Senior Network Engineer - Telecom

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Ashley Elm

Salary: $80,000 - $135,000 per year

A bit about us:

Forward thinking internet provider is looking to add a Senior Network Engineer to their team.

Why join us?

This is an amazing opportunity to be involved in a highly competitive industry on the cutting edge of technology, while still working at a company that’s small enough that you feel like you’re making a difference to your community.

Job Details

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

Responsibilities:

Engineer and implement network enhancements in a cost-effective manner using sound professional business approaches. Perform cost/benefit trade-offs.

Provide engineering and technical expertise and support for both internal and external customers.

Plan, develop, design, and manage network projects.

Evaluate network security issues when designing network and in conjunction with the Information Security Office recommend and implement changes to minimize network security concerns.

Evaluate and recommend new, advanced technologies (both software and hardware platforms) that will be most cost-effective in meeting network service requirements.

Plan overall equipment layouts in central offices and remote facilities.

Projects are engineered according to acceptable industry standards.

Evaluate demand forecasts, sales and market forecasts, mandates, and technology evolution, and be able to apply these requirements to successful network design.

Maintain professional contact with suppliers, vendors, trade organizations and other peer groups to stay current in technology changes and trends affecting the Telecom field.

Effectively research and present technical material verbally and in written form to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Provide leadership to junior level Network Engineers.

Requirements:

Bachelor of Science Degree or related field and current, practical, and applicable technical experience.

5+ years’ experience in network planning, design and implementation can substitute above qualifications

Extensive knowledge of routing, switching and firewall systems

Advanced technical experience of OSPF, ISIS, BGP and MPLS

Technical understanding of Juniper/Ciena hardware and configurations

Familiarity of WDM Transport systems

MEF standard based service for Layer2 and Layer3 Circuits

QoS and Firewall Policy for scalable deployment

Access transport and service technology (FTTH, VoIP, Pseudowire T1 and DSL)

Segment routing and traffic engineering

Application servers (DHCP, DNS, radius, tacacs and LDAP) to support various services

AC/DC power systems

Python scripting