What you’ll be doing...

The Cary Network Management Center is seeking motivated and driven engineers to support management of Verizon’s Power and Transport network and technologies. When you join Verizon, you’ll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses, and devices connect with each other. Beyond powering America’s fastest and most reliable network, we’re leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things, and innovating in areas such as video entertainment. Of course, Verizon offers great pay and benefits, but we offer much more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures, or numbers, you can find your future here at Verizon!

Join Verizon as we leverage our existing Power and Transport Networks with automation and turn of the century infrastructure. We are building opportunities within Verizon for career, network, and technology growth. You will be empowered with an opportunity to impact how we ensure the most reliable network in the industry! This position seeks intelligent, forward thinking, collaborative-minded, and adaptable entry level engineers. Come see how you can enhance Verizon and our global customers. We are building and developing onsite training utilizing Verizon’s HR, Vendor support, Tier 2 Technical support, and on the job training, scripting and automation! It is an exciting time at Verizon. Read below on the functions an entry level engineer will perform.

  • Providing surveillance for Verizon’s Global Power and Transport Layer 0, 1 and 2 networks. Vendors include Coriant, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Ciena/Nortel and Fujitsu.
  • Handling phone calls to respond to network alarms and events for proactive network monitoring and providing technical assistance to Field Operations on the repair of global power and transport platforms.
  • Managing trouble tickets, alarm monitoring, outage communications, and process escalations for internal and external customers.
  • Generating, driving, and updating trouble tickets via internal ticketing system.
  • Performing fault isolation, triaging, and repairing network events to ensure the health of our network.
  • Working with external and internal Verizon organizations to coordinate and troubleshoot network events.
  • Providing network technical assistance to external teams by communicating technical details to customer service centers, technical support organizations, and executive management teams during network events and major outages.

What we’re looking for...

You enjoy digging into the details to find solutions and can adapt easily to various challenges as an agile thinker. Collaborating and communicating with others comes naturally to you. Not only are you a great listener, but you know how to ask the right questions to get to the root cause of an issue.

You’ll need to have:

  • Bachelor’s degree or one or more years of work experience.
  • Willingness to work in a rotating schedule (shifts) including nights, weekends, and holidays based on the needs of the business.

Even better if you have:

  • A degree in engineering, telecommunications, computer science or equivalent discipline.
  • Two or more years of relevant work experience.
  • Knowledge of the Cloud.
  • Network Operations Center experience.
  • Scripting with Python, No-JS, Perl, or equivalent languages with examples of projects implemented.
  • IP networking certifications.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide timely and accurate network information to both management and other organizations during network events and major, critical and catastrophic outages.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced conditions while multitasking.
  • Experience driving automation initiatives.
  • Experience with SONET, Ethernet, DWDM.
  • Willingness to travel.

When you join Verizon

You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far.

Diversity and Inclusion at Verizon

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.

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. Different makes us better.

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