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Jobsbridge

Network Engineer

San Jose, CA

... network automation - Nexus switches line -the ability to perform large skill data center plan ... L1, L2 and L3 troubleshooting to determine root cause of software or hardware failure issues ...

Noblesoft Technologies

Network Security Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$122K - $167K/yr

Mentor and provide technical guidance to L1 and L2 engineers, supporting skill development and ... Strong understanding of network protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs (IPSec/SSL), DNS, HTTP/S

Redolent, Inc.

US_West | Data Engineer_L3

Anaheim, CA · On-site

... network, knowledge of RAN layers - L2 & L3 and L1-L2 interface, O-RAN FH interface awareness mainly WG4. Knowledge of End to end call flows at high level • MUST - Prior Working level /testing ...

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Network Engineer

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

Rootshell Enterprise Technologies, Inc.
11 - 50 employees
Learn more about Rootshell Enterprise Technologies, Inc.external

Full-time

Re-posted 5 days ago

Job description

Hello All,
Greetings from Rootshell Inc,
Role: Network Engineer,
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Duration: Long Term
Required 10+ Years of Experience
Design and build and test automation frameworks to test optical network engineering lab configurations and automation SW (in-house developed or from vendors), test proof of concept (POC) and deployment configurations for multi-vendor high capacity optical switching and DWDM transport (100Gbps/200Gbps/400Gbps/600Gbps/800G/1+ Tbps) network architectures and engineering solutions in San Jose POC/certification lab. Testing includes HW, SW (system SW, EMS etc.) from vendors and any in-house built SW. Document and review the test results with the global teams and resolve issues with vendors. Support evaluation of new optical NW product HW and SW.
Work with senior level Optical Network Architects and other members of the Equinix Engineering and operations and external vendors (Ciena, Infinera, Cisco, Fujitsu, Adva etc.) to perform the duties.
Skills:
10 + years of testing/certification or deployment of optical DWDM transport systems and networks HW or SW; Understanding of DWDM/photonic/L0, L1, L2/L3 from the OSI layer; Proficient in UNIX/LINUX based operating systems like Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.; Desire understanding of Software Defined Networks (SDN) for Datacenter Networking including one or more of the of the following controllers/orchestrators: Cisco/Tail-f/NSO, NOKIA/NUAGE, Fujitsu Virtuora, NEC/NETCRACKER, or ONOS; Require experience with developing scripts (Python etc.) and lab automation; Desire experience in new ways of optical service provisioning and managing with transport SDN, OpenConfig, Streaming Telemetry, zero touch provisioning; Require experience working on optical transport systems (DWDM/fixed and flex-grid ROADM/Optical Switches etc.) including EMS and SDN based EMS; Understand how L0 Optical Control Plane (ASON/WSON, GMPLS) works; Test Equipment Familiarity: Ixia/IxNetwork/IxExplorer, Spirent, or Exfo/Viavi, Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA), OTDR, Optical Power Meter (OPM)

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