Principal Engineer II

Principal Engineer II

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Job#: 1307325

Job Description:

Apex Systems is currently partnering with a major telecom provider based in Denver to support their need for 2 full-time Principal Network Engineers.

Day to Day

• On ground protocol for routers/switches - lead technical architects and architecture teams - very hands on
• Support Wireless lab environment and systems/Wi-Fi core
• Building and growing network lab infrastructure- looking for great route/switch engineers
• Build documents for architects to go to production
• In office - learning and collaborating with team
• Interreact with sys admin and application teams
• Define/shape the future of architecture for the labs and production
• Create PowerPoints and present to stakeholders best technologies in the market, pros/cons of each, what their capabilities entail, how much they cost, and ultimately sell stakeholders on which best technologies to adopt
• Mentor Jr. engineers

Project Scope

• Network Infrastructure - Wireless Technology Core laboratory network and lab network integration
• Systems Wi-Fi Core
• Supporting one of the largest initiatives of Charter Communications - expanding their network to other markets/expanding Charter's footprint

Team Culture/Size

• Reports directly to Sr. Director
• Team of 10
• This person will have no reports. A Principal Engineer II is equivalent to IC Dir that has no reports
• 5G core and Systems Infrastructure teams (peer teams), have around 10 per team as well, working closely with them

Must have skills/certs

• Similar experience to Sr. Dir (Network infrastructure building, developing and maintaining)
• Previous network engineer working with router/switches
• Active Cisco Certs (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCIC, JNCP, OSPF Security Certs)
• SME in their field
• Telecom/Cable/Carrier industry experience

Onsite expectations: 2-3 Hybrid

Vaccination Requirement: N/A

Interview Process: 2 rounds (aiming for one and done but may have second for additional questions/tie breaker)

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