Lab Engineer

Job Title: IEN Lab Engineer / Systems and Maintenance Engineering (S&ME)Location: Dallas, TXDuration: Full-timeResponsibilitiesAs a member of the Systems and Maintenance Engineering (S&ME) Intelligent Edge Network Lab Governance Team, you'll be responsible for creating and executing support strategies for S&ME Lab resources. Primary responsibilities will include:What we're looking for…You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting a layer 1-3 network and willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting Verizon's next-gen networks.Job Description Implement lab test bed setup based on requirements from IT, Planning, and Maintenance Engineering teams Insuring lab test bed setup is complete prior to test or development efforts Scheduling and managing availability of lab resources Support and triage for test bed issues, including vendor engagement/escalation Maintenance of lab resources to insure production-like availability Management of test bed inventories Hands-on equipment support (equipment installation, fiber maintenance, card add/pulls)What we're looking for…You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting a layer 1-3 network and willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting Verizon's next-gen networks.You'll Need To Have 5-7 years of demonstrated experience in IP routing, preferably Cisco, Juniper, Nokia/ALU Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across L1-L3 platformsKnowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design Experience with systems automation Excellent collaboration skills and strong written and verbal communication skills Experience with best practices for equipment install, activation, turn-up, and network integrationEven Better If You Have Experience with lab operational procedures/practices Experience with Lab test tools - Ixia, Spirent, etc. Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Javascript, Shell, etc) Juniper/Cisco routing and/or networking certification or equivalent experience. (Junos, IOS-XR)