Network Operations Engineer in Brisbane, California at Megaport
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Job Description
This role reports to the Network Operations Engineering Manager and is responsible for network operations and maintenance and providing level 3 support for services that Megaport customers rely on. A successful applicant will work closely with the existing engineering teams to build and maintain a highly scalable, reliable, and resilient network, with a focus on automation and providing elastic services to customers on demand.
Passionate about scalable networking with an interest in automation and software, you will work on robustly solving problems with a focus on customer experience and the end product. Ideally, you have come from a telecommunications or content distribution network background with experience working on large global networks and an intimate knowledge of routing protocols and label switching. Experience with SDN and cloud-based networking concepts is a must.
What Youll Be Doing- Operations and maintenance of Megaport’s next-generation network
- Major network and Level 3 customer incident fault resolution
- Network capacity management activity ensuring availability, forecasting/planning & deployment
- Document all work completed in Megaport’s OSS/BSS systems
- Ensure appropriate monitoring is implemented for network equipment
- Maintain technical relationships with vendors and internal engineering teams
- Provide escalation support for network operations centre staff, sales, deployment, and other business units
- Provide technical summaries of proposed, planned, and completed technical work
- Evaluation, testing, and certification of new network hardware, systems and software
- Development and delivery of training to Network Operations staff
- Work with Engineering on network enhancement projects
- Passionate about technology and using technology to solve problems
- Strong work ethic and willingness to continuously improve yourself
- Focus on end user experience, taking the extra step so that users can get the most from their services
- Proven strong background in network incident resolution, incident mitigation, deployment, and maintenance
- Production experience in ISIS, BGP, MPLS Traffic Engineering, and MPLS L2/L3 VPN
- Production experience operating optical networks, particularly with DWDM and ROADM systems
- Production experience operating transit networks including managing upstream, downstream and peering relationships
- Production experience in Juniper, Cisco and Nokia hardware platforms
- Experience managing network hardware installations and single-mode fiber optics patching at 3rd party data centres
- Linux OS and Perl or Python coding experience will be highly regarded
- Be proactive and self-motivated
- Organised with a strong attention to detail
- Exceptional time management skills
- Have the ability to take initiative and work effectively in a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to work autonomously as well as in remote teams
- Hybrid work model: Three days a week in the Brisbane office, with flexibility to work remotely or from the office on other days
- On-Call: Weekend and public holiday shifts are part of a rotating on-call schedule approximately every 10 weeks to ensure continuous coverage and support availability
- Flexible working environment – a remote-first culture with coworking options available
- Generous leave plans – including, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program
- Health and wellness support – through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives
- Comprehensive learning support – generous study and training allowance plus paid study leave
- Creative, modern workspaces – designed to inspire when you're not working remotely
- Motivated, inclusive team – work alongside industry experts and fresh talent
- Recognition programs – celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos award