[Remote] Director, Network Engineering
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. All Points Broadband is a fast-growing fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider dedicated to bridging the digital divide and bringing high-speed internet access to underserved communities throughout Virginia and beyond. The Director of Network Engineering will oversee the design and engineering of fiber-based service delivery and access networks, ensuring effective implementation and troubleshooting of network systems.
Responsibilities
- Assisting and overseeing the design and development of a multistate regional consumer ISP with the mission of delivering broadband internet to the most rural regional communities
- Working alongside leadership peers to drive an aggressive design, development and construction plan. Working to find consensus on solutions that drive the overall project to plan
- Collaborating and negotiating with key vendor partners on technology solutions
- Maintaining and administering service delivery networks and related environments that may include systems software, applications software, hardware, and configurations
- Performing disaster recovery operations and data backups when required
- Protecting data, software, and hardware by coordinating, planning, and implementing network security measures
- Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware, software, and other network and system problems
- Replacing faulty network hardware components when required
- Along with Network Operations Center teams, monitor network performance to determine if adjustments need to be made
- Conferring with network users about solving existing system problems
- Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of networks and computer systems
- Coordinating network access and use
- Designing, configuring, and testing networking software, element management and other operating system software
Skills
- A minimum of 10 years' experience designing and configuring network infrastructure, network hardware and transport layers
- Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions. Emotional and intellectual agility, while working in a fast-paced environment
- Strong cross functional collaboration with technical operations leadership peers
- Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including firewall, routers, switches, controllers
- Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols
- Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design, planning and implementation of network communication systems
- Provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection
- Ability to work with all levels of staff within and outside of IT and outside the organization
- Proficient knowledge in network security
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, electrical engineering, computer engineering or related field of study with a network engineering focus
Benefits
- Eligible for annual bonus
- Comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, and retirement savings
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