IP Edge Network Engineer- Greenwood Village, CO

IP Edge Network Engineer

Location: Greenwood Village, CO

Position Type: Contract

Rate: $50/hr. on W2 only

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Applied Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or 8 years military and/or industrial Engineering experience.
• 5 to 7 yrs work experience in ISP/MSO environment.
• At least Five years of detailed hands-on troubleshooting of complex large scale TCP/IP networks with a minimum of two years in an ISP/MSO like environment.
• Extremely well developed communication skills and a customer-centric attitude.
• Partners with Market, Engineering and Support teams to understand issues and drive resolutions.
• Complete understanding of complex data, transport voice, and converged networks design to ensure superior support customer, and completion of business objectives:
• Interfacing with external technology vendors on detailed aspects of new designs as required
• Collaborating with customer to validate design concepts and ensure integration into customer operations and infrastructure
• Functions as education/technical resource as needed for Market, Engineering and Support Teams ensuring the best possible technical practices.
• In-depth knowledge of Juniper, Cisco platforms, Ciena / Arista / ALU +
• In-depth knowledge of carrier class data/voice network services (LAN/WAN, routing protocols, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, VPLS, EVPL, POS, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of IP implementations, including QoS, Layer 2/3 environments
• In-depth knowledge of Metro Ethernet, SONET, DS1/DS3, TCP/IP, SIP, VPN, and MPLS technologies very desirable
• In-depth knowledge of Optical CWDM / DWDM operational support
• Detailed knowledge of Unix, Linux
• Knowledge of scripting with Shell, PERL, TCL, Python (not required, but very desirable)
• Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance.
• Ability to work in a 24 x 7 environment, all shifts. (On-call rotation is required)
• Perform other duties as assigned.