When you join Verizon
You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.
What you’ll be doing...
We are a 24x7 highly visible Operations environment that performs troubleshooting, driving issues to resolution, and related functions. You’ll be doing regular troubleshooting and maintenance, keeping inventories, doing audits, and creating reports. You’ll also be analyzing our network coverage and finding ways to make it even better.
Performing optimization, troubleshooting, and maintenance of network systems and applications to identify overall system availability and performance.
Evaluating network coverage to find gaps, making recommendations to improve coverage, and helping to implement those recommendations.
Configuring network routers and switches for network optimization.
Complying with company- and industry-wide standard directives to maintain network performance and enhance efficiency.
Providing timely and accurate network updates to leadership and external teams; communicating technical details in a clear and concise manner.
What we’re looking for...
You’re tech-savvy and well-versed in all things telecommunications. Working independently suits you well. You’re also thorough, vigilant, and on top of the details—someone people count on to solve problems and to make sure they don’t happen in the first place.
The ideal candidate will live Norman, Moore, or Shawnee, Ok areas. Requirement is to live within 50 miles of Oklahoma City and report to location will be Edmond, OK.
Physical requirements of the job may include, but are not limited to: climbing stairs and ladders, working from elevated areas, lifting and carrying objects weighing up to approximately 40 pounds, pushing, pulling, grasping, twisting/bending, and crawling, squatting, or kneeling in small spaces.
You’ll need to have:
Bachelor’s degree or one or more years of work experience.
Willingness to work rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
A valid driver's license.
Willingness to travel to up to approximately 50% of the time.
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
Technically aligned Associate’s Degree or Bachelor's Degree, Certifications - (CCNA, CCNP, and/or other vendor equivalents).
Experience in routers, switches, Firewalls, load balancers and connection correlation from end to end.
Experience in 4G/5G platforms.
Computer support experience, including troubleshooting PC hardware and configurations.
Strong customer service/vendor management experience.
If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.
Where you’ll be working
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Equal Employment Opportunity
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