Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo is seeking a Network Engineer III - Packet to plan and implement network augments and pop builds on the IP/Ethernet network. In this fast paced and challenging environment the Network Engineer III - Packet will work with various internal teams to efficiently complete implementation projects.
Responsibilities:
Identify areas of backbone congestion and facilitate new IP trunk installations.
Engineer capacity details, such as router port, cross-connect, metro/in-building dark fiber.
Update status and progress in salesforce on a daily and regular basis.
Verify and update project documentation.
Configure and ship equipment as required by the project.
Work with internal teams to activate and verify the functionality of deployed equipment.
Provide feedback for system reporting and automation.
Create detailed plans for network optimization opportunities.
Negotiate with vendors on cost savings initiatives.
Work with equipment vendors to negotiate quotes.
Provide training and assist colleagues on infrastructure builds and capacity augments.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
Minimum of five (5) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the area of IP routing and network engineering.
Preferred Certification – JNCIA, JNCIP, CCNA, CCNP.
Familiar with fundamentals of IP routing and switching, including BGP, DNS, IP address management.
Direct and recent experience troubleshooting router connectivity in a complex routed network environment.
Direct and recent experience using a router CLI to provision IP/Ethernet services.
Familiar with fundamentals of provisioning fiber based circuits in a data center environment, including patches, cross-connects, risers, and backhaul.
Experience working in a team within a complex and fast-paced environment.
Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to focus on the salient facts in order to resolve an issue.
Experience organizing multiple, time-sequenced tasks across several concurrent projects.
Must have experience with Junos and/or Nokia.
Familiar with Google Suite applications (Google Sheets, Google Docs, etc.)
Base Salary Range: $78,500 - $112,1 USD/annually, commensurate with experience.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
Fitness membership discounts
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
