Remote Network Planning Engineer - Remote Eligible
Insight Global
Network Planning Engineer
The Network Planning Engineer is responsible for understanding a large multinational Ethernet and IP network consisting of routers and switches from a variety of vendors with Juniper being the most widely deployed technology and by creating innovative solutions to address optimization and consolidation network opportunities.
Plan new IP/Ethernet networks and how to manage capacity in the responsible market. Assist in the development of a capital budget; provide budgetary details related to customer forecast and network upgrades. Manage capital associated with projects according to plan, develop reports, and provide weekly updates.
Plan and develop proposals to cost effectively modernize legacy networks. Analyze existing extensive IP/Ethernet network and find optimization opportunities and develop high level plans of traffic migration to realize cost savings. Create short and medium term proactive capacity plans for development of IP & Ethernet network infrastructure.
Develop and recommend strategies to address specific telecommunications, connectivity, and related customer service needs. Develop business cases for expansion of IP infrastructure in new markets and provide high level IP/Ethernet network design. Design, engineer and recommend hardware solutions to support capacity augment.
Location: Remote Duration: 18 month contract, extensions and FTE conversion possible Pay rate: $47-57/hour