IP Transport Engineer- Staffing

Circet USA; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of Network Services in North America is seeking an IP Transport Engineer to join their Wireless network team. The role involves designing and optimizing IP/MPLS networks, troubleshooting routing protocols, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have a strong background in Telecom, with a focus on Juniper Routers and automation scripting. This position offers an opportunity to impact customized solutions for clients in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Digital Health & Wellness Support

Paid Time Off

401K

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of IP Transport experience in Telecom.
• Experience with Juniper Routers and Switches is highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with High Availability and redundancy systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize IP/MPLS networks.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.
• Conduct lab testing of new network solutions.

Skills

IP Transport

Routing Protocols

Automation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in EE/CS/TE

Master’s degree

Tools

Juniper Routers

Cisco

Ansible

Python

Unix/Linux

Job description

Company Overview

Circet USA is the leading provider of Network Services in North America, and we're looking for talented professionals to join our team. We specialize in engineering and construction services delivering comprehensive solutions across Inside Plant, Outside Plant, and Wireless networks to meet the evolving infrastructure needs of our customers.

With nearly 50 years of industry experience, we work with major telecom service providers, MSOs, cloud service providers, and utilities. At Circet USA, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact by helping to create customized solutions that address our clients' unique challenges. If you’re passionate about innovation and thrive in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Circet USA’s benefits package includes the following:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Digital Health & Wellness Support
• Critical Illness, Accident, & Hospital Insurance
• Short-term & Long-term disability
• Group term & Voluntary life insurance
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off & 401K
• Company Discount Website

Job Summary and Responsibilities

We are looking for an IP Transport Engineer to join our Wireless network team. You will be a key contributor as a subject matter expert in a multi-functional team of R&D, Systems engineering, and product validation to introduce products and Solutions to Wireless Carrier.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Design, implement, and optimize IP/MPLS networks to support high-availability transport services.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, SR-IPv6 and MPLS-based solutions (L2VPN, L3VPN, RSVP-TE, Segment Routing) on multiple Platforms like Juniper, Ciena, Cisco and so on.
• Help write automation scripts using Python/Ansible/Shell
• Integrate network monitoring and management platforms (e.g., SNMP, NetFlow, Telemetry, SDN).
• Conduct lab testing of new network solutions (QoS, Routing, failover), hardware, and software releases before production deployment, perform functional, performance, and stress testing, validate network changes through pre- and post-implementation testing to ensure minimal impact, and simulate network failures and recovery scenarios to assess resiliency and redundancy mechanisms.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IP Core, Transport, and Security teams, to support network initiatives.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations, and process documentation.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision- Highly preferred

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of IP Transport experience. Experience working in Telecom.
• Experience with Juniper Routers and Switches is HIGHLY preferred.
• Practical experience and thorough knowledge of routing protocols and experience configuring and testing transport equipment (switches/routers)
• Bachelor’s degree in EE/CS/TE is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Experience with IP Transport design and development in wireless networks.
• Deep understanding of QoS mechanisms.
• Familiarity with Netconf protocol, YANG models, and RESTful APIs for programmable network operations.
• Tier3 SME experience – Work under pressure to drive support teams to troubleshoot commercial NMS/EMS application issues, propose workarounds, work with R&D to provide the RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to the customer.
• Fundamental understanding of Openstack/Kubernetes is preferred.
• Understanding of virtualized solutions in telecom space.
• Understanding of 3GPP systems: Core and RAN networks, architecture and protocols is preferred.
• Must have hands-on experience with High Availability and redundancy systems.
• Experience on system engineering projects to include technical requirements identification, technical solutions to address customer requirements with details to design /deploy / manage their infrastructure is preferred.
• Troubleshooting experience using command-line tools and scripts
• Experience with SNMP and TNM protocols and NMS/OSS interfaces.
• Experience with Unix/Linux, scripting tool and languages like python, shell, Ansible.

Circet USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disabled. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.