Lab Engineer

Location: Richardson, TX

Salary: $65.00 USD Hourly – $75.00 USD Hourly

Description: Our client is currently seeking a Lab Engineer in Richardson, TX.

You will have knowledge and skills creating, managing, and troubleshooting a layer 1-3 spine and leaf network hosting our client’s Virtualized Mobility Applications. You will demonstrate a strong willingness to collaborate across multiple teams in order to create and maintain a robust environment to support the dynamic demands of test and development efforts supporting next-gen networks.

• Implement lab test bed setup based on requirements from Network Planning, and Maintenance Engineering teams
• Insuring lab test bed setup is complete prior to test or development efforts
• Scheduling and managing availability of lab resources
• Support and triage for test bed issues, including vendor engagement/escalation
• Maintenance of lab resources to insure production-like availability
• Management of test bed inventories
• Detailing/Documenting statuses in Jira requests

• 5-7 years of demonstrated experience in IP routing, preferably Cisco and Nokia
• Experience in datacenter spine/leaf architectures
• Proficiency in Multi-protocol BGP, Labeled Unicast BGP, IS-IS, BFD, EVPN, Segment Routing, L2 Class Of Service
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting/resolving network issues across L1-L3 platforms
• Knowledge of Telecommunications/Service Provider architecture and design
• Excellent collaboration skills and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with best practices for equipment install, activation, turn-up, and network integration
• CCNP or equivalent experience/certification

• Familiarity with 5G Mobility applications
• Experience with lab operational procedures/practices
• Experience with Lab test tools – Ixia, Spirent, etc.
• Scripting/Automation experience (Python, Ansible, Shell, etc)

Contact: Please apply with us today!