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Position: Transport Engineer IV
Location: Richardson, TX
30 Month Contract
Description
As a member of the Systems and Maintenance Engineering (S&ME) Intelligent Edge Network Lab Governance Team, youll be responsible for creating and executing support strategies for S&ME Lab resources. Primary responsibilities will include:

•  Implement lab test bed setup based on requirements from IT, Planning, and Maintenance Engineering teams
•  Insuring lab test bed setup is complete prior to test or development efforts
•  Scheduling and managing availability of lab resources
•  Support and triage for test bed issues, including vendor engagement/escalation
•  Maintenance of lab resources to insure production-like availability
•  Management of test bed inventories
•  Hands-on equipment support (equipment installation, fiber maintenance, card add/pulls)
What were looking for
You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting a layer 1-3 network and willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting Verizons next-gen networks.
Youll need to have:
•  5-7 years of demonstrated experience in IP routing, preferably Cisco, Juniper, Nokia/ALU
•  Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across L1-L3 platforms
•  Knowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design
•  Experience with systems automation
•  Excellent collaboration skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
•  Experience with best practices for equipment install, activation, turn-up, and network integration
Even better if you have:
•  Experience with lab operational procedures/practices
•  Experience with Lab test tools - Ixia, Spirent, etc.
•   Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Javascript, Shell, etc) Juniper/Cisco routing and/or networking certification or equivalent experience. (Junos, IOS-XR)

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