Specialist Tier III Technical Support - Req. # : A2308

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Job Description
The Specialist Tier III Technical Support will proactively support junior technicians in ensuring the health of the network by closely keeping up to date with the administration, installation, modification, upgrading, troubleshooting, and repair of all network related hardware for the FairPoint’s NGN, Legacy Network and ISP core network. This person will also be responsible for working with adjacent departments to ensure the security and health of the network is not compromised.          
Performs job duties consistent within safety, legal, and regulatory requirements; company standards, culture and business practices.  Acts with the highest level of business and personal ethical standards in all aspects of job performance. 
 
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
•Performs job duties consistent with safety, legal, regulatory, company and business practices and requirements.
•Work collaboratively with the Tier II TSS in a hands-on role responsible for the following; Configure, install, and maintain network equipment, connectivity, and network services across local area networks (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and remote access
•Provide support and technical expertise in networking technology to include analysis and set up of router tables
•Assist in evaluating and recommended new network equipment and services for use within the local and wide area networking environment
•Work with vendors to resolve issues that cannot be resolved internally.
•Validate trouble descriptions and perform detailed trouble diagnosis and provided documentation as needed.
•Develop trouble resolution procedures required to meet Mean Time to Repair and Network Availability goals and objectives.
•Create preventative reports identifying trends, repeat and chronic issues.
•Use network management systems and protocol analyzers to troubleshoot and analyze network traffic
•Maintain awareness of network activities affecting elements 
•Design, configure, maintain, and manage network security features
•Recommend solutions to correct network trouble issues and faults.
•Advise on network upgrades and other configuration changes to network elements to maintain service levels.
•Analyze network performance through trend analysis, messaging and reports and take appropriate corrective action.
•Support change activities to implement service restoration.
•Perform fault isolation and trouble resolution of IP/MPLS network problems.
•Conduct analysis and trouble resolution of escalated/high priority network problems.
•Configure IP network equipment as necessary to deploy and restore services. 
•Review pending services and technologies to ensure competency and ability to troubleshoot problems as they arise. 
•Interface with customers both internal and external to ensure timely resolution service impacting network trouble. 
•Tests and evaluates network systems to eliminate problems and make improvements. 
•Perform critical network maintenance and upgrades on existing network elements during maintenance windows as required. 

Additional Duties:
Contributes to department activities and programs by accomplishing related tasks as needed.

Job Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
•Strong analytical skills in the interconnectivity of networks and operating systems
•Strong knowledge of Cisco hardware and software platforms
•Knowledge and experience with Cisco IOS, Cisco Catalyst OS, Quality of Service
•Configurations, Cisco routing and switching (Cisco LightStreem 1010 ATM), VPN configuration, Juniper/Checkpoint firewall configuration and network access servers
•Familiarly with Cisco Unity and the interconnection with MS Exchange
•Extensive experience with technology such as RedBack, Adtran and Alcatel DSLAM.
•Must demonstrate knowledge in multiple areas of packet transport systems, circuit-mode (TDM) and packet-mode/soft switching systems, VOIP, Data/IP, ATM, DWDM, MPLS, DSL, DSLAM’s, CPE equipment, traffic profiling and multiplexers including BITS timing
•Strong knowledge of SONET and transport systems such as Fujitsu, Nortel, Lucent and Cisco.  
•Excellent written and verbal skills
•Strong organizational and presentation skills
•Ability to follow through with multiple projects with minimal supervision, and provide a high level of accuracy within tight deadlines
•Excellent problem solving and decision making skills
•Ability to provide after hours/on call support as part of mandatory network support program in rotation with other team members. 

Required Education & Experience:
In order to accomplish the essential duties of this position the incumbent must have 10+ years in a skilled complex network that would include maintenance, operation, administration, provisioning and troubleshooting. The incumbent must have a Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience. 
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, and the work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Position requires rotational on-call commitment. The position may require over night travel of several days. Must be able to travel by car and by air, and have a valid driver’s license. Position may require an overtime commitment to complete studies and evaluations.

FairPoint Communications reserves the right to change or revise duties and responsibilities as the need arises.  This document is not a written or implied contract of employment.

Category
Management and Professional Positions
Location
NH-MANCHESTER, 770 Elm St Manchester, NH, US 03101