Engineer III, Interconnect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Offer technical direction, comprehensive project management, and operational implementation for Verizon’s national transport network infrastructure.

• Oversee the lifecycle, capacity enhancement, and port utilization of Network-to-Network Interfaces and Access leaf interconnects.

• Connect regional RF/transport teams, third-party CLECs/ILECs, and Verizon national core switching centers.

• Organize project teams and ensure deployment activities are executed on schedule.

• Utilize Fuse project tracking tools to record milestones.

• Design and request CND and ASRs.

• Formulate corrective action plans addressing schedule and business-impact risks.

• Develop weekly program content and provide recommendations to Director and VP teams.

• Engineer strategies to add, augment, and optimize NNI capacity and peering cross-connects.

• Monitor, audit, and assess Access leaf port utilization to foresee exhaust points and initiate expansions.

• Oversee transport projects from routing design to circuit delivery, provisioning, testing, and operational handover.

• Generate and issue purchase orders, evaluate capital quotes, track spending, and hold vendors accountable for milestones and SLAs.

• Maintain network schematics, routing topologies, cross-connect layouts, and floor/rack elevation drawings.

• Model and predict bandwidth demand driven by 5G rollouts, cell densification, and macro-site upgrades.

• Coordinate and validate Layer 1–Layer 3 acceptance testing, including OTDR trace analysis, optical power levels, RFC 2544, and Y.1564.

• Address provisioning defects.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or three or more years of relevant work experience.

• At least three years of pertinent work experience.

• Proficiency in Ethernet Backhaul (EBH) architecture, IP RAN transport, and cell site routing (CSR).

• Advanced skills in Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Drive).

• Competence in technical diagramming tools such as Visio, AutoCAD, or similar.

• Minimum of 5 years in telecommunications or cellular wireless engineering with a focus on Transport, Backhaul, or Interconnect engineering, or military experience (preferred).

• Ability to align objectives among regional RF engineers, Submarket Transport Leads, Network Assurance, and National Core Operations.

• Strong technical judgment and the capability to prioritize emergency capacity projects under tight deadlines.

• Excellent negotiation and escalation skills when dealing with transport vendors.

• Practical experience with generative AI tools and large language models such as Google Gemini and Claude.

• Familiarity with cellular wireless topologies including 5G NR, LTE, Baseband Units, Open RAN, and packet transport networks.

• Understanding of Carrier Interconnection Agreements, carrier tariffs, local access charges, and meet-point architectures.

• Expertise in fiber transport including CWDM/DWDM, dark fiber networks, splice/patch panel mapping, and fiber acceptance criteria.

• Hands-on experience with Verizon’s proprietary inventory and circuit tracking system.

• Familiarity with SevOne, Iris, and proprietary EBH reporting platforms.

• Experience in issuing purchase orders and monitoring milestones in 1ERP/SAP or Fuze.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Short- and long-term disability insurance.

• Basic and supplemental life insurance.

• AD&D insurance.

• Identity theft protection.

• Pet insurance.

• Group home and auto insurance.

• Matched 401(k) savings plan.

• Up to 8 company-paid holidays each year.

• Up to 6 personal days annually.

• Paid parental leave.

• Adoption assistance.

• Tuition assistance.

• Premium pay options such as overtime, shift differentials, holiday pay, and allowances, based on the role.

• Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, with increases based on service duration.

• Remote work flexibility with occasional in-person training sessions and meetings.