Principal Engineer – Optical

Sercomm Corporation is a worldwide leading manufacturer of broadband and wireless networking equipments. Founded in 1992, Sercomm has been focusing on developing embedded solutions to make networking simple, reliable and affordable. With 30 years experience, Sercomm has more than 8,000 employees worldwide.

For more information, visit www.sercomm.com.
Job Title:  Field Application Engineer/Principal Engineer – Optical
Location: Denver, remote considered
What will you be doing as a Field Application Engineer?
Customer and channel facing pre- and post-sales support engineering focused on North American service provider customers.  Perform technical tasks, including assisting in written proposals and advising on product design. Must be able to communicate solutions to customers and work with internal Sercomm organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist the sales team with analysis and evaluation of customer’s technical requirements
  • Develop Bill of Materials, respond to RFPs and customer technical inquiries
  • Develop and recommend Sercomm products and solutions
  • Hands-on lab preparations for customer demos or equipment certifications
  • Prepare and present products and solutions to customer
  • Provide presales support and training to channel partners for channel business enablement
  • Interface with sales and regional technical primes to develop and/or propose product enhancements to meet customer requirements
  • Business travel is required

 

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent discipline is required.
  • 5-8 years of experience in telecommunications industry
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to develop customer relationships and work well with customers
  • Ability to understand customer needs and use technical expertise to develop customer solutions
  • Solid understanding of EPON (EPON & XGS), IP and other data networking protocols
    • Preference with DPoE & OMCI provisioning process
  • Must be self-driven, yet accept directions. Take initiative and drive issues to closure with customers and across teams in Sercomm
  • Strong PC skills including general knowledge of applications programs such as MS Office

Network Planning and Programs Manager

Manager, Network Planning and Programs

FULL TIME | ZIPLY FIBER | UNITED STATES
 

Position Title: Manager, Network Planning and Program

$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 Manager of Network Planning will be responsible for the oversight, planning, budgeting, and project timing for network growth, modernization, consolidation, and advancement needs in a fiber focused business. As a Program Manager, there are additional responsibilities for Vendor oversite and performance management. The Manager ensures effective use of company funds to identify, budget, time, and build a flexible fiber-based network. The Manager is responsible for keeping the team aligned on the optimal network distribution solutions and establishing and managing key team metrics. The Manager will be accountable to effectively creating and managing network build programs related to FTTP.

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.

  • Develop both short and long-term market strategies for network investment and evolution to support customer demands
  • Drive comprehensive network analysis
  • Drive proactive planning that supports sales funnel creation
  • Drive optimal project architecture solutions while balancing the customer experience, cost, scalability, and reliability
  • Drive implementation of solutions to solve capacity constraints prior to network exhaust
  • Support Sales as needed to develop solutions and occasionally work directly with customers
  • Drive processes and automation to support LEAN process approaches to solve problems
  • Lead overall project costing and support business case development
  • Guide partner organizations/suppliers to successfully implement solutions
  • Drive network and process advancement
  • Provide technical guidance and input on technologies for implementation and consideration

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Communications, Telecommunications, Computer Science desirable
  • 5+ years of Telecommunication network experience required
  • 2+ years of Managerial experience required
  • The qualified candidate will need to have a broad network understanding
    • Access networks
    • FTTP/FTTN
    • BBDLC network
    • Ethernet Services
    • Feeder/Distribution facilities
    • Customer Prem solutions
    • MDU/MTU solutions
    • SONET
    • Wireless
    • 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 splits greenfield MDU/SFU, and inside wiring solutions
  • Network elements associated with FTTP, FTTN, xPON, BDLC, TDM, G.Hn, Broadband services, and Active Ethernet solutions
  • CPE solutions
  • Database skills desirable but not required
  • GIS experience desirable with platforms such as ARC GIS and QGIS
  • Understanding of CAD based drawing systems
  • Proficiency in common offices tools such as Excel, Work, Powerpoint
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross functionally to achieve positive outcomes
  • Operate from a customer centered mindset
  • Works well in a team environment driven by partnerships
  • Ability to work independently with minimal direction
  • Understand LEAN concepts

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. The employee may 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.

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.
 

Senior Network Planning Engineer

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.

Sr. Manager Charging and Mediation

Sr. Manager Charging and Mediation

DISH is transforming the future of connectivity. We’re doing it by building the country’s first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. The foundation of a connected world, it’s a network free of the limitations of the past, and flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world. We are one team creating something special and accomplishing amazing things. The variety and depth of perspectives makes us stronger as a team. Diversity is an asset. No opinion counts more than the next. We are not hierarchical, and you should expect that every voice will be heard and respected. We have a fearless sense of pride, adventure, and desire to win – it’s in our DNA. And we’re looking for people with energy, intelligence, and a need to achieve to join our team and bring us new ideas and perspectives as we embark on the next chapter of our story. Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

Job Description

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead a team in design, architecture, implementation and testing of solutions to support all lines of business
  •  Key liaison between Network Engineering and Information Technology
  • Lead product owner(s) to establish features and roadmap
  •  Interface with other teams as needed to resolve dependencies
  •  Lead the team in continuous improvement and Agile process
  •  Provide agile coaching for scrum teams to ensure the adoption and improvement of scrum practices, process and desired outcomes.
  •  Coordinate with the vendor(s) team for open items/defects/issues
  •  Use metrics and feedback to improve team and organization processes, best practices, performance, and delivery
  •  Proactively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, developers, QA, Infrastructure and other team members to analyze information and functional requirements, advocate the development process through to implementation, and ensure the delivered product meets business/customer needs
  •  Establish a culture of self-organizing, cross- functional and accountable teams. Help those outside the scrum teams understand which of their interactions with scrum teams are helpful and which ones are not.
  •  Drive continuous improvement through the facilitation of team and retrospectives, ensuring teams effectively prioritize, plan and execute on improvement ideas

As the Sr. Manager Charging and Mediation, you’ll lead two development teams enabling the network monetization of Dish’s 5G network. You will have a proven track record within the Wireless industry around Charging (CHF) and Mediation along with experience building dynamic teams, being a creative thinker, problem solver, teacher, learner, and leader of people. The first priority is to build a team of subject matter experts who will have a solid mix of technical and business knowledge in the Charging and Mediation domain, and the systems that support our platforms, with a core focus on developing reusable patterns to speed time to market of products. In addition, you will drive continuous automation of our code delivery and our operations to be best in class within the industry.

Skills, Experience and Requirements

  •  Wireless experience specific to Charging (CHF) and/or Network Mediation
  •  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical degree
  •  5+ years of Engineering, Management or equivalent combination of education and experience
  •  Ability to take complex problems and be able to break them down into consumable work items
  •  Record of leading teams
  •  Experience managing 3rd party software vendors in the Charging and Mediation domain
  •  Great communication skills – someone who is exceptional at building trust, persuading stakeholders, inspiring team members, and selling solutions.
  •  Self-motivation with strong, proven, analytical and problem-solving skills
  •  Ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources and work well in a distributed environment
  •  Ability to plan for future work while maintaining the current delivery with rapidly changing priorities

Desired Skills Demonstrated technical experience:

  • CHF, Network Mediation
  •  C# / Java / JavaScript and related technologies
  •  Telecom Applications and Systems (OCS, PCF, NRF, SMF, …)
  •  Telecom Networking protocols (DIAMETER, SS7, MAP, INAP, CAP, SNMP, …) ? IT and WEB Service Protocols (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML,…)
  • Scripting languages (Python, Perl, etc) 

Sr. Developer – UCAT-CPQ

Senior Developer

DISH is transforming the future of connectivity. We’re doing it by building the country’s first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. The foundation of a connected world, it’s a network free of the limitations of the past, and flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.

As a Senior Developer at DISH, you are responsible for delivery and ownership of high quality software solutions for our everyday business opportunities while being a part of a high agile development team in a collaborative and fast-paced environment using Scrum and XP Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities will vary, but ultimately include:
 

  • Writing clean and highly performant code leveraging test driven development
  • Coach the development team in best practices for agile ceremonies such as backlog grooming, sprint demo, retrospective
  • Lead design discussions with team members and external stakeholders
  • Learn and work with various languages and platforms as needed
  • Keep abreast of technologies and paradigms and recognize when they can benefit the business and the software team
  • Work with minimal direction and complete tasks in a timely manner
  • Coach the team members on best design/coding and software delivery practices
  • Work with scrum master to handle and resolve dependencies, roadblocks and issues
  • Work with enterprise architects and create technical documentation and technical plan/backlog for achieving long term architectural objectives

Qualifications:
 

  • Three or more years of experience in CPQ Configuration, NodeJS & Typescript
  • Experience working with product teams to configure the CPQ engine with their requirements
  • AWS experience is a plus
  • Experience working in agile software development methodology
  • Experience building scalable software in a service oriented architecture
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills

CPQ Technical Lead

IT – Manager – UPC/CPQ/PI

DISH is a Fortune 250 company with more than $13 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Today, we’re building America’s first virtualized, standalone 5G broadband network from scratch with the potential to host some of the fastest, most robust technologies ever conceived. With our DISH TV and SLING TV brands as a strong foundation, we are welcoming the iconic Boost Mobile brand and its 9 million customers to our award-winning family of consumer brands. We will initially compete nationwide with Boost Mobile in the prepaid market and later expand into a full range of competitive offerings in the postpaid retail wireless market. We are on our way to becoming the nation’s fourth facilities-based wireless carrier and a disruptive competitive force in the wireless market. We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We pride ourselves on pairing the resources of a Fortune 250 company with the mindset of an agile startup.

We are looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and a need to achieve to join our team. Reporting to the Director, Commercial Marketplace, Partner Management, Sales & Service Systems, will oversee the development of the Unified Product Catalog, Configure-Price-Quote Engine and Product Inventory solutions. He or she will work closely with Product Operations and Technology teams to implement and maintain innovative products and services to our customers. We don’t expect this leader to have all the answers or know everything there is to know about the markets we serve, but we do expect them to be curious, driven, committed and willing to do what it takes to win. Above all else we need a leader who is worthy of the great people we have at Dish.

Our future Lead/Manager will have:

  •  5+ years’ implementing technical solutions
  •  3+ years’ experience leading/managing agile development teams
  •  Tier 3 & 4 Operations experience including managing KPI’s
  •  Proven ability to form strong cross team collaboration with business and technical partners
  • Collaborative, hands-on approach to work that is reflected through their management style and employee communications. The successful candidate will play a significant role in the success of DISH’s wholesale wireless future.

As part of this role, he or she will be responsible for:

  •  Collaborating with the business on their product management strategy and vision.
  • Work with a team of modelers, developers and configurators in implementing and maintaining the UPC/CPQ/PI from a technical perspective
  •  Holistic alignment of catalog-driven solution
  •  Determine how data should be generated, treated, and passed across the ecosystem with a customer-centric focus
  •  Provide input on effective model changes and their downstream effects on enterprise ecosystems
  •  Overall insight into Catalog, CPQ, and Order Management co-dependencies
  •  Input into the design and implementation of the entire stack, including outside of catalog, CPQ, and Order Management
  •  Provide guidance on how best to model DISH products
  •  Works with configurators to provide best practices on product hierarchies, templates, and rule definitions
  •  Provide guidelines on how to build effective, comprehensive models that are scalable and extensible
  •  Troubleshooting assistance with Catalog related issues
  •  Provide on-the-job training in Catalog and Catalog Services
  •  Liaison between requests for new functionality and implementation team
  •  Consider the organization impact of decisions made regarding data modeling