About the role

What will you do at Bluepeak?

“We Push the Boundaries of Possibilities for our Communities.”

Overview of the Position

Responsibilities

Our Network Engineer will is to be
one of the senior leaders of the networking team in support of Bluepeak’s voice,
video, and data products. The successful candidate shall help to develop and
maintain the high-level design/strategy plan for the overall logical and
technical architecture for Metro, Access, and Backbone networks. This individual
will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organization, from
strategic decision through implementation.
Be part of our innovation- building and delivering a fiber-rich internet
connection to people’s doorsteps.

What You Will Do

* Build, Operate and Deploy the network equipment and services to support Vast
customers with a high level of performance and reliability
* Generates as-builts, including both logical and physical network diagrams,
documents, testing analyses, test plans and method of procedure to ensure
successful deployment, changes and operations of the Vast network.
* Troubleshoot and implement network changes and deployments in order to best
meet company requirements.
* Troubleshoots complex data, voice, and video network and hardware problems;
researches and analyzes significant, complex network problems that require
evaluation of intangibles.
* Determines methods and procedures to be implemented and used on new
technologies to enhance performance. Determines approach for implementation,
based on assessment of market/regional needs.
* Works closely with the engineering and technology teams to ensure open
communication, exchange of ideas and collaboration.
* Ensures standards are followed and that the network is maintained with
discipline and best practices.
* Work with Operations and Field Engineering teams to ensure network changes
are deployable, and able to be operated with minimal impacts to customers,
and operating expenses.
* Work with vendor partners to ensure engineering requirements are aligned with
product roadmaps.
What You Will Need:
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or 1-3+
years’ experience in service provider networks.
* Routing (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP) and switching expertise. Extensive network
engineering and architecture experience - excellent understanding of Internet
and datacenter topologies.
* Experience, configuring, and troubleshooting a variety of network equipment
especially Juniper, Cisco, Brocade, and Alcatel-Lucent - solid understanding
of associated vendor hardware architecture and characteristics.
* Understanding of various L2/L3 protocols and technologies: TCP/IP (v4 & v6)
and related protocols, MPLS-based services, QOS, BFD, LACP, VRRP, STP, etc.
* Understanding of Layer 4-7 switching/load balancing and application
integration. Understanding of network based security protocols and methods
(eg IPSec, SSL, TLS, ACLs).
* Ability to investigate new technologies, develop scalable network solutions,
and put together well-thought-out documents to propose new configurations,
architectures, services, and policies.
* Analytical approach to problem solving and usage of methodical & documented
processes to propose network enhancements.
* Experience in a 24/7 Internet facing production environment and ensuring
customer requirements are effectively anticipated and met according to scope,
criticality, and severity level.
* Must be able to perform basic mathematical functions/calculations.
* 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.
* While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required
to walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use
hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance
and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to
lift up to 25 pounds.
* The work environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed
to outside weather conditions.
* Must be able to meet the physical limit requirements of personal protective
equipment, aerial lift equipment, ladders and/or gaffs that may be used in
this position.
* The noise level in the environment is moderate.
* The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop,
kneel, or crouch
* The noise level in the work environment is moderate
* Employees may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per week and other
than normal business hours, such as holidays, evenings and weekends as
business demands
* Be available to travel to locations across Bluepeak’s service footprint
* This is a safety sensitive role and as such all candidates must pass a drug
test, inclusive of marijuana, regardless of medical marijuana license
status.
Why Work at Bluepeak?
* Competitive Compensation + Annual Bonus Eligibility
* Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and
401(k)
* Generous Vacation and Paid Sick Time + Paid Holidays and Personal Days
* Professional Development With an Emphasis on Internal Promotion
* Employee Discounts on Bluepeak Services, Including Internet
* Progressive and inclusive work culture in which our team has the flexibility,
support, and resources to be successful in their careers!
About Us
We believe that the size of the city shouldn’t determine the quality of the
technology. That’s why we are building for you: Faster, more reliable, and
without the things that get in the way of great service—like red tape, hidden
fees, and slow response times. And with up to 5 gigabits of speed for
residential customers and 10 gigabits for businesses, we are whole new ballgame-
from internet to TV, to connecting every device in your home, to powering your
business, we’re not only providing the best fiber connections in your community,
but we’re also meeting the growing needs for how you live.
Bluepeak provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants
for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without
regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status,
genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local
laws.

Which skills does this role require?

OSPFIS-ISBGPMPLSTCP/IPJuniperCiscoBrocadeAlcatel-LucentNetwork ArchitectureL2/L3 ProtocolsQoSNetwork SecurityLoad BalancingTroubleshootingNetwork DesignNetwork EngineeringFiber OpticsIPv4IPv6BFDLACPVRRPSTPIPSecSSLTLSACLsNetwork TopologyDatacenterService ProviderMetro NetworkBackbone NetworkAs-builtsProduct Strategy

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