Overview:

• Remote opportunity for candidates located within the contiguous United States. Candidates must be open to up to 30% travel.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in carrier-grade or large enterprise network environments
• Proven expertise with Cisco, Ciena, Arista, Nokia, and/or Juniper platforms.
• In-depth understanding of IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF/ISIS, Segment Routing, QoS, and DWDM/ROADM technologies.
• Strong background in Optical Transport technologies (e.g., coherent optics, ROADMs, alien wavelengths).
• Provide deep hands-on engineering and troubleshooting across multi-vendor platforms:
• Routing: Cisco ASR/NCS, Arista R series, Nokia 7750, Juniper MX/PTX
• Optical: Ciena Waveserver/6500, Cisco NCS/Acacia, Nokia 1830, Infinera, etc.
• Multiple industry-recognized Certifications preferred.
• Cisco CCNP (Routing & Switching or Service Provider)
• Juniper JNCIP / Nokia NRS / Ciena Certified Optical Professional
• Arista ACE / NSE or relevant OEM certifications
• Ability to lead technical workshops and effectively communicate with our clients and internal teams. (written and verbal)
• Experience in scripting or automation (e.g., Python, Ansible) is highly desirable.
• Organizational and time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize accordingly.
• Excellent analytical and critical problem-solving skills
• Strong willingness to learn modern technologies via lab work and self-study.
• Strong desire to put team and company success above his or her own interests.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing this role, you will engage in both seated and occasional standing or walking activities. We provide reasonable accommodations, in accordance with relevant laws, to support success in this position.
By embracing our values, you will contribute to our collective mission of making a positive impact within our organization and the broader community. We understand that this job description serves as a guide and is not an employment contract.

**POSITION REQUIRES PERIODIC PROJECT AND SUPPORT DUTIES DURING NON-BUSINESS HOURS AND ON CALL ROTATION.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Sr Network Engineer (Carrier Networking) with deep expertise in high-end routing and optical networking solutions. This individual will serve as a technical expert across our portfolio of next-generation infrastructure solutions from Cisco, Ciena, Arista, Nokia, and Juniper. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing complex IP/MPLS and optical networks for carrier, service provider, and large enterprise environments. Along with mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:

The essential functions of this position include:

• Design, deploy, and support high-performance networks involving core, edge, and DCI topologies using high-end routing and optical platforms.
• Provide deep hands-on engineering and troubleshooting across multi-vendor platforms:
• Routing: Cisco ASR/NCS, Arista R series, Nokia 7750, Juniper MX/PTX
• Optical: Ciena Waveserver/6500, Cisco NCS/Acacia, Nokia 1830, Infinera, etc.
• Collaborate with sales, architects, and clients to define technical solutions aligned to customer needs and industry trends.
• Lead POCs, lab validations, and on-site/remote implementations for complex infrastructure rollouts.
• Interface directly with OEM vendors to resolve escalated issues and stay current on roadmaps and features.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing, documentation, and best practices development.
• Support automation and telemetry initiatives by integrating programmable network solutions (Netconf, YANG, gRPC, Ansible, Python).
• Contribute to solution development in Data Center Interconnect (DCI), Transport/Backbone, Segment Routing, EVPN, and IP/Optical convergence.
• Lead a team of engineers on a professional services project(s).
• Maintain multiple advanced manufacturer specific advanced certifications.
• Serve every customer to ePlus’ standards.
• Position requires periodic project and support duties during non-business hours and on call rotation