Network Lab Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Ziply Fiber
Location: Everett, WA 98208
Description:
Job Description
Position Title: Network Lab Engineer
$101,474 to $122,269 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 the 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
A Network Lab Engineer is responsible for designing, setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting network configurations within a controlled laboratory environment, testing new network technologies, hardware, and software, and ensuring optimal performance by identifying and resolving potential issues before deployment within Ziply's production network.
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.
Serve as a resource to the team and subject matter expert for Ziply's network lab, being available to test use-cases with multiple teams at Ziply as required.
Creating and configuring network topologies in the lab to test new technologies, including routing protocols, switching, firewalls, load balancers, and security applications.
Work with systems engineering to automate as many network provisioning and turn up tasks as possible.
Plan and prepare detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings.
Interface with key network partners and boundary partner teams.
Ensure all as built, and lab topology designs are up to date.
Maintain day-to-day inventory tracking for LAB and equipment at the office.
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 LAB resources.
Work closely with Network Operations and Field Operations personnel in documenting necessary maintenance operating procedures as part of LAB certification process.
Perform vendor return-to-manufacturer (RMA) testing, including being responsible of return shipment as required.
Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED required.
Bachelor degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred or equivalent experience.
Strong knowledge of telecommunications design, installation practices and principals.
Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network elements such as routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VOIP, DWDM.
Experience with BGP/OSFP and MPLS LDP/TE.
Experience with various equipment assets and circuit inventory systems.
Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines, white papers, and configuration manuals.
Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
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.
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. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
Ability to work within critical deadlines.
Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
Ability to provide excellent customer service.
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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining 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.
Position Title: Network Lab Engineer
$101,474 to $122,269 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 the 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
A Network Lab Engineer is responsible for designing, setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting network configurations within a controlled laboratory environment, testing new network technologies, hardware, and software, and ensuring optimal performance by identifying and resolving potential issues before deployment within Ziply's production network.
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.
Serve as a resource to the team and subject matter expert for Ziply's network lab, being available to test use-cases with multiple teams at Ziply as required.
Creating and configuring network topologies in the lab to test new technologies, including routing protocols, switching, firewalls, load balancers, and security applications.
Work with systems engineering to automate as many network provisioning and turn up tasks as possible.
Plan and prepare detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings.
Interface with key network partners and boundary partner teams.
Ensure all as built, and lab topology designs are up to date.
Maintain day-to-day inventory tracking for LAB and equipment at the office.
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 LAB resources.
Work closely with Network Operations and Field Operations personnel in documenting necessary maintenance operating procedures as part of LAB certification process.
Perform vendor return-to-manufacturer (RMA) testing, including being responsible of return shipment as required.
Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED required.
Bachelor degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred or equivalent experience.
Strong knowledge of telecommunications design, installation practices and principals.
Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network elements such as routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VOIP, DWDM.
Experience with BGP/OSFP and MPLS LDP/TE.
Experience with various equipment assets and circuit inventory systems.
Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines, white papers, and configuration manuals.
Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
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.
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. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
Ability to work within critical deadlines.
Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
Ability to provide excellent customer service.
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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining 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.