Senior Network Planning Engineer
FULL TIME | ZIPLY FIBER | UNITED STATES
Position Title: Senior Network Planning Engineer
$75,000 to $125,000 annually DOE
Comprehensive health benefits include: medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.
Company Background
Everyone deserves the best internet possible, and that’s the refreshingly great experience we’re creating at Ziply Fiber. We’re bringing fiber to more than one million homes and businesses across the broader Northwest. By pairing brilliantly fast internet with customer choice and control, we’re making it simple and easy for you to connect to the things that matter most to you. Ziply Fiber is based in Kirkland, Washington, providing communities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana with fiber internet in addition to streaming TV, privacy products, and phone service as well.
Job Summary
The Senior Network Planning Engineer is responsible for the oversight, planning, budgeting, and project timing for network growth, modernization, consolidation, and advancement needs in a fiber focused business. The Planner uses various inputs to determine the optimal network distribution solutions based on demand, architecture, funding, and anticipated growth. The Planner analyzes current demand, geospatial data, data analytics, and forecasts to determine and implement the best network solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
- Analyze network demands using multiple inputs such as forecasts, consumption, GIS tools, analytics, and other market indicators
- Determine optimal project architecture solutions while balancing the customer experience, cost, scalability, and reliability
- Develop project costing and support business case development
- Guide partner organizations/suppliers to successfully implement solutions
- Drive network and process advancement
Education & Experience
- 5+ years of related experience required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or job related field preferred.
- The qualified candidate will need to have a broad network understanding
o Access networks
o FTTP/FTTN
o BBDLC network
o Ethernet Services
o Feeder/Distribution facilities
o Customer Prem solutions
o MDU/MTU solutions
o SONET
o Wireless
o Transport/Data dependencies
- Outside Plant (OSP) architectures consisting of underground, direct buried, aerial, and building applications.
- In-depth understanding of PON architectures to include centralized and distributed split, greenfield MDU/SFU, and inside wiring solutions
- Network elements associated with FTTP, FTTN, xPON, BDLC, TDM, G.Hn, Broadband services, and Active Ethernet solutions
- Understanding of CPE solutions
- GIS experience with platforms such as ARC GIS and QGIS
- Understanding of CAD based drawing systems
- Proficiency in MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Experience with common analytics tools (i.e. Alteryx, Tableau)
- Database skills which including creation, scripting, and programming (i.e. Microsoft SQL), preferred
- Understand LEAN concepts
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross functionally to achieve positive outcomes
- Ability to work in a team environment driven by partnerships and collaborate with colleagues.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
- Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
- Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and work within critical deadlines.
- Ability operate with customer-focus mindset.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.
Diverse Workforce / EEO
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.
