Network Engineer

Title:: Network Engineer

Working Model: Onsite

Location: Richardson, TX

Pay Range:: $75-$80/hr on w2

Description

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 optical transport layer 1-3 networks 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 Client's next-gen networks.

You'll Need To Have

• Experience with SONET/DWDM/ROADM/OTN/MPLS/Pseudowire and other transport methods
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across Layer 1- 3 transport platforms
• Technical knowledge of IP core and transport networks and associated encapsulation and protocols such as BGP, OSPF, L2 Tunneling, pseudowire, IS-IS, BFD
• Knowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design
• 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

• Carrier Ethernet / MEF Certifications
• Experience working with Cisco or Ciena optical transport systems (eg. photonic switches, Cisco NCS platforms, Ciena 6500 platforms, etc)
• Experience with lab operational procedures/practices
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Javascript, Shell, etc)