Principal, Core Network Architect

Job Description
Position Title: Principal, Core Network Architect

$99,375 to $165,625 annually DOE

Comprehensive health benefits include - medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid

sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and

education reimbursement programs.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are

delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by

mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT,

so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide

customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

Genuinely Caring: Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put

ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and

we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and

coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers -

and each other - better.

Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a

corporation.

Job Summary

Design, develop, plan, and implement network modifications, upgrades and changes to our service

provider backbone and customer aggregation network. This role will also oversee network automation.

Implementation and documentation. Provide an informal leadership function within the Core Network

team and provide guidance towards standards and best practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee

and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

• Own the core network design and standards.
• Provide informal leadership and organization to the core network team.
• Provide mentorship to Engineers and Technicians.
• Serve as a resource to the team and subject matter expert on the core network.
• Design aggregation network specifications in concert with the deployment team's implementation
  needs.
• Work with boundary partners to ensure high reliability end-to-end services.
• Work with systems engineering to automate as many network provisioning and turn up tasks as
  possible.
• Define, order, and oversee installation and integration of backbone equipment in network.
• Plan and design network elements to support projected customer traffic volumes.
• Plan and forecast peering and interconnection need targets and capacity.
• Plan and prepare detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings.
• Interface with key network partners.
• Work with DWDM engineering team to make sure capacity is provisioned as needed to ensure a
  congestion free and fully protected IP network.
• Ensure all site records are updated and accurate.
• Streamline and standardize implementation methods and procedures that allow for scale.
• Generate quote requests, purchase requests and RFPs.
• Attend various meetings with management, departments, and vendors to ensure company
  objectives are met.
• Participate in inter-departmental planning meetings to coordinate and communicate activities
  related to the successful completion of projects.
• Support Network Engineering, Network deployment and Service Architecture needs across the
  shared backbone infrastructure.
• Work closely with Network Operations personnel to hand-off newly deployed equipment and
  customer services for ongoing surveillance and management.
• Travel to job sites and project sites as required.
• May be required to work outside of normal business hours, including nights and weekends.
• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of telecommunications design, installation practices and principals required.
• Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network elements such as
  routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VOIP, DWDM required.
• Experience with BGP/OSFP and MPLS LDP/TE required.
• Experience with various equipment assets and circuit inventory systems required.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines,
  white papers, and configuration manuals.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills are required.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize.
• Ability to operate various office equipment such as personal computer, various software programs
  including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Visio), and telephone systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels within an organization.
• Ability to communicate with customers, vendors, etc. in a courteous and professional manner.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills are required.
• Ability to work as part of a team while performing as an individual.
• Ambitious and goal oriented, with initiative to work until job is complete.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available

for this position.

Physical Requirements

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 accommodation may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for bending,

stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time is spent sitting in a

comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or

move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision,

color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a

computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office

setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees

may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply

Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation

does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO:

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of

race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the

presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may

require a pre-employment drug screening.

Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.