Ethernet Engineer

Ethernet Engineer

Working alongside the Service Engineering, Sales, and Operations teams for a leading cable service provider. You will be responsible for designing and planning equipment/technology for a global network, which includes, Ethernet over Fiber, Ethernet over Coaxial, EPON, DPOE, Ethernet over MPLS, and MPLS technologies.

Responsibilities

• Selection of technology and equipment platforms to enable best-in-the-class Ethernet services
• Work closely with other engineering teams such as IP engineering and transmission engineering to ensure efficient network architecture.
• Qualification of equipment in a laboratory environment, which includes the development of test requirements, test plans, and qualification reports.
• Work closely with Service engineering/Sales to design and qualify Ethernet services.
• Support service rollout by developing provisioning guidelines and commissioning guidelines
• Participating and contributing to different industrial forums such as Metro Ethernet Forum, CableLabs
• Architecting, design and test Ethernet and IP networks (Ethernet over Fiber, Ethernet over PON, Ethernet over Coaxial, MPLS & MPLS-T Technologies)
• Knowledge of Layer 2 network design and standards, including Ethernet WAN technologies, MEF services (ELINE, ELAN, E-Tree, E-Access, EVPN), IEEE standards 802.1ad QnQ, 802.1q VLAN tagging, Ethernet OAM 802.3ah, and 802.1ag.
• Experience with routing protocols BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and RIP.
• Implementing a resilient network with redundancy and rapid failover using MPLS, LACP, G8032
• Implementing security - protection against flooding, denial of service, etc.
• Traffic management and optimization - traffic shaping, classification, policing, queuing, scheduling
• Network Management, performance measurement, fault management, and access security.
• Generate and implement Engineering Design Documentation for new network builds or augmentations. Includes engineering of all aspects of Layer 2 through Layer 4 IP services delivery
• Perform network maintenance, and diagnostics work and provide technical support to cross-organizational teams and engineering associates
• Develop, provide, and maintain positive communication with vendors for diagnosing and rectifying problems candidate possesses strong interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work well under pressure, meeting multiple deadlines
• Perform other duties as requested by the supervisor
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to assimilate, analyze, and correlate large amounts of forensic data from various network, operating system, application, and security devices, logs, and alerts.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience on network architecture and technology planning for Ethernet and/or IP networks in carrier and enterprise service provider environment.
• Experience troubleshooting IP and Ethernet services networks
• Working knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 switching and routing protocols (IEEE801.1Q, QinQ, carrier ethernet, Y.1731, BGP, OSPF, MPLS)

Nice to Have

• Experience in the Telecommunications environment
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP
• MEF CECP certification
• Knowledge of MEF standards