Network Engineer 1

The Network Engineer I will work in a team environment to facilitate physical and logical network designs, network maintenance, configurations, testing and implementation. This person will be organized, responsive, and technically fluent. Each day, this individual will monitor the network, focusing on key areas such as reliability, capacity, and technical issue resolution to ensure the network is at its highest reliability. Accordingly, it is imperative that s/he will be able to effectively communicate and work closely with the all-functional departments.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain and troubleshoot Layer 2 networks.
• Facilitate and monitor network redundancy.
• Validation of the network design in the lab/field as needed.
• Technical assistance for software and hardware upgrades.
• Drive the design of efficient and cost-effective transport network involving L2 switching.
• Diligently realize problems, multi-task, and move for fast resolution.
• Thoroughly analyze product and technology to develop practical solutions.
• Complete network documentation, procedures, and plans for regular maintenance of equipment and logging of all maintenance events by network and equipment.
• Maintain a highly available and reliable network by monitoring the network performance, availability and utilization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• The ideal candidate must be a highly driven and organized.
• Entry level service provider experience.
• Basic level of IP, TDM, and L2 networks.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work with little direction.
• Able to follow standard procedures and operations.
• Excellent organizational skills, leadership/decision making, and human relation skills.
• Successful experience managing multiple high demanding projects and the ability to multitask.
• Be pro-active, results oriented, and engaged to fulfill all requirements as outlined in the above section.
• Able to work regular maintenance windows afterhours at least 1 per week.
• Travel when needed at time with little to no notice.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sitting, standing, and walking.
• Lifting up to 50 pounds several times a day.
• Overhead lifting of over 20 pounds.
• Bending, stooping, climbing ladders and crawling.
• Keyboarding/typing.
• Long hours involving overtime and weekends as necessary.
• Ability to read effectively from a computer screen, sampling device and/or a paper copy.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work multiple tasks in a stressful environment while maintaining a positive and pleasant manner with others.
• Ability to handle a large volume of work and perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced office environment.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings, holidays, and weekends.

Uniti 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 or local laws.