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Main Responsibilities

o Coordinate and Assist in the design and documentation of Comcast's IP network. Solutions should be in accordance with Comcast policies. Able to lead major network design efforts from concept to deployment.
o Contribute to VoIP architecture evolution and its impact to the Converged RAN architecture to support new and emerging services.
o Evaluate new VoIP technologies and how they can impact Comcast's IP network.
o Research industry trends, products and vendors. Expected to turn conceptual ideas into complete network solutions.
o Work closely with Product and Systems Engineering, CDV Business Units and external companies with understanding and assessing the impact of new products and services onto the Converged Network.
o Strong experience with customer environments, support for inside and outside plant design and implementation issues.
o Proven background in Service Provider environments, Service Level Agreements and experience with customer relations and support.
o Maintain sound knowledge of network standards and practices including IEEE, IETF, ISO, ITU-T, ISAC, ANSI, NIST (ANTD), CableLabs.
o Will be expected to understand at a high level IP routing protocols such as BGP-4 and OSPF.
o Is expected to have knowledge of SIP, IMS, SMB, SS7 and DSCP.
o Strong knowledge of Cisco BTS and MGX architectures, CedarPoint Safari technologies
o Knowledge of Broadsoft soft switches.
o Strong knowledge of eMTA's, CMTS's, boot files, DOCSIS specifications.
o Analyze traffic flows, patterns and forecasted network growth to optimize design
o Support IP Engineering process development and standardization efforts.
o Coordinate the integration of VoIP services and products onto the national backbone and assist with requirements planning for VoIP peering.
o Work independently with little supervision while providing clear documented status and progress of work activities and business issues that impact the department.
o Participate on interdepartmental teams to support organizational goals.
o Perform other related duties and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications
Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field. Equivalent certification(s) is a plus.

 Experience:
o At least 5 yrs of direct experience in the design, forecasting and implementation of a Service Provider environment or ISP equivalent environment.
o Candidate is required to have knowledge and a demonstrable understanding of voicemail technologies (IP and PBX), troubleshooting circuit switches, experience with TDM and DACS.
o General understanding of TCP/IP is required.
o Wide area network design and implementation strongly preferred.
o Large scale VoIP Telephony experience strongly preferred.
o ILEC/CLEC experience a plus.
o Experience mapping business requirements to technology capabilities, identifying gaps and omissions, and designing end-to-end solutions.
o Strong experience with Commercial customer account management and working with external customers.
o Demonstrated initiative to build relationships both internally and externally with minimal supervision/direction from management.
o Proven ability to manage multiple tasks/projects as well as to lead small, directed projects

Apply Online at: Comcast Cable