Military Fellowship - Senior Engineer Specialist

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We're a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward - and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you'll be doing...

The Global Network Management - Virtual Network Operations and Engineering (vNOE) in Verizon manages business critical VoLTE and IMS platforms that provide 3G, 4G, and 5G services to Verizon customers. The Tenant Ops Engineer/Sr. Engineer Specialist will have the opportunity to implement and support the CNF Identity Management Server (IDMS).

• Migrating and maintain virtual network functions (VNFs) in Verizon Cloud Platform supporting Webscale (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform) and Openstack.
• Performing expert level troubleshooting and debugging of both network and application system issues
• Implementing detailed project plans and provide input to weekly status calls with teams across several organizations
• Implementing tenant operations MOPs for patches and new releases with focus on reduction of mean time to repair
• Running reports for daily KPI measurements, help engineering address capacity, and demand growth on the systems
• Overseeing the reporting of service KPI and analytics for the physical and virtual IDMS and other network application components
• Requiring on-call rotation and willingness to work nights depending on the needs of the business

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.

What we're looking for...

Must be a current participant of the Department of Defense SkillBridge Program or of the Hiring our Heroes Corporate Fellowship Program Cohort 1-2023.

You'll need to have:

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

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

• A degree in Computer Science.
• Good communication skills.
• Knowledge of Ansible and scripting (Shell/Python) languages.
• Knowledge of Linux and Cloud/Containerized environment.
• Knowledge of Virtual Machines in Openstack environment.
• Knowledge of Wireshark, tcpdump, ping, traceroute and netstat.
• Experience in Kubernetes/Docker and Openstack.
• Authentication/Authorization protocols such as OpenID, Oath 2.0, REST/JSON.
• Proven track record of successful and timely project delivery.
• Knowledge of fault and performance management systems (Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus).
• Ability to demonstrate applied skills and working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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