[Remote] Director, Network Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. All Points Broadband is a fast-growing fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider dedicated to bridging the digital divide and bringing high-speed internet access to underserved communities. The Director of Network Engineering will oversee the design and engineering of fiber-based GPOM service delivery and access networks, ensuring efficient operation and troubleshooting of network components.

Responsibilities

• Assisting and overseeing the design and development of a multistate regional consumer ISP with the mission of delivering broadband internet to the most rural regional communities
• Working alongside leadership peers to drive an aggressive design, development and construction plan. Working to find consensus on solutions that drive the overall project to plan
• Collaborating and negotiating with key vendor partners on technology solutions
• Maintaining and administering service delivery networks and related environments that may include systems software, applications software, hardware, and configurations
• Performing disaster recovery operations and data backups when required
• Protecting data, software, and hardware by coordinating, planning, and implementing network security measures
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware, software, and other network and system problems
• Replacing faulty network hardware components when required
• Along with Network Operations Center teams, monitor network performance to determine if adjustments need to be made
• Conferring with network users about solving existing system problems
• Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of networks and computer systems
• Coordinating network access and use
• Designing, configuring, and testing networking software, element management and other operating system software

Skills

• A minimum of 10 years' experience designing and configuring network infrastructure, network hardware and transport layers
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions. Emotional and intellectual agility, while working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong cross functional collaboration with technical operations leadership peers
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including firewall, routers, switches, controllers
• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols
• Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design, planning and implementation of network communication systems
• Provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection
• Ability to work with all levels of staff within and outside of IT and outside the organization
• Proficient knowledge in network security
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, electrical engineering, computer engineering or related field of study with a network engineering focus

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