IP Backbone Network Engineer – Design & Optimize

Talentify; Lake Havasu City (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum seeks a highly skilled IP Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain advanced networks, focusing on scalability, reliability and low latency. You will manage regional multi-state networks and work with IOS-XR, IOS and related equipment to roll out new services and features.

The role involves evaluating equipment, documenting procedures, and providing guidance to fulfillment and operations, with a strong emphasis on security and SLA adherence in a 24x7 environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related ISP/network experience.
• CCNP required or equivalent; CCIE plus.
• Experience working in a Service Provider / ISP environment supporting commercial or enterprise services.
• Experience with routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, ISIS).
• Experience with MPLS-TE, L2VPN, L3VPN, and traffic engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and maintains IP Backbone architectures for ISP services.
• Develops test plans and validates functionality for metro, regional, and backbone networks.
• Supports deployments and adherence to SLAs and change management.
• Coordinates with regions to meet market demand and customer growth.
• Acts as escalation from NOC for critical outages and incidents.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

IPv4/IPv6

CCNP

CCIE

Scripting

Communication

On-call

Education

Bachelor's degree

CCNP certification

Tools

Cisco IOS-XR

Nokia IOS

Python

Bash

Job description

Optimum seeks a highly skilled IP Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain advanced networks, focusing on scalability, reliability and low latency. You will manage regional multi-state networks and work with IOS-XR, IOS and related equipment to roll out new services and features.

The role involves evaluating equipment, documenting procedures, and providing guidance to fulfillment and operations, with a strong emphasis on security and SLA adherence in a 24x7 environment.