Principal Engineer Network Systems Architect

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Verizon has a challenging opportunity for a Principal Engineer with the ability to perform architecture design and implementation engineering duties. This Principal Engineer will be a member of the team that is responsible for providing complete front-to-end engineering, implementation and support of solutions involving, but not limited to, WAN, LAN, WLAN, Security and Virtual technologies.

Responsibilities may include:

• Providing technical support to project planning team for the design, development and implementation of proposals.
• Tier III/Tier IV technical support to Tier II for the above specified vendor equipment as well as others.
• Designing, writing and executing various test plans on commercial and in-house developed network elements using state of the art test tools and hardware.
• Writing whitepapers, delivering presentations and demonstrations of the solutions/processes in response to customer requirements/interest in new technologies/products in support of customer networks.

Where you'll be working...

In this worksite-based role, you'll work onsite at a defined location, Ashburn, VA.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Must be able to pass an extensive background investigation as a condition of employment.
• Willingness to travel.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with focus on Software, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or Network Technology.
• Familiarity with the following vendor equipment: Cisco and Juniper routers, Gigamon appliances, Palo Alto, Juniper and Cisco firewalls, and F5 or other load balancer.
• Knowledge of SMTP email protocol and DNS protocol.
• In-depth working knowledge of TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, VPN, and IP routing protocols (OSPF, BGP).
• Seven or more years of network engineering experience.
• Three or more years of systems integration and test experience.
• Ability to use of scripting languages to create automated scripts (e.g., Python, shell, bash).
• Ability to use test automation software.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Ability to participate in problem-solving and in the defect resolution process.
• Ability to work individually and in teams.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to decipher highly technical data.
• Ability to multi-task in an ever-changing work environment.
• Strong work ethic and integrity.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.

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