Network Engineer - National Long Haul at Global Technology Associates in Littleton, Colorado

Job Description:

GTA is a leading independent provider of high-value engineering, technology, and business consulting services to the telecommunications industry. The company is based in Reston, VA and has presence throughout the US and Internationally.

Job Description

• Design and implement an effective and scalable national long-haul network system and solutions


• Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a nationwide greenfield network buildout


• Ensure that solutions adhere to defined standards and best practices and/or assist in the development of these standards and best practices.


• Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams


• Routinely research, analyze, test, retest, and troubleshoot complex problems


• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, under pressure, with strict deadlines, both as an individual contributor and team player


• Participate in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing while staying abreast of new technology/technical areas


• Provide technical leadership for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network


• Design, plan, and implement complex DWDM/SONET network at nationwide scale


• Supply advanced technical direction and leadership to the organization through the planning and implementation processes


• Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition


• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity


• Work with vendors to understand best route selections and pricing

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering preferred, or 7 or more years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space


• Professional networking certifications a plus- CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or equivalent


• Public cloud certifications a plus - Advanced Networking, Cloud Network Engineer, or equivalent

Candidate should have knowledge in the following areas:

• DWDM, SONET and Optical Transport Systems


• Infinera, Huawei, Juniper, CIENA, Cisco and other equipment providers


• Network Deployment and Implementation; FE, BOM's, MOPs, Circuit Drawings


• IPv6 - SLAAC and DHCPv6


• Network Timing and Synchronization - GNSS, GPS, PTP


• Software Defined Networking (SDN) - Design and Traffic Engineering


• Solid Understanding of the OSI model, routing and switching protocols, network security, IPv4 and IPv6 networking, subnetting, and operational experience

Additional Position Requirements:

A background investigation and drug test is required.

Global Technology Associates, LLC (GTA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran or disabled status and will not be discriminated against.

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