Metro & HFC Network Designer ___ Philadelphia PA (Onsite) ___ Contract

Metro & HFC Network designer

Location: Philadelphia PA 100% Onsite

Job Description: Network Engineer SME Metro-E Ethernet y.1564/RFC2544 testing Cloud Services SDN/NFV DEV-Ops. This position will primarily support Metro-Ethernet with a focus our current MEF compliant services and new products and services related to POR and NON- POR planning. An additional focus will be in Cloud Services and their integration with our Metro-E product suite.

Team Ethernet Connectivity Network Services Engineering Product Development Current Product Development Trains and Areas of Support

Metro-E (Ethernet Services)

SMB EoHFC Cable Plant

Cloud Strategy D2C (AWS Azure and Cloud Partners)

Security Edge Support

Summary Overview

Y.1564/RFC2544 testing and adherence to SLA network objectives

AWS and Azure Cloud strategy understanding of cloud products and integration with Metro-E and SDN based services

Experience with cable industry standard practices interfaces operating systems and protocols such as DOCSIS 3.0/3.1 SIP and PacketCable

Excellent understanding of TCP/IP IPv6 BGP OSPF Multicast and MPLS working knowledge of IS-IS

Prior extensive experience surrounding Ethernet and IP Service (Ethernet Private Line Private LAN Dedicated Internet IPVLN Internet and Managed Router)

MEF 2.0 and 3.0 understanding and support

BGP experience at an ISP level both Corporate and Customer facing

SME support in Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols that support Business Services

OAM CFM understanding and support

RFC2544 Y.1564 and Y.1731 understanding and support

IPv4 and IPv6 understanding and support

WAVE Services understanding and support

Engineering position focused on Network Automation Software Defined Networks and Network Virtualization within the Commercial Services line of business.

Engineer will participate in the evaluation design trial and deployment of our next generation network (NGN) products and service delivery.

Experience with hands on across a national Metro-E multi-vendor network is preferred. A background supporting a service provider network is a plus.

Engineer will partner with architecture BU service delivery and operations to drive on- going evolution and support of the current platform.

This individual should have practical knowledge of managed services for customer network implementations.

Individual should have practical knowledge of large enterprise network implementations in various industries.

Background in design and deployment of complex data networks in the Midsize and Enterprise Market highly preferred.

Working knowledge of IPS/IDS (Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems) DDoS Firewalls and Security event management.

CCNP JNCIP certification and equivalent working experience

It is desirable to have in the cloud management systems like OpenStack and VMware vCloud Network management products OSS products and familiarity with industry standards specifically ETSI

Operation Escalations Adv Ops Service Delivery and Service Assurance support

Tail-F Yang XML JSON Java Perl Python UNIX Scripting languages required

Experience of building high-availability (HA) production-grade solutions in virtualised environments

Familiar with PostgreSQL Oracle Sybase MSSQL

Any exposure to supporting Business KPIs network metrics and performance analysis is

a plus.

Work within Agile/Scrum methodology and approach

Platforms and Core CPE Metro-E:

Ciena 39xx 51xx Optical Transport

Nokia Optical Transport

Cisco ASR/ISR Series 5501

Juniper ACX MX Series

Nokia Switches and Routers

Arista Switches

CM: Arris 8200 Cisco DPC3008 E6000

Test Gear

EXFO Viavi and VeEX Handheld Test Sets

Ixia Test Suite of Products

Cloud Strategy Support

AWS Azure Provider and Customer Integration Strategies