When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect around the world. We’re a human network that reaches across the globe and works behind the scenes. We anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together—lifting up our communities and striving to make an impact to move the world forward. If you’re fueled by purpose, and powered by persistence, explore a career with us. Here, you’ll discover the rigor it takes to make a difference and the fulfillment that comes with living the #NetworkLife.

What you’ll be doing...

Join Verizon as we continue to expand our industry-leading network to improve the ways people, businesses, and things connect. Verizon is positioned to lead the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR) with the emergence of technologies like our best-in-class 5G network and the Internet of Things (IoT) to impact a wide variety of industries such as healthcare, education, manufacturing, public safety, government, and many others. We are in the midst of historic breakthroughs in connectivity and mobility to blend the physical and the digital through cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnologies, 3D printing, wearables, and advanced robotics. As part of this team, you will play a critical role in our network transformation through building a unified network across all lines of business and maintaining the technology that keeps millions of our customers connected.

You will provide advance-tiered support when joining our Cloud Platform Operations team. You will help maintain and advance our OpenStack & OpenShift environments. This includes collaborating with tenants and peer support teams and participating in feedback loops with upstream resources that will shape the company direction. While embracing new technologies in an evolving culture, you will support our cloud strategies.

• Providing advanced support for our cloud platform, and being responsible for the OpenStack & OpenShift environments, as well as critical underlying hardware elements such as servers, network switches, cabling infrastructure and back-end storage

• Communicating with cloud tenants and external customers when/where necessary

• Troubleshooting failures and productivity impacting events.

• Participating in an on-call rotation that provides after hours and week-end support to cloud tenants and internal Vz Cloud Platform Operations teams

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Must be a current participant of the Department of Defense Skillbridge Program or of the Hiring our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program Cohort 2-2024. ​

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.

• Knowledge of Datacenter Infrastructure and commonly accepted operational best practices

• Knowledge of 7 layer OSI model and Network Cabling best practices

• Knowledge of Cloud Computing Architectures (Compute, Network, Storage devices)

• Vendor management skills

Even better if you have one or more of the following: ​

• A degree in engineering, computer science or related discipline

• Proficiency in troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking elements

• Excellent technical and communication skills

• Linux Administration certifications I and II, or equivalent proficiencies.

• Network certifications CCNA, CCP, or equivalent proficiencies.

• Proficiency in system administration, network administration, and the virtualization disciplines

• Patching, updating and upgrading both hardware and software resources.

• Automating repetitive task using agile software development practices and tools such as Ansible, Puppet, BASH and Python Scripting

• Experience with distributed storage solutions such as iSCSl, Ceph, and Swift.

• Experience with Linux systems administration, preferably in a virtualized environment.

• Experience with networking concepts and protocols, including SDN and NFV.

• Experience supporting Kubernetes clusters (RedHat OpenShift preferred) and OpenStack deployments

• Understanding of Microservices and both CNF and VNF application strategies

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington work location, the compensation range for this position is between $0.00 and $0.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

At Verizon, we're a human network, connected across the globe and working behind the scenes. Our V Teamers lift up communities and make an impact while enjoying the flexibility to focus on the passions that matter most. That’s life in the #NetworkLife.