As a member of the Systems and Maintenance Engineering (S&ME) Intelligent Edge Network Lab Governance Team, you'll be responsible for creating and executing support strategies for S&ME Lab resources.
Primary responsibilities will include:
Implement lab test bed setup based on requirements from IT, Planning, and Maintenance Engineering teams
Insuring lab test bed setup is complete prior to test or development efforts
Scheduling and managing availability of lab resources
Support and triage for test bed issues, including vendor engagement/escalation
Maintenance of lab resources to insure production-like availability
Management of test bed inventories
Hands-on equipment support (equipment installation, fiber maintenance, card add/pulls)
What we're looking for...
You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting optical transport layer 1-3 networks and willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting next-gen networks.
You'll need to have:
Experience with SONET/DWDM/ROADM/OTN/MPLS/Pseudowire and other transport methods
Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across Layer 1- 3 transport platforms
Technical knowledge of IP core and transport networks and associated encapsulation and protocols such as BGP, OSPF, L2 Tunneling, pseudowire, IS-IS, BFD
Knowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design
Excellent collaboration skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with best practices for equipment install, activation, turn-up, and network integration
Even better if you have:
Carrier Ethernet / MEF Certifications
Experience working with Cisco or Ciena optical transport systems (eg. photonic switches, Cisco NCS platforms, Ciena 6500 platforms, etc)
Experience with lab operational procedures/practices
