The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for engineering, certification, and operation of Optical, Ethernet, and IP products and services at Dobson Fiber. Requires strong understanding of Layer 1, 2, and 3 principles with
practical application across multiple HW/SW vendors. Must be able to work individually and as part of a team while multi-tasking and adapting in a fast paced environment. Requires excellent internal communication skills with
occasional customer interaction.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• Develop and execute test plans to certify products and services
• Publish MOPs/EDPs for delivering new service, maintenance, upgrades,
and augments
• Assist with capacity planning
• Configure and troubleshoot optical transport, carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS,
and SD-Wan
• Provide technical expertise and support to various internal departments
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation
QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:
• CCNP, JNCIP, CCIE, JNCIE, or related certifications and/or experience
preferred
• 5+ years of engineering service provider networks (Optical, Ethernet, and/or IP/MPLS/SD-Wan)
• Nokia 7750 and 7360, Ciena, Cyan, Juniper, Cisco, Accedian, Transition, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Arbor, A10, BTI, TurinMS Office, Visio, Planet Operate, Blue Planet/MCP, Circuit Vision, Service Now, Versa Networks,
Velo Cloud, VMWare, Ubuntu/Linux, Vaonet, Cacti, Python, Perl, REST/JSON

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
• DWDM, ROADM, GPON/FTTH optical transport
• Hands on experience on commissioning Ciena RLS Node via Navigator NMS (formerly MCP)
• Hands on experience commissioning Ciena WaveServerAI and WaveServer5
• Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), carrier Ethernet (EPL, EVPL, ELAN)
• IPv4/v6 including BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SD-Wan
• Knowledge of network security standards and best practices
Job Description: Network Engineer Date: February 2025
Pay Grade: Reports to: SVP of Engineering

FLSA Classification: Exempt Location: Corporate
• Knowledge of common network monitoring and security utilities
• Self-starter
• Able to perform detailed work both individually and with team members
• Strong documentation, communication, and presentation of methods
and results

ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS
• No travel expected for this position
• Indoor office environment

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Usual office environment with frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and
occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing.
Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enables the use of office
machinery. Oral and auditory capacity enables interpersonal communication
and communication through automated devices like the telephone.