Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life. What you’ll be doing...

Verizon has a challenging opportunity for a Principal Engineer-System Architecture with the ability to perform architecture design and implementation engineering duties. This Principal Engineer will be a member of the team that is responsible for providing complete front-to-end engineering, implementation and support of solutions involving, but not limited to, WAN, LAN, WLAN, Security and Virtual technologies.

• The candidate will have full technical understanding hands-on experience working with Enterprise multi-vendor Networks

• Proficient with Enterprise Network technologies to engineer front-to-end cost effective solutions

• Broad understanding of network virtualization technologies is desirable.

• The candidate should be able to transform complex problems into executable technology solutions

• The candidate will be responsible for documenting designs and ensuring communication of designs to various audiences

• The candidate will serve as a subject-matter expert for projects where candidate is involved

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize based on deliverable due dates

Responsibilities may include:

• Network equipment configuration and troubleshooting. Equipment vendors include: Juniper routers, Ethernet switches, and firewalls, Cisco routers, Ethernet switches, and firewalls, F5 Load Balancers, Palo Alto firewalls, and Gigamon appliances

• Providing technical support to project planning team for the design, development and implementation of proposals

• Tier III/Tier IV technical support to Tier II for the above specified vendor equipment as well as others

• Designing, writing and executing various test plans on commercial and in-house developed network elements using state of the art test tools and hardware

• Writing whitepapers, delivering presentations and demonstrations of the solutions/processes in response to customer requirements/interest in new technologies/products in support of customer networks

• Working with internal system administrators (Windows and Linux) to prepare systems for operational use. Assist with troubleshooting system issues

• Job may require after hours support outside of normal business hours.

Where you'll be working...

In this worksite-based role, you'll work onsite at a defined location, Ashburn, VA.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Must be able to pass an extensive background investigation as a condition of employment.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Seven or more years of network engineering experience

• Three or more years of systems integration and test experience

• Ability to use of scripting languages to create automated scripts (e.g., Python, shell, bash)

• Ability to use test automation software

• Experience with Linux operating systems

• Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git

• Experience with network configuration automation

• Ability to participate in problem-solving and in the defect resolution process

• Ability to work individually and in teams

• Ability to meet tight deadlines

• Ability to decipher highly technical data

• Ability to multi-task in an ever-changing work environment

• Strong work ethic and integrity

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong organizational skills

• Familiarity with the following vendor equipment: Cisco and Juniper routers, Gigamon appliances, Palo Alto, Juniper and Cisco firewalls, and F5 or other load balancer

• Knowledge of SMTP email protocol and DNS protocol

• In-depth working knowledge of TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, VPN, and IP routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, MPLS, L3VPN

• Experience with Ethernet testing standards and their application in the lab and production settings.

• Knowledge of transport network technologies such as SONET, ROADM and OTN.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.