Network Engineer

We are seeking a Network Engineer for a contract-to-hire role. This role can work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. Due to the nature of the projects being supported,this role will require the selected candidate to be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.

In this role, you will provide network device maintenance and implementation to a service provider backbone and customer aggregation network. This role will serve as an escalation point for network issues, as well as provisioning customer services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Handle escalated trouble calls.
• Work closely with the NOC, deployment engineers, and carriers to resolve network issues.
• Work with systems engineering to automate as many networks provisioning and turn up tasks as possible.
• Perform installation and integration of backbone equipment in network.
• Provide detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings.
• Interface with key network partners.
• Work with DWDM engineering team to make sure capacity is provisioned as needed to ensure a congestion free and fully protected IP network.
• Ensure all site records are updated and accurate.
• Ensure all network procedures and policies are followed.
• Coordinate network parts inventory.
• Design and provision network services for customers.
• Perform maintenance on network equipment when needed.
• Attend various meetings with management, other departments, and vendors to ensure company objectives are met.
• Participate in inter-departmental planning meetings to coordinate and communicate activities related to the successful completion of projects.
• Support Network Engineering, Network deployment and Service Architecture needs across the shared backbone infrastructure.
• Work closely with Network Operations personnel to hand-off newly deployed equipment and customer services for ongoing surveillance and management.

Requirements

• 2+ years of core network engineering experience in the ISP/telecommunications space required.
• Excellent understanding of layers 1-3 in network design and troubleshooting.
• Ability to understand as-built network design from edge, core and access layers in an ISP environment.
• Outstanding attention to detail and preparation.
• Experience working with either Cisco & Juniper platforms. Specifically BGP, IS-IS, L2VPN, MPLS, and HSRP.
• Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network elements such as routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VOIP, DWDM required.
• Experience with BGP/OSFP and MPLS LDP/TE required.
• Experience with various equipment assets and circuit inventory systems required.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines, white papers, and configuration manuals.