Senior Network Engineer – Service Provider Services – freelance – Houston, Texas / California, USA

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Comgent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support MX and Routing Director platforms in a large-scale service-provider environment. You will help plan network deployments, develop implementation plans and test solutions, while acting as a primary technical contact for operational issues. The assignment requires close collaboration with resident engineers and customer teams.

Assignment

• Location: Houston, Texas / California, USA
• Engagement: freelance / contract
• Schedule: 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Support deployment planning and implementation testing, bringing detailed knowledge of the network and its operational requirements.
• Investigate hardware, software and network faults, work directly with Juniper JTAC, and track cases through resolution.
• Supply diagnostic data and clearly written technical documentation, communicate case progress and deliver root-cause findings.
• Identify opportunities to improve network design and operation, prioritising work against customer and delivery-team goals.
• Provide technology briefings and training sessions that help engineering and operations teams understand the supported platforms and services.

Requirements

• EVPN, multicast, OSPF, BGP, RSVP, LDP, pseudowires, L2/L3VPN, MPLS-TE, GRE/VXLAN; ISP and WAN engineering.
• Technology environment: MX, Routing Director.
• US citizenship required.
• Required clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly.

Desirable skills

• Vendor certifications, DevOps; XML API/NETCONF/REST/gRPC; Python/PyEZ/ncclient; Ansible/Jinja2; SLAX and Junos scripts.

Competencies

The role calls for engineering design, operational and support experience in large-scale ISP networks, together with a strong understanding of WAN transport topologies and methods. You should be self-directed, communicate clearly under pressure and have strong interpersonal and presentation skills.