Senior Network Engineer

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing...

As a Senior Network Engineer with Verizon's managed network services team, you will work directly with external F500 customers to define requirements relating to network transformation, upgrades, steady state engineering support. You will work directly with the customer, build trust with stakeholders, and own the design process as a network engineering subject matter expert. The focus of this position will be SD-WAN design and implementation for a nationwide retail customer. You will work closely with Verizon's internal teams like customer operations, project management, and engineering to ensure the customer’s requirements are met. In addition, you will provide technological vision for network transformation, serve as the engineering team lead back into Verizon, and ensure information is flowing to engineering resources assigned to project.

• Create client solutions based on business requirements involving advanced networks, data center, security, and virtualization technologies; as well as development of fault and performance management policies and automation rules.
• Collaborate with Engineering/Planning, IT, Product Development, and various Verizon and external delivery and support teams to manage the design and implementation of client projects.
• Provide technical trainings and support for the Managed Services Operations team.
• Design, implement, and support solutions involving, but not limited to, WAN, LAN, WLAN, VoIP, Data Analytics, Security and Virtual (e.g.; Virtualization, SDN, NFV) technologies.
• Analyze, evaluate, and communicate network capacity and performance data with the objective of driving improvements to customer's network.
• Provide Matrix supervision of a team for specific projects, resource management, process documentation, and peer mentoring.
• Oversee customer network documentation such as solution design document, record of change, and network diagrams.
• Act as an escalation point, providing 4th level incident support for customers.
• Support and participate in presentations and demonstrations related to technology, process, or client solutions as necessary.
• Own design process and address critical issues.

This hybrid role will have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days as set by the manager.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of relevant work experience as a network engineer with experience designing, implementing, and configuring complex enterprise networks.
• SD-WAN experience.

Even better if you have:

• Master's Degree and three or more years of experience in technology disciplines.
• Versa SD-WAN experience.
• Cisco CCNP/CCDP/CCDA/Meraki certification or equivalent practical knowledge, and/or Juniper JNCIS.
• Possess in-depth Juniper & Cisco knowledge with MPLS network architecture and design disciplines, operational support familiarity, previous and current extensive hands-on implementation and thorough configuration knowledge and capabilities for all platform levels.
• Strong customer interfacing background, as well as superior oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to create technical documentation.
• In-depth knowledge of all routing protocols (For example: BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, GLBP, VRF), Traffic engineering, L2/L3 VPN, multicast & class of service.
• Knowledge with router, LAN switch, application accelerator, wireless controller and IP Voice.
• Ability to research technical issues and develop solutions.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Written and verbal skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Achievement orientated.
• Problem solving skills including conceptual and analytical thinking.
• Capability of working on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Ability to exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical, religious, or state law recognized reasons).