Network Engineer (On-Site)

The Network Engineer is responsible for engineering, certification, and operation of Optical, Ethernet, and IP products and services at Dobson Fiber. Requires strong understanding of Layer 1, 2, and 3 principles with practical application across multiple HW/SW vendors. Must be able to work individually and as part of a team while multi-tasking and adapting in a fast-paced environment. Requires excellent internal communication skills with occasional customer interaction.

• Develop and execute test plans to certify products and services
• Publish MOPs/EDPs for delivering new service, maintenance, upgrades, and augments
• Assist with capacity planning
• Configure and troubleshoot optical transport, carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS, and SD-Wan
• Provide technical expertise and support to various internal departments
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation

QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:

• CCNP, JNCIP, CCIE, JNCIE, or related certifications and/or experience preferred
• 5+ years of engineering service provider networks (Optical, Ethernet, and/or IP/MPLS/SD-Wan)
• Nokia 7750 and 7360, Ciena, Cyan, Juniper, Cisco, Accedian, Transition, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Arbor, A10, BTI, TurinMS Office, Visio, Planet Operate, Blue Planet/MCP, Circuit Vision, Service Now, Versa Networks, Velo Cloud, VMWare, Ubuntu/Linux, Vaonet, Cacti, Python, Perl, REST/JSON

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• DWDM, ROADM, GPON/FTTH optical transport
• Hands on experience on commissioning Ciena RLS Node via Navigator NMS (formerly MCP)
• Hands on experience commissioning Ciena WaveServerAI and WaveServer5
• Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), carrier Ethernet (EPL, EVPL, ELAN)
• IPv4/v6 including BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SD-Wan
• Knowledge of network security standards and best practices
• Knowledge of common network monitoring and security utilities
• Self-starter
• Able to perform detailed work both individually and with team members
• Strong documentation, communication, and presentation of methods and results

ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS

• No travel expected for this position
• Indoor office environment