Portland, OR- Salary Range $100 - 120k

Job Brief

The Resident Engineer will support Circuit Emulation enabled legacy network transformation projects. This is a hands-on, engineering-focused role ideal for candidates with experience in multi-vendor environments and a strong foundation in Layer 1 through Layer 3 technologies in addition to legacy SONET Networks. You’ll work as a technical consultant, contributing to the design, testing, implementation, and migration of mission-critical networks.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a high-tech networking lab, travel, and collaborate with some of the industry’s leading transport and automation experts.

The Resident Engineer position is a full-time role with an in-office presence in the Portland area at a Customer location. This role may additionally require up to 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project teams to implement complex Layer 1–3 network solutions for primarily service provider and utility customers
• Work directly with clients to develop the strategies and procedures required to efficiently migrate thousands of mission-critical control circuits at scale
• Design, build, and validate network solutions in both lab environments and live production networks
• Create detailed technical documentation such as MOPs, test plans, network diagrams, and training materials
• Participate in interoperability and integration efforts across multi-vendor platforms (routing, switching, optical, and access)
• Support occasional onsite customer deployments, testing, and turn-up activities
• Contribute to internal documentation, configuration standards, and knowledge sharing across teams

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with the Nokia Service Router Portfolio and specifically Circuit Emulation (Cpipe, pseudowire, SAToP, CESoPSN)
• Functional knowledge of SONET/SDH networking including SONET Multiplexing Hierarchy, Digital Signal Cross-Connect (DSX) Equipment, Channel Banks (Mux/Demux), and Digital Access Cross-Connect Systems (DACS)
• Strong foundational understanding of routing and switching protocols (IGPs, BGP, MPLS, Segment Routing, Dot1q, etc.)
• Comfort working independently in remote lab or customer environments and with remote teams
• Comfort working on highly available, mission critical live customer transport networks
• Consulting or systems integration experience is a plus
• Preferred vendor certifications:
• Nokia: NRS I, NRS II, SRA,
• Nokia’s Fixed Network Certifications: FNP (Fixed Networks Professional), FNAAS (Fixed Networks Altiplano Administration Specialist)
• Juniper: JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE
• Ciena: CRS-P
• 4+ years of packet network configurations and troubleshooting experience with the general architecture requirements for Carrier Ethernet and MPLS networks
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred