55 jobs found in Southlake

What you’ll be doing... Join Verizon in this position which expands our cloud security team with a role emphasis on risk mitigation. This exciting growth opportunity shall act in partnership with key stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities, then prioritize and implement detailed plans in order to reduce risk to the business. You shall be responsible for improving network and platform security posture by developing actionable risk mitigation plans, monitoring implementation of mitigation tasks, and validating remediation progress. Your role also encompasses delivering key metrics to stakeholders in common language that our partners can understand and act on. As security custodians of Verizon cloud and virtualization technologies, and thus part of our overall 5G strategy, the best candidates will embrace automation and innovation in order to ensure the best outcomes for our customers. Navigate diverse perspectives and promote an inclusive and collaborative environment. Manage project tasks with urgency and purpose, demonstrate initiative, and exemplify ownership of all assigned job responsibilities. Deliver and report key metrics to stakeholders. Deliver high quality work that fully addresses the intended criteria, goals and objectives. Deconstruct, decouple and parcel complex security challenges to ensure actionable plans and progress. Communicate verbally and in multiple written mediums to stakeholders, team members, and leaders. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Experience in Information Security, Technology, IT Operations, or Security Risk Management. Experience with Unix/Linux server Operating systems and security O/S configuration principles. Even better if you have: A degree in Information Systems, Technology, Information Assurance, Information Security or related field. Experience with ISO 27001-2, NIST 800-53, and NIST 800-171, NIST CSF or other security frameworks. Experience with virtualization technologies and private or public cloud products, like Openstack, AWS, Azure, Google, etc. Knowledge and proven record of success in risk management principles or another technical domain related to Risk Management that is applied in the context of a broader Risk Management perspective. Knowledge of security testing tools used for network/ Web API/ applications, such as Nmap, Kali Linux, Parrot, Nessus, Burp suite, and WebInspect Knowledge of the various TCP/UDP protocols and their security posture. Certifications: CRISC, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GSEC. Knowledge of emerging technology, regulations, and security governance. Experience implementing policies, standards, guidelines, frameworks and controls. Experience with best practices and industry standards for protecting information assets. Knowledge of cybersecurity risk management concepts, frameworks, control standards, secure coding principles, and technologies. Interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a team environment. Ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex business issues. 22CyberRisk 22CyberNET When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... Join Verizon as we continue to expand our industry-leading network to improve the ways people, businesses, and things connect. Verizon is positioned to lead the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR) with the emergence of technologies like our best-in-class 5G network and the Internet of Things (IoT) to impact a wide variety of industries such as healthcare, education, manufacturing, public safety, government, and many others. We are in the midst of historic breakthroughs in connectivity and mobility to blend the physical and the digital through cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnologies, 3D printing, wearables, and advanced robotics. As part of this team, you will play a critical role in our network transformation through building a unified network across all lines of business and maintaining the technology that keeps millions of our customers connected. You will provide advance-tiered support when joining our Cloud Platform System Operations team. You will help maintain and advance our OpenStack environment. This includes interfacing with tenants and peer support teams and participating in feedback loops with upstream resources that will shape the company direction. While embracing new technologies in an evolving culture, you will support our cloud strategies. Providing advanced support for our cloud platform, and being responsible for the OpenStack environment, back end storage and underlying network infrastructure. Communicating with cloud tenants and external customers. Troubleshooting failures and productivity impacting events. Integrating tenants onto the OpenStack platform. Patching, updating and upgrading both hardware and software resources. Automating repetitive tasks using agile software development practices and tools such as Ansible, Puppet, BASH and Python Scripting. Participating in a 7 day on-call rotation that provides after hours support to cloud tenants. What we’re looking for... You get excited by the possibilities that technology creates and how it can improve people’s lives. Applying your analytical skills and expertise to solve complex problems is personally rewarding. While you are self-motivated and work well on your own, people also know you for your ability to drive the performance of cross functional teams and deliver great results. No stranger to working in a fast-paced environment, you convey a sense of urgency and manage multiple competing priorities with ease, never missing a deadline. You'll need to have: Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related discipline or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have: A degree. Linux Administration certifications I and II, or equivalent proficiencies. Network certifications CCNA, CCP, or equivalent proficiencies. Proficiency in system administration, network administration, and the virtualization disciplines of both subjects. Experience working with modern configuration management tools such as Puppet and Ansible. Experience with distributed storage solutions such as iSCSl, Ceph, and Swift. Experience with Linux systems administration, preferably in a virtualized environment. Experience with networking concepts and protocols, including SDN and NFV. Experience deploying and supporting various distributions of OpenStack such as RedHat and Canonical. Strong scripting skills such as Python, Bash, Ruby, and Perl. Contributed to open-source projects. Membership and extensive interaction with the OpenStack community and active participation in core projects. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... You are responsible for the advanced operation and maintenance of a complex multivendor nationwide network, ensuring network integrity and quality. You will be responsible for troubleshooting end to end issues on an ever changing network. This troubleshooting consists of a combination of working directly on devices, observing and interpreting data from tools, network performance analysis and coordinating with other internal and external teams towards resolution. Using performance tools to monitor networks, troubleshoot routing, mobile and network platforms. Understanding routing protocols and be able to troubleshoot using BGP. Working closely with Cross Functional Teams and vendors collaborating on optimal solutions for current and future MPN infrastructure and solutions. Proactively looking for areas to improve overall network performance. Finding and resolving system issues on the network by utilizing traditional and non-traditional means. Providing leadership and direction to your team as well as other network teams. Interacting with cross-functional teams to deploy and optimize components for best efficiency and reliability. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: Associate’s degree or two or more years of work experience. Three or more years of relevant work experience. Experience in the Mobile wireless Industry. Hands-on Experience in Network Performance Analysis using various tools Hands on IP Routing and Switching experience. Willingness to work nights and on call rotation as necessary. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: A degree. Analytic, interpersonal and communication skills. Leadership abilities, presentation, communication, and project management skills. Experience in supervision over work product. Works independently on routine and non-routine research and reporting functions. CCNA, JCNIA or related certification. Technical leadership skills in the current wireless environment. RHCE or related experience. Technical triage and crisis management skills. Ability to Command and Control outage bridges. Ability to sectionalize troubleshooting. Knowledge of Verizon MPN Architecture and feature set. Knowledge of VZW EPC tools. (SevOne, IrisView, NetScout, WireShark). Ability to utilize internal and external performance tools to troubleshoot customer issues and reduce both MTTR and MTTI (SevOne, NetScout, Wireshark, Irisview Suite). Knowledge of End to End call flows for: 1X, EVDO, LTE, IMS, and CDS/ ASP Applications, VoLTE, MPN. Experience in data presentation (Tableau) or programming/automation experience. VZNetworkEngineering&Ops When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... This position be part of the Edge Application Team and will be responsible for the engineering work on our national LTE EPC core network. Responsibilities: Responsible for an edge application over cloud based architecture. This position will drive the evolution and performance of edge applications, with an emphasis on finding and developing better ways to automate recurring work effectively. Demonstrate subject expertise to optimize applications and drive issue resolution. This involves working closely with all application owners and vendors to ensure end-to end service performance metrics are achieved. Troubleshoot application issues and outages by working with cross functional teams and vendors. Recommend system modifications or enhancements to improve application performance and quality. Develop and refine application and infrastructure test plans. Provide subject matter expertise to team. Initiate and manage projects for network builds, modifying configurations, refining designs, and troubleshooting issues/analyzing problems. Manage multiple projects at one time and ensure projects stay within budget. Lead FOAs and support HQ proof of concept initiatives including new application turn-ups / instantiations. Use independent judgment and discretion to make decisions in the best interest of the business. What we’re looking for... You'll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of relevant work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have: A Degree. Bachelor/Master’s Degree in science, engineering or related discipline. Ability to troubleshoot network, servers, or application issues. Knowledge of TCP/IP, LAN/WAN and IP routing protocols, familiar with Data Center architecture. Knowledge of interdependent aspects of virtual applications including eNSE, VCP-E, Linux/Unix, application, and software skills (Python, Ansible, RESTful / NETCONF API and automation tools). Working experience over Cloud Technologies such as Open stack, Kubernetes, Containers, etc. Experience engineering, monitoring, and growing complex data networks preferred. Experience in wireless switching environment. Embrace change of a dynamic, evolving business environment, and contribute original thinking, openness, and alternative solutions for change initiatives. Possess a proactive work style with the ability to set priorities, work with minimum supervision and with a diverse group of professionals. Experience with professional development including technical and leadership training / certificates. Strong work ethic, integrity and work extremely well in a team environment. Excellent interpersonal skills. Experience analyzing and resolving complex problems. Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends as necessary. VZNetworkEngineering&Ops   When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... The Lone Star Integration team is part of the engineering teams for the Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). This team is responsible for hardware procurement, receipt, warehousing, assembly, provisioning, testing, and shipment. We are searching for a Network Engineer possessing sharp, detail oriented skills to oversee the assembly & provisioning of network hardware as per detailed specifications. You will additionally maintain & troubleshoot our overhead network that serves to enable communication with newly assembled hardware frames. Provide technical support, direction and resolution as challenging issues. Direct the assembly & maintenance of computer hardware & software to ensure secure and efficient operations production. Execute hands on repairs to Dell/HP/Cisco/Netapp and similar hardware, switches and servers as required. Ensure necessary data throughput rates are sustained by monitoring, maintaining & repairing existing network equipment. Correct network fiber & copper connectivity issues in wireless routing & switching to remedy communication issues. Execute configurations on routers, switches, wireless AP's, and WLAN controllers. Manage & direct equipment upgrades, as well as updates to cable cut-sheets for a variety of servers, routers and switches. Install and configure software/hardware products on UNIX and Windows platforms. Collaborate with third-party support and service vendors to ensure all equipment remains operational, & in event of failure, is returned to service in a timely manner. What we’re looking for... You'll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have A degree Strong hardware repair and diagnostics skills. Production management experience. Experience with fiber optics. Experience with modems, routers, and network protocols. Capability to demonstrate advanced working knowledge of EDN networks. Experience working with installation and configuration of software/hardware products on UNIX and Windows platforms. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... The Verizon Intelligent Edge Network Support organization is seeking a talented and motivational leader to manage a team of Network Support Engineers and Developers responsible for automating our cutting-edge Networks and providing Technical Support for our Next Generation PON (NGPON2) network being deployed. You will be guiding a group of talented individuals focused on developing solutions that drive the success of Verizon’s Intelligent Edge Network Platforms – MSE (Multi-Service Edge), UT (Unified Transport), PPR (Peering Partner Router), the Converged Core, and NGPON2. With your innovative mindset, you will lead cross-functional activities with partners in planning, performance, engineering, and operations. You'll be responsible for managing development projects that require ingenuity with an emphasis on continuous operational improvement and efficiency. You will also be responsible for managing a small team of network engineers to provide expertise in direct support of NGPON2. Sr Manager Responsibilities include building a culture of trust, communication, and respect for all members of the team. They must create an environment where ownership and accountability are embraced; encourage agility and creativity; simplify the complex; and provide ongoing direction for projects that allow us to work more efficiently and at large scale. Leading a team of Engineers and coordinating the management of major network outages and associated communications. Investigating root cause analysis and providing remediation options for outages. Generating reports to identify systemic issues. Monitoring internal metrics to ensure optimal performance levels are achieved. Assisting with Business Continuity and Emergency Management planning. Providing guidance to team through ongoing performance management. 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 work experience. Willingness to be on-call after hours and on weekends. Even better if you have: A Degree. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, or EE. Previous leadership experience in a 24x7 Network Operations Center. FTTP PON based technology experience. Managed a high performing team. Worked with multifunctional teams. Managed complex processes. Extensive knowledge of software architecture, programming languages, virtualization, and the networking layers. Experience with SDN, Network Controllers, and NFV Orchestration \ VNF Management. Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple work assignments simultaneously. Eight or more years in the telco industry focused on technology. Willingness to travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... You will function as an Ops specialist for physical and virtual platforms in a fast-paced environment providing application support and IMS Call flow expertise in support of the One Talk platform. Your primary function will be to provide production support for One Talk services to include ECS, Presence, CM Proxy and Cloud NMS. This includes software and configuration change deployments and process improvements. As primary production support, you’ll take charge of issues that arise and lead calls with multiple parties to ensure issues are resolved quickly and we continue to provide a high level of reliability to our customers. Overseeing the reporting of service KPI and analytics for the new and existing services related to One Talk, you’ll ensure the applications are healthy and engage the vendor to resolve anomalies as they arise. You’ll partner closely with One Talk engineers to deploy detailed project plans and ensure service reliability. You should have hands-on experience at an operational level demonstrating expertise in (Linux/OpenStack/Application Deployment/Programming) as well as debugging techniques for the application and system. Responsibilities: On-call rotation and will require up to 50%-night work depending on the needs of the business. Perform expert-level troubleshooting and debugging of both network and application system issues. Implement detailed project plans and provide input to weekly status calls with teams across several organizations. Implement tenant operations MOPs for patches and new releases with a focus on reduction of mean time to repair. Run reports for daily KPI measurements and help engineering address capacity and demand growth on the systems. Oversee the reporting of service KPI and analytics for the physical and virtual SDM components. Call flow debugging expertise utilizing IrisView, Wireshark and NetScout applications is required. What we’re looking for... You'll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or three or more years ofwork experience. Three or more years of relevant work experience. Willingness to work on-call rotation and will require up to 50%-night work depending on the needs of the business. Even better if you have: A Degree. Knowledge of OpenStack architecture and networking with special attention on automation using heat scripts and Ansible. Experience at an operational level demonstrating skills with Linux, Python, OpenStack, and Application Deployment as well as debugging techniques for the application and systems. Good communication skills where you will interface with multiple teams supporting a live production network where response and resolution time are critical to ensure reliability. Knowledge of IrisView, NetScout, wireshark, tcpdump, ping, and netstat. Knowledge of 4G call flow and capability to explain fundamental building blocks of IMS. Ability to demonstrate applied skills and working knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DIAMETER, SIP, and LDAP. Willingness to travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... We’re a great technology company, powered by great people who push the boundaries, create solutions that deliver strong customer experiences. Over the next five years VzW’s Voice Infrastructure is undergoing a complete Network Evolution. As a PMTS for Maintenance Engineering, you will be leading efforts to consolidate and evolve critical network functions while ensuring customers aren't negatively impacted with CDMA decom. You will be leading technical discussions with several network teams to ensure VzW CDMA Sunset & MSC/TDM Decommissions are completed efficiently. You will also ensure all VzW PSTN voice traffic migrates to VzB’s C20/G9 Voice Core (PSTN Replacement, 911, 8YY, Indirect Peering, etc.) are completed according to deadlines outlined by the business. Ensure CDMA call flows aren’t impacted with all VZ transitions from bare metal to virtual network functions (vSBC, vCSCF, vTAS, vENUM, etc.). Manage vendors’ dwindling CDMA support resources and knowledge base. Ensure CDMA call model does not break prior to CDMA sunset. Perform regression testing in the lab to support ongoing CDMA device patches/updates. Generate MOPs & procedures for Operations to ensure network configuration accuracy thru CDMA sunset. Troubleshoot & solve production network CDMA issues. Ensure VzW customers are not impacted by CDMA Sunset & MSC Decom. Assist with the introduction of New Voice Services (5G, Visible, Stir/Shaken, One Talk, etc.) Lead efforts to strategically decommission CDMA and ensure Network stability. Facilitate VzW’s Voice Network Evolution via network consolidation. Coordinate Network Evolution interdependencies across MTCE disciplines. Combine common VzW & VzB voice network elements (SBCs, ENUMs, proxy, VM, SS7). Ensure proper network/device interactions via field trials and FOA testing. What we’re looking for... You’re a technical expert with solid credentials and a remarkable ability to assess, manage, and troubleshoot problems in order to meet or exceed deadlines. You are a self-starter who can drive results with minimal leadership involvement. You work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and you’re great at partnering with the groups you support. You constantly look for ways to make a great network design better, and keep a focus on great customer experiences. You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have: Strong leadership skills. Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills in an environment that requires a team effort across departments. High level of accountability, ownership and sense of urgency. Vendor management experience. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, present ideas in a logical, compelling manner in both small and large group settings. Ability to work independently and deliver results. Strong MSC knowledge. Working knowledge of translations function and operational dependencies. Knowledge of call routing translations. Experience with vendor management. Working knowledge of VZW MSC architecture. CDMA call flow knowledge. Wireless industry experience. Five or more years of technical project management experience. Willingness to travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... The Systems Engineering team provides end-to-end detailed engineering, simulation and analysis of wireless and wireline systems as typically defined by the Industry Forums and Network Planning to assist the Network Engineering teams in the development, deployment and troubleshooting of complex systems. Lead the creation and maintenance of the team’s Software Development Process. Collaborate with rest of Systems Engineering Team to develop scripting requirements. Drive the installation of a Configuration Management tool to the robust maintenance and distribution of scripts. Lead the development of scripts support the System Engineering team in order to automate simulation use cases, automate analysis, and automate testing validation. Leads a team that develops test procedures to validate models, framework, and scripts. Manage workforce including 3 rd  parties / contractors to support required scripting activities. Coach and mentor team members and completes all performance agreement / evaluation / management actions on time. Develop team members by providing opportunities for growth and exposure to leaders. Oversee the projects that team is working on, ensure that the team is meeting obligations to business partners and delivering valuable work products. 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 work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. Experience in developing software/ automation scripts. Strong project management skills to execute on roadmap, driving a project from inception to completion Ability to adapt daily to changing technical and business environments. Knowledge of 5GNR, LTE, IMS, VoIP, PON, and TCP/IP. Experience of managing small teams of technical experts. Experience utilizing a programming/scripting language (Python, Java, Perl, C#, C++) for commercial applications. Knowledge of cloud computing, multi-threading, and virtual machines. Knowledge of relevant 3GPP, ETSI, and GSMA standards. Knowledge of network simulation, diagnostic, and software development tools. Excellent communication and advanced presentation skills including demonstrated experience with executive level presentations. Ability to facilitate collaborative resolution of differences with a “win-win” approach. Proven organizational and interpersonal skills. Experience working with Linux. Knowledge of the software development process and maintenance best practices. Ability to lead a large and fast moving organization under high stress managing revenue producing and fast growing systems. VZNetworkEngineering&Ops When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... As a Member of Technical Staff (MTS), you will have the opportunity to build and monitor the Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). Our team members are smart, hard-working, and want to help transform the way we operate. This opportunity will provide growth for any engineer with the willingness to learn, document and share their experiences. We operate with a lean startup mentality with the support of a large directional division. You will have the experience and expertise of the best network team in the world behind you as you help the team transform infrastructure, workload, and product through content delivery, mobility, and Verizon's enabling of the Internet of Things. The MTS – VCP Deployment & OAM Engineer will learn from senior members the Openstack deployment process. In addition, understanding, maintaining, and integrating the Verizon Cloud Monitoring Platform (VCMP). As part of this work, you will execute continuous integration and continuous deployment while leveraging DevOps best practices. The position will support an on-call overlay practice that is available to tier 1,2,3 troubleshooting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Additionally, work closely with cross functional teams during and after outages to understand customer impact, analyze Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and utilize that information to improve the various platforms. What we’re looking for... Verizon is looking for out-of-the-box thinkers to help us build and manage the Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). People who are smart, hard-working, and really want to help transform the way we do operations. What we do really matters to the business. This is a great opportunity for you to bring your technical leadership, skills and experience to life as part of a small team within a large organization. We operate with a lean startup mentality with the support of a large directional division. You will have the experience and expertise of the best network team in the world behind you as you help the team transform infrastructure, workload, and product through content delivery, mobility, and Verizon's enabling of the Internet of Things. You'll nened to have: Bachelor’s Degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: A degree in Computer Science. Linux systems administration. Experience authoring, maintaining, executing infrastructure as code. Experience with integrating fault management tools (e.g. Nagios, Icinga2, Zabbix). OpenStack understanding and administration. Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g. Python, Java, Bash/Shell, Ruby, Perl, other). Knowledge of Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet, and Ansible. AWS, Digital Ocean, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, VMware, Packet. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 537495 What you’ll be doing... As a Member of Technical Staff (MTS), you will have the opportunity to build and monitor the Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). Our team members are smart, hard-working, and want to help transform the way we operate. This opportunity will provide growth for any engineer with the willingness to learn, document and share their experiences. We operate with a lean startup mentality with the support of a large directional division. You will have the experience and expertise of the best network team in the world behind you as you help the team transform infrastructure, workload, and product through content delivery, mobility, and Verizon's enabling of the Internet of Things. The MTS – VCP Deployment & OAM Engineer will learn from senior members the Openstack deployment process. In addition, understanding, maintaining, and integrating the Verizon Cloud Monitoring Platform (VCMP). As part of this work, you will execute continuous integration and continuous deployment while leveraging DevOps best practices. The position will support an on-call overlay practice that is available to tier 1,2,3 troubleshooting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Additionally, work closely with cross functional teams during and after outages to understand customer impact, analyze Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and utilize that information to improve the various platforms. What we’re looking for... Verizon is looking for out-of-the-box thinkers to help us build and manage the Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). People who are smart, hard-working, and really want to help transform the way we do operations. What we do really matters to the business. This is a great opportunity for you to bring your technical leadership, skills and experience to life as part of a small team within a large organization. We operate with a lean startup mentality with the support of a large directional division. You will have the experience and expertise of the best network team in the world behind you as you help the team transform infrastructure, workload, and product through content delivery, mobility, and Verizon's enabling of the Internet of Things. You'll nened to have: Bachelor’s Degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: A degree in Computer Science. Linux systems administration. Experience authoring, maintaining, executing infrastructure as code. Experience with integrating fault management tools (e.g. Nagios, Icinga2, Zabbix). OpenStack understanding and administration. Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g. Python, Java, Bash/Shell, Ruby, Perl, other). Knowledge of Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet, and Ansible. AWS, Digital Ocean, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, VMware, Packet. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 536657 What you’ll be doing... You’ll be working with a team of Planners, vendors, IT, Network Operations & Network planning organization to define various aspects of overall network architecture; and its integration with BSS/OSS platforms. You will need to know how to work with virtualized network functions, software defined network controllers and OpenFlow, and also how to manage the interaction with applications and orchestration systems that connect via northbound application programming interfaces (APIs). You will be responsible for developing e2e orchestration for sliced based network that spans across EPC and NGC, RAN and Transport. Additionally, in this role you will need to know how to integrate network functions, IT-stacks, and modify / create the flows to create strategic architectures. Interacting with various internal stakeholders (for example, Planners, IT, Network, Operations, Standards) and with vendors/partners to understand the options, and then select the most optimal. Providing the thought leadership to the cross-functional team in crafting solutions, and describing the impact of the new solution to systems and processes; also you will be directly managing a small team of technology architects. Articulating (in writing as well as orally) in-depth analysis and recommendation to executives on regular basis. Providing thought-leadership in developing designs for complex SDN/NFV work that spans across multiple technologies, business units and organizations. Defining network architecture frameworks required to bring NFV functions. Performing cost-benefit analysis of components of SDN/NFV eco-system, creating reference architectures, in-depth understanding of partner VNF managers, integrating with orchestration, conducting market research, monitoring competitive activity, identifying customer needs, and product strategy. Providing the thought leadership to the cross-functional team in crafting solutions, and describing the impact of the new solution to systems and processes. Articulating (in writing as well as orally) in-depth analysis and recommendation to executives on regular basis. 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 work experience. Even better if you have: Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science. Understanding of standard routing protocols like MLPS, BGP, OSPF, ISIS and relationship to OpenFlow. Knowledge of wireless network functions (network elements like EPC, IMS, PCRF, etc.) of EPC and RAN, 5G Network Architecture Ability to work in, manage and lead, a team in diverse and multiple stakeholder environments. Knowledge of the standards (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, GSMA, etc.) specifications. Understanding of eCOMP, ONAP, and OPNFV concepts Knowledge of management plane, in particular, that of O-RAN. Technical knowledge of wireline/wireless transport, cloud solutions models services, and analytics. Network fundamentals including Wireless communication, routing protocols, and Ethernet access technologies. Proficient in generating effective analytical insights and meaningful communication with peer groups and executives. Knowledge of wireline networks and services – Private and Public IP network services, Switched Ethernet Services, Managed network services. Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, meet deadlines, and simultaneously work on multiple projects. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 536269 What you’ll be doing... Do you love to troubleshoot and solve problems? Are you interested in gaining a broad exposure to Content Delivery Networks (CDN)? Would you like to work on the world’s fastest, most reliable network ensuring the finest user experience is achieved? Then this position is for you! As a member of CDN performance team, you will be responsible for constant improvement to the user experience that access content from our CDN partners. You will be working on CDN traffic management, configurations, performance monitoring, capacity management, and escalations from operations or consumer point of view. This is an opportunity to work in a global network engineering department, on a team that is heavily involved in every facet of improving the overall customer experience. You'll partner closely with other teams to make our services more reliable and performant each day. This is the job for you if you love to investigate problems, solve technical issues, work on a team, and think first about the customer’s experience. Knowledge of CDN best practices and industry standard KPIs and how to measure. Hands-on experience with CDN vendors such as; Akamai, Level3, Limelight, Apple, Amazon, Fastly. Strong knowledgeof Content Delivery Networks, Media acquisition/packaging/delivery and OTT concepts. Work with CDN partners and other engineering groups to verify performance and coordinate responses to any incidents where KPIs were violated. Develop and monitor CDN performance and metrics. Enhance CDN monitoring and performance tools. Lead and manage initiatives and projects to develop new CDN performance solutions. Develop solutions and test guidance to satisfy technical requirements that address management, scalability, performance and redundancy. Define, document, and communicate standards for managing CDN performance. Engage in the forward-looking planning and decision-making process to ensure the CDN product is in a continuous improvement cycle to support the business strategy. Relevant Systems and Network Administration experience involving how infrastructure hardware and software interacts with each other. Scripting experience in Python & Bash, automation in Ansible or relevant technologies. Experience in Splunk and/or creation of Splunk dashboards or related software tools. What we’re looking for... Contributes to the overall strategic vision of the Content Delivery Network (CDN) organization to analyze requirements and design/test solutions in an end-to-end environment. Recognized across the organization as a performance subject matter expert on CDN technologies and sought as a resource for resolution of complex problems. Undertakes multiple highly complex CDN projects and will require coordination across multiple business units. This position will specifically be focused on the performance of platforms involved in the direct serving of content across multiple CDN vendors. Ensuring all CDN partners meet minimum requirements for reliability/resiliency, including definition and monitoring of CDN performance KPIs. Evaluating potential CDN vendors and making recommendations for CDN performance within the Direct-to-Consumer business unit. This is a senior level position and we are looking for a minimum of six or more years of experience in a CDN related field. You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have: A degree or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering. Protocols: DNS, SNMP, HTTP/S, TCP, UDP, BBR, DHCP, SSL, QUIC, Anycast; Adaptive Streaming (DASH, HLS, HDS, Smooth) with knowledge of future protocols. Software: NGINX, Varnish, LUA, Python, Jenkins, Kafka, SQL, XML. Excellent documentation/technical writing skills. Strong troubleshooting skills. Strong communication skills. Willingness to Travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

What you’ll be doing... Do you love to troubleshoot and solve problems? Are you interested in gaining a broad exposure to Content Delivery Networks (CDN)? Would you like to work on the world’s fastest, most reliable network ensuring the finest user experience is achieved? Then this position is for you! As a member of CDN performance team, you will be responsible for constant improvement to the user experience that access content from our CDN partners. You will be working on CDN traffic management, configurations, performance monitoring, capacity management, and escalations from operations or consumer point of view. This is an opportunity to work in a global network engineering department, on a team that is heavily involved in every facet of improving the overall customer experience. You'll partner closely with other teams to make our services more reliable and performant each day. This is the job for you if you love to investigate problems, solve technical issues, work on a team, and think first about the customer’s experience. Knowledge of CDN best practices and industry standard KPIs and how to measure. Hands-on experience with CDN vendors such as; Akamai, Level3, Limelight, Apple, Amazon, Fastly. Strong knowledgeof Content Delivery Networks, Media acquisition/packaging/delivery and OTT concepts. Work with CDN partners and other engineering groups to verify performance and coordinate responses to any incidents where KPIs were violated. Develop and monitor CDN performance and metrics. Enhance CDN monitoring and performance tools. Lead and manage initiatives and projects to develop new CDN performance solutions. Develop solutions and test guidance to satisfy technical requirements that address management, scalability, performance and redundancy. Define, document, and communicate standards for managing CDN performance. Engage in the forward-looking planning and decision-making process to ensure the CDN product is in a continuous improvement cycle to support the business strategy. Relevant Systems and Network Administration experience involving how infrastructure hardware and software interacts with each other. Scripting experience in Python & Bash, automation in Ansible or relevant technologies. Experience in Splunk and/or creation of Splunk dashboards or related software tools. What we’re looking for... Contributes to the overall strategic vision of the Content Delivery Network (CDN) organization to analyze requirements and design/test solutions in an end-to-end environment. Recognized across the organization as a performance subject matter expert on CDN technologies and sought as a resource for resolution of complex problems. Undertakes multiple highly complex CDN projects and will require coordination across multiple business units. This position will specifically be focused on the performance of platforms involved in the direct serving of content across multiple CDN vendors. Ensuring all CDN partners meet minimum requirements for reliability/resiliency, including definition and monitoring of CDN performance KPIs. Evaluating potential CDN vendors and making recommendations for CDN performance within the Direct-to-Consumer business unit. This is a senior level position and we are looking for a minimum of six or more years of experience in a CDN related field. You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have: A degree or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering. Protocols: DNS, SNMP, HTTP/S, TCP, UDP, BBR, DHCP, SSL, QUIC, Anycast; Adaptive Streaming (DASH, HLS, HDS, Smooth) with knowledge of future protocols. Software: NGINX, Varnish, LUA, Python, Jenkins, Kafka, SQL, XML. Excellent documentation/technical writing skills. Strong troubleshooting skills. Strong communication skills. Willingness to Travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 536886 What you’ll be doing... This position be part of the MPN Reliability Engineering Team and will be responsible for the engineering work on our national network supporting Enterprise Wholesale and Public Safety Networks. Responsible for MPN applications over cloud and NFV based architecture. This position will drive the evolution and performance of the applications, with an emphasis on finding and developing better ways to automate recurring work effectively. Demonstrate subject expertise to optimize applications and drive issue resolution. This involves working closely with all application owners and vendors to ensure end-to end service performance metrics are achieved. Automation Development and testing. Identifying day to day deployment and operational tasks that are repetitive and ripe for automation. Develop automation solutions on an ad hoc basis or using vendor and home-grown systems (NSO, HP NFVD, itential) using Agile methodologies. Test solutions in a sandbox, lab, or production environment to ensure reliability and scalability. Software and configuration deployment at scale Software and configuration deployment at scale. – As the network evolves more towards an infrastructure as code environment, Reliability Engineers must deploy code and software. The network elements, users served, and data throughput are growing at an exponential pace. Delivering software and code at a higher scale while maintaining if not improving the reliability that has backed the building of the brand over the years Automation Framework System administration Vendor Management – Driving vendors and solution providers to ensure they are providing software and features needed to support the MPN service as well as the network automation framework. Providing feedback on deliverables and driving dates for service critical features, software and bug fixes Develop front end automation solutions that support reliable payload generation to orchestrations systems Initiate and manage projects for network builds, modifying configurations, refining designs, and troubleshooting issues/analyzing problems. Manage multiple projects at one time and ensure projects stay within budget. Lead FOAs and support HQ proof of concept initiatives including new application turn-ups / instantiations. Use independent judgment and discretion to make decisions in the best interest of the business. What we’re looking for... You'll need to have: Associate's degree or two or more years ofwork experience. Threeor more years of relevant work experience. Experience in wireless switching environment. Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends as necessary. Even better if you have: A degree. PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and DB experience (MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB). Ability to troubleshoot network, servers, or application issues. Knowledge of TCP/IP, LAN/WAN and IP routing protocols, familiar with Data Center architecture. Knowledge of interdependent aspects of virtual applications including eNSE, VCP-E, Linux/Unix, application, and software skills (Python, Ansible, RESTful / NETCONF API and automation tools, JSON, XML, YAML). Working experience over Cloud Technologies such as Open stack, Kubernetes, Containers, etc. Experience engineering, monitoring, and growing complex data networks. Embrace change of a dynamic, evolving business environment, and contribute original thinking, openness, and alternative solutions for change initiatives. Possess a proactive work style with the ability to set priorities, work with minimum supervision and with a diverse group of professionals. Experience with professional development including technical and leadership training / certificates. Strong work ethic, integrity and work extremely well in a team environment. Excellent interpersonal skills. Experience analyzing and resolving complex problems. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 534563 What you’ll be doing... This position is required to provide engineering support for the OCS suite of services nationally, including Prepaid, Usage Control, Account Group Share, Real Time Reporting, eSM, eCGS, D/R Routers, M2M, and SRPs. OCS is a multi-departmental national platform comprised of 100+ network elements. The designs for OCS require in-depth knowledge of the hardware, software, and call flows. The MTS-IV Consultant is responsible for the execution and implementation of feature designs, engineering support of the OCS network elements, services, capacity and demand, and execution of the POR (Plan of Record). This position will be responsible for managing multiple projects, heavily involved in migrating applications from bare metal to VCP core. Provide direction on technical design issues and manage to resolution any variances identified. Work independently with minimal supervision, while keeping management and project team fully aware of implementation schedule progress. Learn and maintain operational excellence. The engineer is expected to identify and bring to management’s attention areas of improvement as the deployment evolves. The MTSIV Cslt responsibilities include: Broad and extensive knowledge of platforms that vary in technology, brand and vendor support. Management/Ownership of all aspects of environment maintenance and supportability designs that enable the Operations team to support the platform. Independently interfacing with multiple vendors, project teams and resources within various platforms. Through the expertise of policies, procedures and technical requirements for each of the vendors and platforms, the specialist will ensure that environments meet the high standards of Verizon network elements. Implement plans for migrating to VCP core and manage a variety of technical functions resources to deliver sound design, rather than merely executing routine tasks for older, well-defined platform. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: A degree in computer science, mathematics, or any other related discipline. Two or more years of experience working for a network Eng/Ops/Dev team. Experience working with Openstack, Linux, and/or Python. Experience working with 3G and 4G call flows and wireless network applications. Experience working with Nokia hardware. Experience with project management. Experience with multiple/hybrid cloud environments. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 534563 What you’ll be doing... This position is required to provide engineering support for the OCS suite of services nationally, including Prepaid, Usage Control, Account Group Share, Real Time Reporting, eSM, eCGS, D/R Routers, M2M, and SRPs. OCS is a multi-departmental national platform comprised of 100+ network elements. The designs for OCS require in-depth knowledge of the hardware, software, and call flows. The MTS-IV Consultant is responsible for the execution and implementation of feature designs, engineering support of the OCS network elements, services, capacity and demand, and execution of the POR (Plan of Record). This position will be responsible for managing multiple projects, heavily involved in migrating applications from bare metal to VCP core. Provide direction on technical design issues and manage to resolution any variances identified. Work independently with minimal supervision, while keeping management and project team fully aware of implementation schedule progress. Learn and maintain operational excellence. The engineer is expected to identify and bring to management’s attention areas of improvement as the deployment evolves. The MTSIV Cslt responsibilities include: Broad and extensive knowledge of platforms that vary in technology, brand and vendor support. Management/Ownership of all aspects of environment maintenance and supportability designs that enable the Operations team to support the platform. Independently interfacing with multiple vendors, project teams and resources within various platforms. Through the expertise of policies, procedures and technical requirements for each of the vendors and platforms, the specialist will ensure that environments meet the high standards of Verizon network elements. Implement plans for migrating to VCP core and manage a variety of technical functions resources to deliver sound design, rather than merely executing routine tasks for older, well-defined platform. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: A degree in computer science, mathematics, or any other related discipline. Two or more years of experience working for a network Eng/Ops/Dev team. Experience working with Openstack, Linux, and/or Python. Experience working with 3G and 4G call flows and wireless network applications. Experience working with Nokia hardware. Experience with project management. Experience with multiple/hybrid cloud environments. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 526161 What you’ll be doing... The Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP) Core, Edge and International regions are discrete private cloud environments. Each is an OpenStack-based platform delivering infrastructure services (IaaS) in support of enterprise solutions, wireless, wireline applications and the migration of traditional applications based on physical infrastructure to virtualized infrastructure. VCP is the directional cloud platform supporting applications from all lines of the Verizon business. In this role you will support the engineering, operations, and maintenance of VCP and its global footprint. The role is dynamic and includes interfacing with tenants and other support teams during triage events. Provide 24x7 operational support for the VCP Core and Edge platforms. Look for and exploit opportunities for operational and management automation by using agile software development practices and tools such as Ansible, Puppet, BASH and Python Scripting. Be responsible for one or more of the following: deployment, upgrading, and patching. Be responsible for daily operations. This includes responsibilities for back end storage solutions, and underlying network infrastructure. Serve as the point of escalation for operational issues identified by platform tenants, tier 1 support, and other Verizon business units. Be responsible for implementing new operational procedures to evolve and streamline the operational processes. Monitor the operational status of VCP resources and take corrective actions where needed. This includes engaging with vendors and platform tenants to resolve issues. Monitor platform efficiencies, for maintaining accurate and up-to-date performance metrics, logging, and alarming as well focusing on operational discipline and security best practices. Effectively communicate with cloud tenants and occasionally external customers. 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 work experience. Even better if you have: Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related discipline or four or more years of equivalent work experience. Experience with Linux systems administration, preferably in a virtualized environment. Familiarity with OpenStack deployment, administration, and operations. Experience with networking concepts and protocols; network certifications CCNA, CCP or equivalent proficiencies Experience working with execution frameworks and modern configuration management tools such as Ansible. Experience with distributed storage solutions such as iSCSl, Ceph, and Swift. Experience deploying and supporting various distributions of OpenStack. Strong scripting skills such as Python, Bash, and Perl. Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Technical and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot end-to-end systems. Experience with carrier grade hardware. Linux certifications I and II, or equivalent proficiencies. Strong Knowledge of IP network services and protocols and network services (DNS, LDAP, NFS, SSH). OpenStack certification. Experience with DBMS (Database systems). Experience with firewalls and load balancers. Experience with network routing and security Experience with network trouble shooting tools e.g. for packet capture. Experience with LTE/IMS Call Flows. Contribution to open-source projects. Membership and interaction with the OpenStack community and active participation in the core projects. Willingness to travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 535932 What you’ll be doing... Our team is part of the CDS organization (Commercial Data Systems) and is responsible for the operations and engineering support of the following Messaging Platforms: MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Center) MMSC LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) VMG (Verizon Messaging Gateway) VMP (Verizon Messaging Proxy) We strive to maintain our platforms availability to our customers by providing 24/7 support. The main responsibilities of the selected candidate will be: Lead engineer for new installations, network integration, feature activation and software upgrades of our platforms. Lead engineer in the migration of applications to Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP). This includes installation, instantiation, planning of the Virtual Network Functions (VNF). Preparing Capacity and Demand reports to forecast platform needs. Providing expert support during troubleshooting sessions for platform related issues found that require immediate resolution. Interacting with cross functional internal teams such as: HQ Planning, Maintenance Engineering and other organizations to design and deploy components for optimal efficiency and reliability. Interacting and managing vendors and suppliers of our platforms. Providing support to other team members. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant work experience. Three or more years of telecommunications and/or Information Systems experience. Three or more years of UNIX/Linux experience. Even better if you have: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Four or more years of experience in wireless telecommunications or IT systems operations. Knowledge of MMS protocols (MM1, MM3, MM4, MM7 interfaces) and MMS call flows. Knowledge of SMS and SMPP protocols and call flows. Advanced knowledge of IP network services, server load balancing, routing, and protocols, such as HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, SMPP, SNPP, WCTP, XML, SNMP, and LDAP. Experience with Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) and Software Defined Networks (SDN). Proven experience of applications instantiations in OpenStack. Proven experience managing applications hosted in AWS. Advanced troubleshooting skills of network and application issues. Experience in utilizing monitoring tools such as Netscout, Sev One. Red Hat Linux System Administrator (RHCSA) or equivalent certification or demonstrated Linux experience. CCNA or equivalent certification or demonstrated networking experience. Experience with scripting (Shell, Python, Perl, etc.). Experience with packet capture analysis (Wireshark) to detect and solve network or application related problems. Willingness to travel. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.

Job # 535397 What you’ll be doing... You will be part of the HQ System Performance Organization leading a group of highly technical engineers responsible for the Service Performance of the Voice and Data networks including KPIs definition and the verification and implementation of new technology standards. Manage, lead, train and develop a team of engineers responsible for the Service Performance of the Voice and Data networks including new technologies. Evaluate and optimize new vendor software loads and features as well as revise previous efforts to align to changes in network. Create GPLs, software updates and features for all Infra-RAN vendors during ad post FOA. Develop and support Data Analytics practices including, but not limited to, algorithm development, data processing and illustration to drive action and efficiencies, database management, and automation within the organization. Collaborate with Maintenance Engineering to provide market configuration for FOA, review of validation test plans and test results, test feature interactions with legacy devices and determine feature readiness/worthiness for GA. Support 5G-NR software and feature deployment as well as assist in local performance optimization practices. Collaborate with SON teams for inclusion of best optimization practices into SON for national deployment. Lead the team to ensure prompt trouble identification and resolution and establish performance standards and tracking for the RAN Network. Interact with Device Technology, Network Planning and RAN vendors to provide feedback on feature definitions, RAN and device roadmap. Collaborate with Device Performance Team, Territories and Market System Performance on device issues and performance optimization trials. What we’re looking for... You will have: Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Six or more years of relevant work experience. Willingness to travel. Even better if you have: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical field. Knowledge of RF engineering concepts and principles. Experience in Radio Access Network including LTE, VOLTE, and CDMA. Knowledge of 5G NR. Knowledge of standards (3GPP), Device Requirements, RAN OEM feature details, and RAN field test experience. Proficiency in using tools (QXDM, DMAT, etc.), network performance tools (LPT, NCWS, PCMD, etc.), and communicate through network advisory, network directive, and power point/pdf best practice or field training material. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact, present and communicate technical information at all organization levels, from entry level engineers to Fellows and all members of the management team including senior executives. Demonstrated strong leadership skills. High level of accountability, ownership and sense of urgency. Strong technical, analytical, and project management skills. Ability to demonstrate performance stability by maintaining performance level under varying degrees of pressure and uncertainty, and effectively dealing with situations for which few or no guidelines exist. Ability to manage a team of diverse engineers of varying backgrounds who are often working remotely in other offices or in the field. Experience leading a technical team. When you join Verizon... You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far. 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. Different makes us better.