Network Architect

  • $100,000.00 - $130,000.00/year
  • ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
     
    The network Architect is empowered to support the PAXIO network for expansion, reliability, and high-quality services. This position is hands-on focused in day-to-day operations of a growing regional IP network
     
    DUTIES AND EXPECTATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: 
     
    • Participate in the design, support, and implementation of multi-vendor networks (Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia, Juniper) 
    • Identify continuous improvement opportunities, and drive solutions to improve productivity especially around network validation and reliability 
    • Establish standards and best practices for implementing networking especially around network validation and reliability 
    • Define monitoring objectives and systems for both per-circuit and backbone infrastructure
    • Manage network releases, ensure that patches for network systems are vetted and communicate with partners on maintenance updates and their scope.  
    • Capacity planning and management in a complex networking environment
    • Troubleshoot complex problems and develop innovative solutions to improve service quality, mean-time-to-service turn-up, and technical support
    • Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Implement corrective action 
    • Work with stakeholders and partners to establish and refine the Tier 2 call and ticketing support system to reduce on-call escalations to PAXIO Staff
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project & service delivery, such as client services, construction, and fiber operations. 
    • Author useful documentation for internal peers and external partners, comfortable presenting content to parties with diverse technical knowledge 
    • Create & update diagrams reflecting physical & logical network infrastructure 
    • Maintain internal standards documentation, hold training events 
    • Participate in project meetings and perform data networking design reviews - from high-level architecture through various technologies, configurations, and parameters to meet goals 
    • Lead audits and advise on other corporate options for improvement 
    • Engaging and mentoring team members 
    • Keep abreast of new technologies and processes and see how they can be strategically incorporated into the company
    • Can be in a Tier 2 on-call rotation 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND SKILLS 
     
    Required:
    • Working (not theoretical) of IPv4 / IPv6 routing, MPLS, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, and related protocols knowledge
    • A positive attitude towards stressful situations, tight deadlines, and sharing knowledge 
    • Strong collaboration and partnering skills with both internal and external point of contacts, comfortable escalating when appropriate 
    • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of the organization and to gain and maintain credibility when delivering difficult messages under stressful situations.
    • Experience managing simultaneous projects involving team members 
    • Solid understanding of ITIL processes and best practices 
    • Strong command of the English language and the ability to effectively translate technical issues and circumstances to non-technical personnel 
    • Must be confident and personable and able to deal effectively with a variety of personalities 
    • An effective mentor to provide professional and technical guidance to other staff members. 
    • Ability to organize work in an efficient manner. 
    • Organized, detail oriented, and a superior multitasker. 
    • Lead by example
    • 4-7 plus years of network design experience
    • Experience with Telecommunications and FTTH.
    • Experience working with a distributed team.
    • Background in data analysis and processing.
    • CI/CD framework automation: Circle CI, Packer, Jenkins
    • Metrics and reporting: Splunk, AWS Config, AWS SNS, CloudWatch Coordination and collaboration tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack, GSuite
     
    Plus:
    • Wireless path engineering & deployment - both licensed and unlicensed vendors, such as Ubiquiti, Mimosa, and Siklu
    • JNCIA certified
    • Familiar/working knowledge of Packetfront’s BECS provisioning system.
    • Languages: Python, Bash, Ruby (knowledge of Java, Go, or SQL a plus) 
     

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