Network Engineer (Lead)

IP Deployment Engineer

Duties:

? Deploy, configure, and support a large-scale production and corporate network and server

infrastructure in data centers, Point of Presence (POP), edge, backbone, datacenter, and content

delivery network (CDN) infrastructure.

? Provide onsite network support and expertise on local data center campus and remote support

for POP sites while working with local vendor support staff

? Schedule and perform network maintenance, repair, and upgrade tasks as needed while limiting

the impact on the production network

? Calculate and document equipment power requirements and work with Engineering, Facilities

Operations, and/or collocation vendors to meet these requirements.

? Work closely with Network Engineering, Logistics, and equipment vendors as new equipment

and technologies are integrated into the production network.

? Work with network provisioning engineers to turn up new circuits and engage and escalate with

vendors to troubleshoot out-of-service or faulty circuits.

? Queue Management for tasks and incidents, participate in ongoing DC/POP deployment projects

? Use internal tools and scripts to configure, monitor, and repair servers and network equipment

? Develop internal documentation and conduct training as needed or appropriate

? Proactively contribute to documentation, automation and processes as they evolve

? Follow, improve, and implement data center and POP best practices

? Participate in on call activities and follow escalation process to support the infrastructure 24/7

Skills/Experience:

? CCNP/JNCIP preferable

? Experience in new PoP or Datacenter builds.

? Understanding of outside plant construction requirements with fiber and/or copper or coax

experience preferred.

? Solid understanding of fiber-optic technology including cable types, connector types, optic

types, patch panels, and optical transport technologies.

? Rack and stack; Installation of new racks and devices.

? Experience in device installation and testing, software/firmware upgrade, re-bootstrapping and

decommission.

? Experience in network optimization (re-stripes, migrations, upgrades, swaps, capacity upgrades).

? Knowledge of DCN and experience in DCN installation, migrations, and upgrades.

? Experience in break fix support

? Knowledge of Juniper, Ciena, Infinera, Cisco, Arista and ZPE systems (Network Deployment)

? Strong attention to detail with excellent time management and organization skills.

? Excellent experience in maintaining documentation.

? Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting skills, systems

and tools, and creative problem-solving abilities under pressure.

? Programming and scripting capabilities are strongly desired.

? Excellent communication skills.

? Ability to work within a global team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with limited

supervision.