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Requisition Number:
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09-5201
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Job Title:
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Tier III Engineer*
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Position Type:
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Full-time Regular
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Business Unit Area/Functional Area:
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Engineering
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Country:
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US
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State/Province:
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Washington
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City:
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Kirkland
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Relocation Approved:
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Yes
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Job Description:
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If you are motivated by having a role where what you do each day directly influences the way people work and communicate, Clearwire may be the company for you!
Clearwire, founded in October 2003 by telecom pioneer Craig O. McCaw, is focused on providing true mobility to our customers. Clearwire customers stay connected using licensed spectrum, thus eliminating the confines of traditional cable or phone lines.
On May 7, 2008, Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company to expedite the deployment of the first nationwide mobile WiMAX network.
In conjunction with this agreement Intel Corporation (through Intel Capital); Google Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Time Warner Cable Inc; and Bright House Networks have collectively agreed to invest $3.2 billion into the new company.
Tier III Engineer
The objective of this position is to provide operational support of production elements within the core network engineering group. Duties will include capacity upgrades within core networks, troubleshooting complex core network and server problems and providing technical leadership of performance issues or outages.
Responsibilities
• Analyze current network performance and plan and execute capacity upgrades.
• Respond to escalations from the Tier II and NOC organizations and drive resolution of network outages.
• Analyze network degradation and outages for root cause and provide reports to the rest of the organization.
• Collect and analyze network traces and research protocol and vendor issues.
• Manage escalations to vendor resources and drive resolution.
• Create automated solutions to common problems.
• Work closely with Core Network engineering to implement designs and train the NOC and Tier II on new systems.
• Perform work on the production network during the maintenance network to add capacity, integrate systems or configure new customer connections.
Requirements
• 5-7 years experience in a network engineering environment. Service provider experience preferred.
• Strong routing/switching experience including work with BGP, OSPF and RSTP required. MPLS or PBB-TE experience preferred.
• Cisco router and switch experience required. Juniper router and firewall (JunOS and ScreenOS) and Ciena experience preferred.
• Linux and Solaris administration skills preferred.
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language preferred.
• Experience with Mobile IP and WiMAX protocols preferred.
• Willing to work during the maintenance window (midnight – 5am) when required.
• Good documentation skills including expert use of Microsoft Visio.
• Highly motivated, results driven and passionate.
• Analytical thinker with the ability to thoughtfully analyze complex networks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required
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