IP/MPLS Networking Engineer

Amatriot Group•Dallas, TX

8h•$205,000 - $245,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role will be the subject matter expert (SME) for IP/MPLS wide area networks, taking on design, implementation, and high-level problem-solving. This role will participate in large scale project initiatives, such as deploying a 100+ site private LTE solution that will be supported over the existing private IP/MPLS network. Duties will primarily be aligned with ensuring the IP/MPLS infrastructure is optimally and securely configured to ensure the success of these projects while also ensuring existing OT/Enterprise services already supported on the network remain stable and not put at risk.

Requirements

High School diploma, GED or equivalent is required; Bachelors degree in Engineering is preferred.
Strong understanding of MPLS, BGP, ISIS, L3VPNs, traffic engineering and QoS is required.
Experience with Nokia 7750 and 7705 router platforms is highly preferred.
Experience working directly with service providers/ISPs for leased circuits, dark fiber, cellular and radio backhaul solutions.
Experience working with security teams and knowledge with TCP/UDP based protocols and how these are supported across firewalls.
Experience utilizing standard network industry devops tools as well as able to work with REST APIs and manipulate/analyze both structured and unstructured datasets to solve complex tasks/enquiries.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, are required.
Proficient at creating and managing vendor support cases (both internal and external) as well as using workflow or issue-tracking tools such as JIRA.

Responsibilities

Evaluate project requirements/scope and work in close collaboration with project teams consisting of project managers, architects, engineers, cyber security in order to develop end-to-end communications solutions.
Create various design and as-built documentation including network architecture diagrams, templates, scripts, operational support materials, bandwidth capacity reports, configuration/security compliance reports, hardware selection, validation criteria, etc.
Work with the existing network architects/engineers to integrate WAN with data centers support teams and vendors to coordinate IP routing and connectivity into the Enterprise networks.
Submit firewall change requests to Security team as necessary for enabling communications to/from the WAN and/or associated management tools/enterprise applications.
Create MOPs and Test Plans and/or review MOPs and Test Plans developed by other teams.
Work directly with the Network Operations team as well Field Network Technicians as a senior technical support role during the implementation of changes which may occasionally be performed outside normal business hours or weekends.
Evaluate risk and make recommendations to remediate a discovered vulnerability with the IP/MPLS network.
As a network SME, you will be expected to provide technical information or assist with data/log collection in the event of a cyber incident which directly or indirectly involves the IP/MPLS network.
Join other engineers and/or technician to perform on-site visits to the offices, data centers, tower sites or substations as necessary to evaluate and plan the deployment of new network infrastructure.
Adhere to the Network Engineering standards/best practices as well as create new standards or adjust as networks evolve.
Adhere to the Human Resources and Cyber Security policies.