Network Engineer – III

As a member of the Systems and Maintenance Engineering (S&ME) Intelligent Edge Network Lab Governance Team, you’ll be responsible for creating and executing support strategies for S&ME Lab resources.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Implement lab test bed setup based on requirements from IT, Planning, and Maintenance Engineering teams
• Insuring lab test bed setup is complete prior to test or development efforts
• Scheduling and managing availability of lab resources
• Support and triage for test bed issues, including vendor engagement/escalation
• Maintenance of lab resources to insure production-like availability
• Management of test bed inventories
• Hands-on equipment support (equipment installation, fiber maintenance, card add/pulls)

What we’re looking for…
You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting a layer 1-3 network and willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting Telecommunication’s iEN network.

You’ll need to have:

• 5-7 years of demonstrated experience in IP routing, preferably Cisco, Juniper, Client/ALU
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across L1-L3 platforms
• Knowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design
• Experience with systems automation
• Excellent collaboration skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with best practices for equipment install, activation, turn-up, and network integration

Even better if you have:

• Experience with lab operational procedures/practices
• Experience with Lab test tools – Ixia, Spirent, etc.
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Javascript, Shell, etc)
• Juniper/Cisco routing and/or networking certification or equivalent experience. (Junos, IOS-XR)
• Experience working with Cisco or Ciena L1-L2 platforms (eg. photonic switches, Cisco Company platforms, Ciena 6500 platforms, etc)

LOGISTICS:
Shift: Mon-Fri. Note – Position is on-site in a lab facility. Not a remote job function.