Principal Network Engineer-4256
About The Position
Comcast is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to provide technical leadership for a team engineering and supporting Metro-Ethernet Connectivity Services, with a focus on Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)-compliant services, cloud services, and integration with the Metro-E product suite. The role involves designing, testing, certifying, deploying, and supporting network services and equipment, including complex data networks for midsize, enterprise, and government customers. The position is eligible for remote work one or more days per week, per company policy. The engineer will work with routing protocols, Layer 2 switching, MPLS-routed environments, Ethernet and IP services, cloud strategies involving AWS and Azure, and commercial network automation and virtualization. The role also encompasses SDN/NFV environments, next-generation network products, enterprise IP and VPN services, firewall services, customer network implementations, and network performance analysis. The position includes hands-on lab work, service and equipment documentation, Agile and Scrum collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Five years of experience using BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS routing protocols; working in a Layer 2 switch environment with VLAN and VPLS in an MPLS-routed environment; and testing circuits and services via RFC2544 for jitter, latency, and frame loss.
- Three years of experience engineering and supporting Metro-Ethernet Connectivity Services, including MEF-compliant services and integration with the Metro-E product suite; working in a Layer 2 switch environment with EPL, EVPL, and ENS in an MPLS-routed environment; and testing circuits and services via Y.1564 for jitter, latency, and frame loss.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to a team engineering and supporting Metro-Ethernet Connectivity Services, including MEF-compliant services, Cloud Services, and integration with the Metro-E product suite.
- Work with routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS, and with Layer 2 switching and technologies including VLAN, EPL, EVPL, ENS, and VPLS in an MPLS-routed environment.
- Test circuits and services using Y.1564 and RFC2544 for jitter, latency, and frame loss.
- Test and certify new Metro Ethernet products and equipment.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in vendor configurations used for services.
- Conduct hands-on lab testing and certification of services and equipment.
- Create rollout documentation for services and equipment, including Metro-E lifecycle documentation, Methods of Procedure, and release procedures.
- Work with AWS and Azure cloud strategy, Ethernet and IP services, and WAVE services.
- Perform network automation and network virtualization for commercial services.
- Evaluate, design, deploy, and support large-scale SDN/NFV environments.
- Evaluate, design, and deploy Next Generation Network products and service delivery.
- Work with enterprise IP and VPN services and manage firewall services.
- Manage services for customer network implementations.
- Design and deploy complex data networks for midsize, enterprise, and government sectors.
- Support network metrics and performance analysis.
- Work within Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Guide and mentor junior-level engineers.
Benefits
- Comcast provides benefits to eligible employees; details are available on the company careers site. Most non-sales positions are eligible for a bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
