Senior Network Performance Engineer

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

Switch Engineer in Helena

What you’ll be doing...

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll be out in the field keeping our facilities and equipment in top form by maintaining several locations in your assigned area. You’ll be doing regular maintenance, keeping inventories, doing audits, and maintaining and upgrading cell sites or installations. You’ll also be evaluating our network coverage and finding ways to make it even better.

• Monitoring the network, identifying areas that fail to meet KPI's established by the business.

• Utilizing existing methods for resolving network performance issues in order to improve the overall network's performance and associated metrics.

• Implementing methodologies for monitoring and troubleshooting the network to more efficiently capture performance concerns before becoming issues for our customers.

• Partnering with internal teams to deploy solutions into the network.

• Performing tests on the network's performance to verify the successful deployment of network solutions.

What we’re looking for...

You’re tech savvy and well-versed in all thing’s telecommunications. Working independently suits you well. You’re also thorough, vigilant, and on top of the details someone people count on to solve problems and to make sure they don’t happen in the first place.

You’ll need to have:

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

• Three or more years of relevant work experience.

• A valid driver's license.

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A technical degree in Electronics or Telecommunications.

• Experience in working with high speed wireless technologies.

• Experience in automation/programming and scripting.

• Strong communication skills.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.