Principal Systems Performance Engineer

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing...

We promise our customers the most reliable coverage across the country, and you’ll make sure we deliver on that promise. You’ll be a technical leader and authority in network performance for a large geographic area, proactively identifying new ways to improve speed and quality, and helping to resolve our most complex problems. We’ve got a growing customer base using more devices every day, and their expectations are high—you’ll play a key role in making sure they’re never disappointed.

• Monitoring the system’s performance, including network LTE, 5G, and finding ways to make improvements or mitigate potential problems.
• Resolving service-impacting issues, sometimes using non-traditional, out-of-the-box solutions.
• Investigating and resolving customer complaints, often through drive testing, field visits, and efforts to replicate the customer experience.
• Working cross-functionally to deploy and optimize components for best efficiency and reliability.
• Owning the investigation of Root Metrics/Baseline/Nielsen, and the coordination and implementation of complex network directives.
• Crafting pre- and post-cell site/carrier add templates and checklists for LTE & 5G, also making sure site/carriers are properly integrated into network and optimized for peak performance.
• Driving an engineering process improvement and data intelligence and modern technology driven (API, data model, etc.) automation.
• Proactive monitoring of network for ensuring the accuracy of the KPI data, early detection of the problems and developing a mitigation plan.
• Troubleshooting support for complex network issues.

This role may be considered as part of the Department of Defense SkillBridge Program.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Willingness to travel.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Knowledge of IrisView, nGenius One, IntelliSight, or Brix.
• Experience with OBIEE reports, IBM Cognos, Splunk, Tableau, Minitab, MS-Visio, or MS-Project.
• Subject Matter Expert in wireless communication technologies (LTE/IoT/VoLTE, 5G, RAN, …) with six or more years of relevant industry experience.
• In-depth understanding of mobile and data communications standards (3GPP, IETF,…)
• Hands-on experience in implementing RAN technology trials with successful KPI improvements.
• Data Science or Analytics experience using Tableau data with Python, SQL, and backend data integration skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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