Position Title: Senior Core Network Engineer

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$90,000 to $150,000 annually*
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Comprehensive health benefits include - *medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.

Company Background

Everyone deserves the best internet possible, and that’s the refreshingly great experience we’re creating at Ziply Fiber. We’re bringing fiber to more than one million homes and businesses across the broader Northwest. By pairing brilliantly fast internet with customer choice and control, we’re making it simple and easy for you to connect to the things that matter most to you. Ziply Fiber is based in Kirkland, Washington, providing communities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana with fiber internet in addition to streaming TV, privacy products, and phone service as well.

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Job Summary*

The Core Network Engineer will provide network device maintenance and implementation to our service provider backbone and customer aggregation network. This role will serve as an escalation point for network issues, as well as provisioning customer services. We are specifically seeking candidates located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho or Montana, as the position will require occasional travel to Everett or Bothell, WA and other locations in the 4-state footprint.

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Job Duties:*

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Handle escalated trouble calls

• Work closely with the NOC, deployment engineers, and carriers to resolve network issues

• Work with systems engineering to automate as many network provisioning and turn up tasks as possible

• Perform installation and integration of backbone equipment in network

• Provide detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings

• Interface with key network partners

• Work with DWDM engineering team to make sure capacity is provisioned as needed to ensure a congestion free and fully protected IP network

• Ensure all site records are updated and accurate

• Ensure all network procedures and policies are followed

• Coordinate network parts inventory

• Design and provision network services for customers

• Perform maintenance on network equipment when needed

• Attend various meetings with management, other departments, and vendors to ensure company objectives are met

• Participate in inter-departmental planning meetings to coordinate and communicate activities related to the successful completion of projects

• Support Network Engineering, Network deployment and Service Architecture needs across the shared backbone infrastructure

• Work closely with Network Operations personnel to hand-off newly deployed equipment and customer services for ongoing surveillance and management

• Perform other duties as assigned

• Work regular business hours Pacific Standard Time.

• Travel on occasion-possibly 1x a month or less.

Qualifications:

• Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network elements such as routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VOIP, DWDM required

• Experience with BGP/OSFP and MPLS LDP/TE required

• Experience with various equipment assets and circuit inventory systems required

• Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines, white papers, and configuration manuals

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations

• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines

• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills

• Ability to work within critical deadlines

• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules

• Ability to provide excellent customer service

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Physical Requirements*

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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Work Environment and Additional Information*

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

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Diverse Workforce / EEO*

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.

Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.

Job Type: Full-time

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