Network Engineer - Contract

Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Position Description

Zayo is seeking a Contract Network Engineer to be responsible for the installation and activation of IP and Ethernet network infrastructure equipment. The Network Engineer will maintain port capacity supporting our NaaS infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate complex equipment installations by providing detailed Methods-of-Procedure documentation

• Monitor port and backbone capacity using various tools

• Collaborate with multiple teams to effectively plan space & power and connectivity requirements

• Test and verify error free connectivity of new equipment installs

• Certify and document new equipment installs within a set of guidelines

• Work with Data Centers to standardize panels within their portal

• Troubleshoot power and connectivity with field engineers

• Identify implementation roadblocks such as software/hardware incompatibilities

• Deploy and purchase inventory & critical spares within a set budget.

• Create/edit various internal order forms (via salesforce.com)

• Update status and progress in salesforce on a daily and regular basis

• Verify and update project documentation

• Work with internal teams to activate and verify the functionality of the equipment once deployed

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 (four)years of experience in the area of IP routing and network engineering

• Familiar with fundamentals of IP routing and switching, including BGP, DNS, IP address management

• Direct and recent experience troubleshooting router connectivity in a complex routed network environment

• Direct and recent experience using a router CLI to provision IP/Ethernet services

• Familiar with fundamentals of provisioning fiber based circuits in a data center environment, including patches, cross-connects, risers, and space and power

• Experience working in a team within a complex and fast-paced environment

• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to focus on the salient facts in order to resolve an issue

• Experience organizing multiple, time-sequenced tasks across several concurrent projects

• Experience with Junos, required

• Familiar with Google docs & sheets, email

• Preferred Certification - JNCIA, CCNA, JNCIP, CCNP

Base salary range: $78,500 - $112,100, commensurate with experience.

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