Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Job Title: Network Engineer

Mediacom is seeking a Network Engineer for a hybrid, permanent position located in Chester, NY.

Position Overview:

To design and plan equipment/technology for a global network, which includes, Ethernet over Fiber, Ethernet over Coaxial, EPON, DPOE, Ethernet over MPLS, and MPLS technologies.

Company Benefits:

Along with that rewarding feeling, youll be given the Power to Succeed in your career while enjoying ongoing training and a generous benefits package designed to be flexible and relevant to your needs. You'll find many advantages to joining the Mediacom team such as:

• Company Provided Equipment!
  
• Hybrid schedule!
  
• Health, vision, and dental insurance!
  
• Paid vacation, holidays and flex paid time off!
  
• 401K with generous company match!
  
• Pay increases through self-guided training!
  
• Shift differential pay increase for evening shifts!
  
• Employee discounts on Mediacom services, where available. In areas where Mediacom services are not available, a reimbursement of internet/cable services are provided!
  
• Education Enrichment up to $5,000 per year for qualified employees!
  
• Employee Wellness Program!
  

Position Responsibilities:

A qualified candidate will work closely with the Service Engineering, Sales, and Operations teams and have the following key responsibilities:

• Selection of technology and equipment platforms to enable best-in-the-class Ethernet services
  
• Work closely with other engineering teams such as IP engineering and transmission engineering to ensure efficient network architecture.
  
• Qualification of equipment in a laboratory environment, which includes the development of test requirements, test plans, and qualification reports.
  
• Work closely with Service engineering/Sales to design and Qualify Ethernet services.
  
• Support service rollout by developing provisioning guidelines and commissioning guidelines
  
• Participating and contributing to different industrial forums such as Metro Ethernet Forum, CableLabs
  
• Architecting, design and test Ethernet and IP networks (Ethernet over Fiber, Ethernet over PON, Ethernet over Coaxial, MPLS & MPLS-T Technologies)
  
• Knowledge of Layer 2 network design and standards, including Ethernet WAN technologies, MEF services (ELINE, ELAN, E-Tree, E-Access, EVPN), IEEE standards 802.1ad QnQ, 802.1q VLAN tagging, Ethernet OAM 802.3ah, and 802.1ag.
  
• Experience with routing protocols BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and RIP.
  
• Implementing a resilient network with redundancy and rapid failover using MPLS, LACP, G8032
  
• Implementing security - protection against flooding, denial of service, etc.
  
• Traffic management and optimization - traffic shaping, classification, policing, queuing, scheduling
  
• Network Management, performance measurement, fault management, and access security.
  
• Generate and implement Engineering Design Documentation for new network builds or augmentations. Includes engineering of all aspects of Layer 2 through Layer 4 IP services delivery
  
• Perform network maintenance, and diagnostics work and provide technical support to cross-organizational teams and engineering associates
  
• Develop, provide, and maintain positive communication with vendors for diagnosing and rectifying problems candidate possesses strong interpersonal communication skills
  
• Ability to work well under pressure, meeting multiple deadlines
  
• Perform other duties as requested by the supervisor
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to assimilate, analyze, and correlate large amounts of forensic data from various network, operating system, application, and security devices, logs, and alerts.
  

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or computer science is required. Master degree is a plus.
  
• 5+ years experience on network architecture and technology planning for Ethernet and/or IP networks in carrier and enterprise service provider environment.
  
• Ability to learn new technologies, troubleshoot IP and Ethernet services networks
  
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP is plus
  
• MEF CECP certification is a plus
  
• Layer 2 and knowledge of MEF standards Highly desirable
  
• Working knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 switching and routing protocols: i.e. IEEE801.1Q, QinQ, carrier ethernet, Y.1731, BGP, OSPF, MPLS
  

If this is a role that interests you and youd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

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