Hyperscale DC Network Engineer — Hybrid Plano

Ericsson

Plano (TX)

Hybrid

USD 80,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Ericsson, in Plano, Texas, is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to deploy and operate high-performance network and optical transport infrastructure across customer data centers and labs. You will collaborate with customers, field teams, and engineering stakeholders to ensure reliable service delivery and mission-critical uptime.

The role requires hands-on deployment expertise, strong operational discipline, and the ability to lead complex technical work in dynamic data center

Qualifications

Recent hands-on physical deployment experience in data center networking, optical transport, or mission-critical infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience with rack installation, fiber deployment, switch/router installation, testing, and commissioning in data centers.
Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, or similarly large-scale and mission-critical data center environments.
Practical knowledge of Data Center Interconnect architecture and high-speed optical transport.
Experience installing or supporting data center computing and server platforms from HPE, Dell, Supermicro, NVIDIA DGX, or comparable manufacturers.
Working knowledge of OLS, ROADM, transponders, MUX/DEMUX, EDFAs, and associated optical transport technologies.
Hands-on experience with optical and fiber test equipment, including Optical Power Meter, Light Source, Fiber Microscope, VFL, OLTS, OTDR, and BERT Tester.
Strong troubleshooting skills across the physical layer, fiber, network hardware, and optical transport domains.
Proven ability to lead or author Methods of Procedure and execute high-risk changes with clear pre-check, implementation, validation, and rollback procedures.
Strong break/fix, fault isolation, root-cause analysis, and technical documentation skills.
Ability to operate as a Tier 3 escalation point and provide clear, actionable guidance to field teams.
Strong customer-facing communication skills and the ability to explain technical risks and recommend practical improvements.
Ability to work independently at customer sites while influencing outcomes across multiple teams and organizations.

Responsibilities

Support physical deployment activities in customer data centers, including rack installation, fiber deployment, switch and router installation, testing, commissioning, upgrades, migrations, and remediation.
Support hyperscale and colocation environments of large-scale data center operators.
Install, troubleshoot, and commission high-capacity network, server, and optical transport equipment in live or controlled data center environments.
Support Data Center Interconnect deployments connecting geographically separated data centers using high-speed optical transport.
Work with optical line systems and related components, including OLS, ROADM, transponders, MUX/DEMUX, EDFAs, and associated cabling and optics.
Develop, review, and maintain detailed Methods of Procedure for installations, upgrades, migrations, break/fix activities, and remediation.
Perform scenario planning, risk analysis, pre-checks, post-checks, and rollback planning for complex operational changes and customer escalations.
Provide Tier 3 technical escalation support to field technicians and delivery teams for complex network, hardware, fiber, and transport issues.
Review Bills of Materials, equipment lists, designs, and implementation plans for technical accuracy, completeness, and alignment with customer requirements.
Diagnose faults using appropriate optical and network test equipment; document findings, corrective actions, and commissioning results.
Identify operational gaps and improvement opportunities, recommending practical solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, service quality, and customer outcomes.