When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing...

As a Principal Engineer, you will be tasked with developing resolutions to complex problems that require the frequent use of creativity. Additionally, you will also be conducting analysis of situations or data requiring an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and exercising judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

• Providing mentoring to other team members on networking, application design, engineering and automation while acting as the final escalation point to support production service issues in concert with application, operational, and triage teams.

• Leading performance meetings with the vendor, planning and maintenance engineering and creating detailed project plans.

• Providing input on status calls with teams across several organizations.

• Finishing projects independently and meeting tight timelines without impacting critical services.

• Developing excellent working relationships with and working as a partner with other departments and vendors with the purpose developing best practices for engineering and operations.

What we’re looking for...

You’re a technical expert with experience managing multiple medium to large projects at once. Cross-functional work is ideal for you, given your collaborative nature and ability to work with a variety of stakeholders across the organization. You have experience and knowledge in scripting and automation and have a knack for using these abilities to increase efficiency within a production environment. You will have a strong, customer centric voice in assisting with as well as implementing our strategic roadmap.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or ten or more years of relevant work experience.
• CCIE/CCDE certification - Valid CCIE certification in Routing and Switching, Security, or other relevant tracks.

• A Masters degree
• Experience with Python, XML, or YANG scripting languages
• Ten or more years of data networking experience (LAN/ WAN and Layer 2/ Layer 3) in a service provider network or large enterprise network environment.
• Strong Layer 2/ Layer 3 network architectural design and engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of MPLS, BGP, OSPF, and LAN technologies
• Experience with Cisco networking equipment
• Proven ability to manage complex multi-organizational projects.
• High motivation, self-starter approach, and demonstrable leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively under tight time constraints and deliver accurate results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Professional level network certification or higher.
• Understanding of QoS and network security functions (firewalls, VPN, IPS, ect)

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

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.