Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zayo Group is a leading provider of mission-critical bandwidth, offering extensive communications infrastructure solutions. They are seeking a Network Engineer III - Optical to design and implement capacity on their existing DWDM network while collaborating with various internal teams to ensure project success.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for design planning, record creation and capacity fulfillment throughout the U.S and Canada
- Work with Project Managers and Design and Implementation Engineers when issues arise during capacity projects
- Network Engineer III designs DWDM network per Network Architectures standards and future growth of our network and customer base. Implement circuit designs for the core of the network as needed
- Network Engineer III provides direction in the circuit design function of the Engineering Department for orders with transport and facilities required to meet identified circuit requirements
- Reviews capacity request for correctness and clarifies any design related items back to the responsible departments
- Maintains specific customer commitments and deadlines in the Zayo (Salesforce or future system used) database. Provides project status updates on the order when necessary for the project management groups
- Provides support to field operations to resolve provisioning problems; reviews and verifies technical data in an effort to project issues
- Exercises interpersonal skills in working with all internal customers
- Performs other related duties or projects as assigned by management
- May participate in the development and implementation of engineering standards and procedures
- Manage workload to identify critical issues and prioritize those items that must be completed daily
- Work around obstacles and roadblocks within the order flow to obtain the priority required by Zayo to meet required due dates. Show initiative in getting work done
- Participate in operations-related projects, as needed
- Support manager during customer or network escalations as requested
- Perform other miscellaneous duties, including staying abreast of technology and network solutions and cross training when needed
Skills
- Ability to meet inflexible deadlines; perform non-predictive multiple tasks; and handle customer conflict to a successful resolution
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of optical systems and signal flow designs through fixed or flex grid networks using ROADM technology
- Experience using Microsoft Office or Google programs and project management software. Able to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions in controlled situations. Deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent education, training and/or experience
- Minimum of 5 (five) years' telecommunications and optical experience
- Familiarity with majority of the below products: Optical Systems: Fuji, Adva, Ciena, Cisco, Infinera, Nokia
- Salesforce, ServiceNow, Sitetracker equivalents
- Telecom inventory systems, Metasolv is a bonus
- Microsoft Office and Google programs, specifically Visio, Excel or G equivalent
Benefits
- Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan.
- Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
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