Network Engineer- Optical bei Crown Castle

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.

Although you'll be hired as a Crown Castle employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to an acquiring company in the future. For more information, please visit: https://www.crowncastle.com/strategic-review-results

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Optical Network Engineer will perform a broad range of implementation and technical project management duties on a team of engineers active in both sustaining and growing the Crown Castle Fiber Network. The Network Engineer will be well versed in Optical architectural disciplines.  He/she will work as a member of a team to complete major initiatives that are network and/or customer facing.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build and Grow the Network: Design and execute backbone network growth.  Reconfigure, optimize, and upgrade the network through projects that include commissioning of hardware.
• Maintain the network: Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues, support field teams, and interact with equipment vendors. Resolve potential network issues before they impact operations.  Manage network capacity.
• Project Support: Ability to support complex projects as a member of a project team and act as a  technical resource responsible for accomplishing the engineering tasks associated with these projects.  Also act as the technical lead and project manager for smaller scale projects, responsible for completion of all related work on time and within budget.
• Improve Efficiency: Integrate into our network engineering team to assist in the development of automation tools that align with the organization’s needs in a multi-engineer environment.
• Documentation: Document processes and workflows for knowledge sharing and troubleshooting, creation of standardized procedures, and methods of procedure for commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting.  Document network changes and growth.
• Understanding emerging technologies: Keep up to date with the latest advancements in networking and automation technologies to ensure our network and tools remain at the forefront of technology.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience required 

Experience Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with design and implementation experience with ROADM / DWDM / CWDM technologies
• Experience with DWDM and ROADM platforms from multiple vendors to include Ciena (6500 and/or RLS platforms), Cisco, and/or Nokia. ·
• Understanding of OTN, SONET, SDH, TDM, DWDM and CWDM protocols and standards. ·
• Knowledge of Ethernet standards and familiarity with Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) standards.
• Scripting and automation experience using Python, XML, YANG/NETCONF, Ansible, YAML, GitHub/Gitlab and any other scripting languages not already mentioned
• Experienced with TCP/IP, SNMP, Telnet, SSH, and other networking protocols

Licenses and Certifications

• Ciena OC-A or OC-P certifications preferred

Where You Will Work

Hybrid: This role falls into our hybrid work model, which is 2-days work from home (Monday and Friday) and 3-days in the office (Tuesday through Thursday) to optimize collaboration, relationship building and key stakeholder engagement and may require some travel as needed.

This position may require working irregular hours including weekends and holidays.

YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS
At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.

We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation
The salary range offered for this position is $97,400 - $133,900 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.

Additional Information
Pursuant to the Los Angeles County and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Crown Castle careers site to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.