Senior Fiber & Core Network Engineer (Remote)

IQ Fiber; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IQ Fiber is seeking a Senior Broadband Network Engineer to design, optimize, and support our core and access networks, delivering high-performance FTTP services.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive standards, and provide Tier 3 escalation support, with on-call rotation and remote work option.

Requires hands-on experience with GPON/XGS-PON, BGP, MPLS, VLANs, VPNs, and Juniper/Nokia platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in network engineering within a telecommunications or service provider environment.
• Experience with BGP, MPLS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, and dynamic routing protocols.
• Hands-on experience with fiber access technologies (GPON, XGS-PON, FTTP).

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of core and access broadband networks (FTTP: GPON/XGS-PON).
• Serve as SME for routing and switching technologies (BGP, MPLS, VLANs, VPNs).
• Configure and troubleshoot Juniper/Nokia platforms; drive performance improvements.

Skills

Network design

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Independent work

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Juniper MX/QFX

Nokia 7750 SR OS

Linux

Monitoring tools

Job description

IQ Fiber is seeking a Senior Broadband Network Engineer to design, optimize, and support our core and access networks, delivering high-performance FTTP services.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive standards, and provide Tier 3 escalation support, with on-call rotation and remote work option.

Requires hands-on experience with GPON/XGS-PON, BGP, MPLS, VLANs, VPNs, and Juniper/Nokia platforms.