Senior Operations Engineer

Company Description

At Brightspeed, we are reimagining how people live, work, play and connect by providing fast, reliable internet connections and an awesome customer experience in twenty states throughout the Midwest and South.

Backed by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, our vision is to accelerate the upgrade of copper to fiber optic technologies, bringing faster and more reliable internet service to many rural markets traditionally underserved by broadband providers, while delivering best-in-class customer experience.  

Be a part of the team that will make this vision a reality….designing and building a world class fiber network and creating a customer experience second to none.

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Job Description

Senior Operations Engineer, Transport Support requires a high degree of advanced technical, analytical, and managerial competencies to solve complex problems and issues and provide technical support to various Brightspeed organizations.

Employees in this position assume ownership and accountability in recognized Transport technical disciplines and provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to employees across departmental segments.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Proactive technical leadership regarding issues related to service assurance and delivery, network reliability, and customer satisfaction
• High level analysis and identification of unique, complex, or chronic issues in the Transport network
• Technical management and direction in the resolution of real time, network-affecting core and peripheral elements, applications, or issues involving malfunction, degradation, and/or failure situations
• Training and mentorship of lower-level Technical Support engineers and technicians, including the production and delivery of job aids, operational processes and procedures, and technical management methodologies
• In-depth subject matter expertise in hardware/software/database operations for multiple Transport platforms including, Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM), and/or Reconfigurable Add Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) technologies.
• Subject matter expertise in the production of Technical Support bulletins and alerts
• Review and approve or deny/correct Methods of Procedures (MOP), Network Change Management System documents (NCMS) Task Orientated Practices (TOP), Product Change Notices (PCN), Vendor Manuals, Standard Configurations, etc. relative to quality, accuracy, and reliability
• Technical direction of personnel and contractors in Field Operations and Core and Customer Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Centers
• Participate in the evaluation of new features and products via formalized testing and certification prior to deployment, and participation in operational assessments of First Office Applications (FOA)
• Review of software upgrade release documentation prior to platform upgrades, participation in regression testing in the supplier and/or CenturyLink lab environment, and successful management of software upgrade deployments within network elements/platforms
• Actively engage manufacturer or supplier technical support when failure conditions exist within a platform or application that cannot be resolved in a timely manner
• Engagement with Staff, Technology Strategy and Development, Integration and Test Lab, Vendor Technical Management, Planning and Engineering, Life Cycle Management, Procurement, Channel Market Units, Project Management, and others relative to platform operation, performance, and management
• Engagement with manufacturers, suppliers, industry representatives, and entities
• Availability and ability to perform 7x24x365 and on- call duties with limited assistance 

Qualifications

WHAT IT TAKES TO CATCH OUR EYE

• Extensive knowledge and experience in architecture, interoperability, operations, growth, maintenance, and life cycle of Transport network services, and systems
• Subject matter expert in SONET and DWDM/ROADM technology platforms, including lower-level applications and associated technologies and configurations
• Knowledge of Element Management Systems (EMS), Operational Support Systems (OSS), network inventory, alarming, provisioning, and other support systems
• Successful demonstration of improvements to network reliability
• Proficiency in interpersonal communications, particularly with up and downstream personnel at all company levels
• Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the business, i.e., suppliers, executive, market unit, technology group, cross-functional work groups, and industry entities
• Effective oral, written and presentation skills, including proficien