Network Engineer

Network EngineerDesign and build and test automation frameworks to test optical network engineering lab configurations and automation SW (in-house developed or from vendors), test proof of concept (POC) and deployment configurations for multi-vendor high capacity optical switching and DWDM transport (100Gbps/200Gbps/400Gbps/600Gbps/800G/1+ Tbps) network architectures and engineering solutions in San Jose POC/certification lab. Testing includes HW, SW (system SW, EMS etc.) from vendors and any in-house built SW. Document and review the test results with the global teams and resolve issues with vendors. Support evaluation of new optical NW product HW and SW. Work with senior level Optical Network Architects and other members of the Equinix Engineering and operations and external vendors (Ciena, Infinera, Cisco, Fujitsu, Adva etc.) to perform the duties. Skills: 10 + years of testing/certification or deployment of optical DWDM transport systems and networks HW or SW; Understanding of DWDM/photonic/L0, L1, L2/L3 from the OSI layer; Proficient in UNIX/LINUX based operating systems like Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.; Desire understanding of Software Defined Networks (SDN) for Datacenter Networking including one or more of the of the following controllers/orchestrators: Cisco/Tail-f/NSO, NOKIA/NUAGE, Fujitsu Virtuora, NEC/NETCRACKER, or ONOS; Require experience with developing scripts (Python etc.) and lab automation; Desire experience in new ways of optical service provisioning and managing with transport SDN, OpenConfig, Streaming Telemetry, zero touch provisioning; Require experience working on optical transport systems (DWDM/fixed and flex-grid ROADM/Optical Switches etc.