$60-80K

Responsibilities :

• Support Layer1, 2 and 3 network components.
• Coordinate with network service providers to resolve outages and initial activation.
• Provide network engineering/diagnostic support to internal/external customers.
• Assemble and update documentation in the form of problem and change management tickets.
• Have a base familiarity with client base and the network resources being utilized by all internal/external customers.
• Attend training courses, perform self-study, obtain network certifications.
• Provide assistance/training to lower level engineers (where applicable)

Qualifications :
• College degree or equivalent work experience required.
• CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, Juniper Network Certifications highly desirable.
• 5 to 10 years experience in a Network control/management center or Central office environment required.
• Working knowledge in activating, provisioning, and troubleshooting DWDM, SONET, T3, T1/Frac-T1 and frame relay/IP networks.
• Working knowledge of SONET and DCS (T1, T3), CSU/DSUs, DWDM, TDM’s, fiber optics, router’s, and switches is desirable.
• Experience with a variety of switch & router hardware, carrier services, network services, network management, network termination equipment and associated diagnostic equipment.
• Working knowledge of network transition language (TL1) is required.
• Working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol and services is required.
• Working knowledge of Cisco IOS, Cisco ACL's and basic routing protocols is required.
• Working knowledge of routing protocols including BGP4, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP.
• Working knowledge of the Internet concepts and routing architecture.
• Working knowledge of spanning tree and layer two switching concepts.
• Working knowledge of the IP network and related technologies.
• Working knowledge of load balancing technologies, DNS and SMTP mail relay desired
• Working knowledge of Juniper routers is highly desired.
• Strong customer service and communications skills (written and oral) are required.