IP Engineer

General Responsibilities:

To design and plan equipment/technology for a global network, which includes, Ethernet over Fiber, EPON, DPOE, Ethernet over MPLS technologies. Qualified candidate will work closely with other teams and have the following key responsibilities:

• Selection of technology and equipment platforms to enable best in the class Ethernet services.
• Work closely with other engineering teams such as IP engineering and transmission engineering to ensure efficient network architecture.
• Qualification of equipment in a laboratory environment, which includes development of test requirements, test plans and qualification reports.
• Work closely with Service engineering, Sales, Operation to design and qualify Ethernet services.
• Support service rollout by developing provisioning guidelines and commissioning guidelines.
• Participating and contributing to different industrial forums such as Metro Ethernet Forum, Cablelabs.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and test Ethernet and IP networks (Ethernet over Fiber, Ethernet over PON, IPv4 & MPLS technologies).
• Knowledge of Layer 2 network design and standards, including Ethernet WAN technologies, MEF services (ELINE, ELAN, E-Tree, E-Access, EVPN), IEEE standards 802.1ad QnQ, 802.1q VLAN tagging, Ethernet OAM 802.3ah and 802.1ag.
• Knowledge of IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP.
• Implementing a resilient network with redundancy and rapid fail over using MPLS, LACP, G8032.
• Implementing security - protection against flooding, denial of service, etc.
• Traffic management and optimization - traffic shaping, classification, policing, queuing, scheduling.
• Network Management, performance measurement, fault management, access security.
• Generate and implement Engineering Design Documentation for new network builds or augmentations. Includes engineering of all aspects of Layer 2 thru Layer 4.
• Perform network maintenance, diagnostics work and provide technical support to cross-organizational teams and engineering associates.
• Develop, provide and maintain positive communication with vendors for diagnosing and rectifying problems and candidate possesses strong inter-personal communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meeting multiple deadlines.
• Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to assimilate, analyze and correlate large amounts of forensic data from various network, operating system, application, and security devices, logs, and alerts.  

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science is required. Master’s degree is a plus.
• 2+ years’ experience on network architecture and technology planning for Ethernet and/or IP networks in carrier and enterprise service provider environment.
• Ability to learn new technologies, troubleshoot IP and Ethernet services networks.
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP is plus.
• MEF CECP certification is a plus.
• Layer 2 and knowledge of MEF standards highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 switching and routing protocols: i.e. IEEE801.1Q, QinQ, carrier ethernet, Y.1731, BGP, OSPF, MPLS.