Career Opportunities: Network Planning Engineer II (335775)

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The Role

The Planning Engineer II applies approved technologies and architectures to specific requirements for additions to support growth and new services at Lumen.

Location

This is a work from home position within the U.S.

The Main Responsibilities

• Develops/defines plans for the implementation of new switch and router equipment or modifications to existing platforms. Prepares plans and specifications, to include submitting purchase/procurement requests, and arranging facility space and power, transport connectivity, and device management. 
• Assures that the most feasible, practical and economical means to complete the work are utilized. Provides cost data to support capital planning and budget forecasts. Monitors and controls project expenditures. 
• Tracks the installation/construction, testing, and operations acceptance of deployed equipment. 
• Applies theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies across broad professional network planning and/or engineering experience to ensure successful project completion. 
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• Analyzes trending reports to determine areas requiring hardware and/or bandwidth augmentation or optimization. 
• Manages work/task intakes per service level agreements. Highly responsive to escalations and changing priorities. 
• Independently plan and carry out assignments per acceptable policies/practices while exercising good judgement. Provide feedback toward process improvement. 
• Collaborate and build relationships with multiple organizations and 3rd party vendors. 

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required:

• 5+ years professional telecommunications experience and a Bachelor's Degree or higher. 
• High attention to detail with intense focus on high quality output. 
• Ability to successfully prioritize and multitask across multiple projects. 
• Demonstrable academic and technical understanding of LAN/WAN internetworking technologies and protocols, including TCP/IP, Ethernet, ISIS, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VPLS, QoS, L2VPN, L3VPN, multicast, and IPv4/IPv6. 
• Technical experience with various Cisco, Juniper, and/or Nokia switch and router platforms. 
• Strong data trending and analysis skills. 
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. 
• Proven track record as adept and effective project manager. 
• Exceptional intra and interdepartmental collaboration and communications skills. 
• Strong computer skills with emphasis on Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Positive and professional attitude and demeanor, and ability to work both independently and within a team. 

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in related field, professional and/or technical certification, and 2+ years of network hardware design, planning, and implementation experience.
• Experience in an engineering role that included a substantial business/financial focus.
• Computer scientist knowledge, to include data analytics, predictive analysis, automation development, and reporting. 

Compensation

The starting salary for this role differs based on the employee's primary work location. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$63980 - $85300 in these states: AR, ID, KY, LA, ME, MS, NE, SC, and SD.
$67340 - $89780 in these states: AZ, AL, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MO, MT, NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.
$70710 - $94270 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, OR, and RI.
$74070 - $98760 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

As with the pay range variety that's based on the region of a country, specific offers are determined by various factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and other business needs.

What to Expect Next

Based on your job application information you may be given the opportunity to complete a video interview immediately after applying. This will include a set of questions for you to record a response to in addition to Game Challenges. Completion of this video interview is a requirement in order to be considered for our open position. Now not a good time? No worries, we will also send you an email with a link to complete the video interview. We strongly recommend that you complete this within 5 days of your application date.