Position Description/Candidate Profile

Position Description/Candidate Profile

Senior Video Network Planning Engineer (Juniper)

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Position Summary

Title:Senior Video Network Planning Engineer (Juniper)

Reports to:Directorof Video Operations - Centeralized Engineering

The Company:

Frontier Communications Corporation provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States. It provides access services that allow other carriers the use of facilities to originate and terminate the long distance voice and data traffic; local services, which include basic telephone wireline services to residential and non-residential customers; long distance services; data and Internet services comprising Internet access via high-speed or dial up Internet access, frame relay, Metro Ethernet, and asynchronous transfer mode switching services, as well as other data transmission services; and directory services that involves in the provision of white and yellow page directories of residential and business listings.
Frontier Communications also offers television services, which include access to digital television channels featuring movies, sports, news, music, and high-definition TV programming; and wireless services comprising wireless data services. The company was formerly known as Citizens Communications Company and changed its name to Frontier Communications Corporation on July 31, 2008. The company was founded in 1927 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Position Summary:

The Senior Video Network Planning Engineer is responsible for planning and engineering subscriber broadband networks for delivery of triple and quad play video services in Frontier’s Network. This position focuses on the design, evaluation, testing, and implementation of service provider routing and switching technologies and equipment for the delivery of IP video services to consumers. The position reports to the Director of Video Engineering.

40% - Plan, engineer, and document end-to-end video delivery networks and related technologies in response to Video system requirements. Author engineering documents such as High-Level Design (HLD), Engineering Guidelines (EGL), Provisioning Guidelines (PGL), and Method of Procedure (MOP)

25% - Develop test plans and test specific vendor equipment to meet requirements. Perform evaluations on new equipment. Create configurations for routers, switches, test equipment, and related systems in a Lab environment for purposes of establishing network-wide implementation procedures and guidelines

25% - Plan and support the deployment of video and content delivery services across the network. Train Operations staff on the monitoring and maintenance of the network.

10% - Respond to outages, handle escalations, and assist Operations in troubleshooting. Handle Tier 3 on-call duties and provide off-hours support for maintenance activities

LOCATIONS: Dallas-TX, Fort Wayne-IN, Sacramento-CA

TRAVEL: Occasional - 1-2 weeks every other month

Five or more years of broadband subscriber network experience (eight or more years of experience desired) performing hands-on network design, configuration, and troubleshooting of broadband subscriber or carrier networks, with at least two years in a broadband subscriber network technology or planning organization (i.e. network architecture, capacity management, deployment planning and FOAs, or evaluating and testing new equipment, technologies, or services for subscriber networks) and at least two years of experience working with video delivery services in triple/quad play networks.

ISP Broadband (Telco/Cable/Satellite) experience is mandatory.

A qualified candidate should have:

Strong experience planning, design, and implementation of video delivery on broadband subscriber networks
Strong experience authoring network specifications and diagrams (MS Word/Visio or equivalent)
Strong experience with Juniper MX, M, or E series routers (MX960, MX480, MX240, MX80, M320, E320, ERX1440)
Strong experience with JunOS and JunOSe CLI configuration of Juniper subscriber management features for Broadband Network Gateways (BNG) / Broadband Remote Access Servers (BRAS)
Strong experience designing and configuring QoS/CoS for multi-play service offerings
Strong experience with service provider routing and switching protocols and technologies (BGP, OSPF, MPLS/VPLS, VRF/VPN, PIM, STP)
Experience working with IPTV or video streaming technologies
Experience with PON or DSL access technologies
Experience with fault analysis using network traces or sniffer captures
Experience with methods for stress testing of networks and related equipment
Ability to define test plans and supervise testing
Ability to speak clearly and present technical material in front of an audience

Any of the following experience is desired/preferred:

Experience with any other high-end routers and switches in service provider environments (Alcatel 7x50, Cisco 6500/7600, 9K, ASR/GSR, Nexus, etc.)
Experience with QAM-based cable systems
Experience with TV middleware systems (Mediaroom, Medios, Rovi, etc.)

BSEE, BSCS, BSET or 8 or more years equivalent experience in a technical/engineering field

Any of the following technical certifications are strongly desired:

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional/Expert (JNCIP/JNCIE-M or SP) or equivalent certification from an alternate vendor in a “Service Provider” track (e.g. CCIE)