Network Engineer (Cisco, Arista, Juniper) IV

Location: Philadelphia, PA Description: Our client is currently seeking Network Engineers (Cisco, Arista, Juniper) IV

• Assist with the development of a dark fiber and transport strategy that includes client's existing dark fiber, front-haul, back-haul, mid-haul, mid-haul and long-haul assets as well as potential 3rd party fiber and transport networks.
• Assist with the development of best practices to qualify and assess new dark fiber vendors through technical, financial, and commercial reviews if existing plant does not meet requirements.
• Assist with the development of client's 5G transport standards.
• Assist with the requirements drafting and analysis of initial RFPs that will be utilized to select partners in given markets.
• Assist Transport Engineers with managing all aspects of transport RFPs to achieve best techno-commercial solution in the event 3rd party data center or dark fiber / transport solutions are needed.
• Assist with the sourcing, contract management, negotiation and supplier management strategies and practices for all components of the transport network

• Must be willing to work on a hybrid schedule
• Connect to dark fiber
• DWDN, understand multiplexer, assign ports and cross connects, connection to back haul systems
• Network/transport engineer background, Understand routing protocols, assist in the development of dark fibers vendors
• Help develop 5G standards in transport