Staff Network Engineer

GCI's Staff Network Engineer will apply engineering principles to multiple sub-groups within the Technology Solutions internal departments; responsible for architectural design, development, implementation, and support within the company and/or between business departments that follow telecommunication industry standards using engineering principles. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT ALL LEVELS:

• Ensures the integrity of high availability network infrastructure to provide maximum performance in design, implementation, and support. 
• Able to understand GCI standard engineering concepts of availability, efficiency, redundancy, scalability, and security.
• Able to Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the current network and/or systems facilities.
• Maximizes performance using network monitoring tools, troubleshooting network and/or system outages, scheduling updates, and collaborating with architects on optimization.
• Maintains professional skillset by participating in educational opportunities, technical organizations, reading professional publications, and personal use of technology.
• Provides detailed reports on network operational status, and milestones related to project completion.
• Capable of remote site support for off-site personnel and customers.
• Coordinates with project management and engineering teams on a regular basis. Supports and manages escalation events. Develops and updates documentation and support materials. Mentors’ junior engineers and technicians.

COMPETENCIES:

• ACCOUNTABILITY- Takes ownership for actions, decisions, and results; openly accepts feedback and demonstrates a willingness to improve. Take ownership and accountability of problems and facilitate finding a solution, involving other groups as necessary.  Own and manage priorities and individual tasks without direct supervision. Take initiative and seek out opportunities. Assess and accept risks and learn from mistakes. 
• BASIC PRINCIPLES - Interacts with people in a way that builds mutual trust, confidence, and respect; adheres to GCI’s Code of Conduct for Employees – the Basic Principles. Lead by example on all fronts.
• COMMUNICATION- Conveys thoughts and expresses ideas appropriately and professionally, including the ability to explain technical concepts to all audiences. Decision making, problem solving, both technical and procedural. Build and maintain effective working relationships with leadership, peers, customers, and vendors.
• COMPLIANCE - Follows internal controls; protects company and customer confidential information; abides by GCI’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics.
• CUSTOMER FOCUS - Demonstrates commitment to service excellence; gives high priority to customer satisfaction. Provide a professional level of service to both external and internal customers. 
• RELIABILITY - Consistently follows through on assigned tasks as expected; demonstrates timely attendance at meetings, training, and other work obligations.
• SAFETY & SECURITY - Supports a safe work environment by following all workplace safety rules and guidelines; complies with applicable Security policies and procedures.
• COLLABORATION - Works effectively with others to accomplish common goals and objectives; maintains positive relationships even under difficult circumstances. Build and maintain effective working relationships with leadership, peers, customers, and vendors. Work to resolve problem relationships directly. Ability to work independently and within a team environment, professionally.
• RESULTS - Uses a combination of knowledge, initiative, sound decision making, innovation, adaptability, and problem solving. Ability to provide training to team members on technology.
• MS Office knowledge (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel). Knowledge of standard network engineering concepts. Ability to create and edit network diagrams.

Additional Job Requirements:

This is a significantly advanced level Engineer, serves as a technical consultant the company and business unit’s management in area of expertise.  Performs highly complex or unique special work assignments and requires ability to coordinate complex technical issues. Capable of performing the role of Lead Project Engineer for major and complex company initiatives, crossing department boundaries or for projects involving multiple disciplines and requires advanced technical leadership.

Essential Duties of Position: Depending on the focus of the Business Unit/Group/s assigned to; must be able to follow IEEE/Industry regulations, codes & standards, working at industry leading levels and following engineering discipline practices for the duties as outlined below.

• This is a leadership role which is expected to perform at high levels throughout the company, interacting with other directors, senior directors, and vice presidents; works with great autonomy, is an expert in their given field of discipline; has profit and loss responsibility and is accountable; works with department management in developing departmental short and long-range objectives, plans, budget, and policies. Lead by example ensuring team members take full advantage of advances in the technologies used by the company to improve and add new services for our customers. Provides technical leadership, oversight, and mentors junior engineers.

• Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and be capable of performing the role of Lead Engineer for major and highly complex company initiatives, crossing departmental boundaries for projects involving multiple disciplines and requiring advanced technical leadership.

• Direct technical groups in conceptual development of network systems to support business line services and goals. Determining growth and technology direction of network operating systems to improve performance of and enhance business line services and corporate goals.

• Develop performance measurement subsystems for reporting network systems performance and advanced monitoring and review of Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Develop and maintain detailed 1-2-year capital and 5 year forward looking plans consistent with the 5-year technology roadmap. Leads/participates in the development of inter and intra team processes for system performance.  Serve as KPI subject matter, monitoring statistical network performance data. 

• Function as an integral resource to lead the integration of the company’s customers and employees alike. Work with operational teams to troubleshoot problems.  Responsible for leading and providing guidance to a team in technical discussions with vendors for resolution issues.

Minimum Qualifications: 

Required: *A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technologies, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field. *
• Minimum of twelve (12) years’ experience in progressive engineering in information technology, design and implementation using engineering principles, complex project management within telecommunications including technology insertion, or related background. *

Preferred:

• Masters and PhD degrees in Engineering.
• Broad experience within the telecommunications industry.
• Other telecom industry or job specific certifications. 

DRIVING REQUIREMENTS: 

This position may require access to reliable transportation for occasional travel, such as between retail store locations, offices, worksites, or other locations as needed. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS and WORKING CONDITIONS:  

• Work is primarily sedentary, requiring daily routine computer usage.
• Ability to work shifts as assigned, work in standard office/home office setting, and operate standard office equipment.
• Ability to accurately communicate information and ideas to others effectively.
• Physical agility and effort sufficient to perform job duties safely and effectively.
• Ability to make valid judgments and decisions. 
• Available to work additional time on weekends, holidays, before or after normal work hours when necessary. 
• Must work well in a team environment and be able to work with a diverse group of people and customers. 
• Virtual workers must comply with remote work policies and agreements.

The company and its subsidiaries operate in a 24/7 environment providing critical services to Alaskans and may need to respond to public health and safety matters or other business emergencies. Due to business needs employees may be contacted outside of the core business hours to respond to an immediate emergency. As such, you will be requested to provide emergency after hours contact numbers, to include your home and cell phone numbers if you have those services. Culture, Engagement, and Connection: At GCI, we foster an environment where the unique perspectives of our employees, customers, and fellow Alaskans are celebrated. We add value to our community by nurturing and empowering each member of our workforce, ensuring equal opportunities for every Trailblazer. EEO: GCI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other status or classification protected under applicable state or federal law.  DISCLAIMER:  The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All employees of GCI work in support of the GCI Mission Statement and Declaration of Principles which are located on the GCI Career page and Employee portal. PILLAR ADDENDUMS:

CTO Planning & Engineering:  

Additional Engineer Job Duties & Disciplines

Provides technical expertise and strategic insight in the planning, development, and implementation of engineering solutions. This role bridges the gap between technology planning, project execution, and system optimization, ensuring that the organization's infrastructure aligns with its long-term goals and innovation strategies.

Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including software developers, systems engineers, and product managers, to design, evaluate, and implement complex technological solutions. Focuses on the technical and strategic planning of engineering initiatives, helping define and deliver projects that enhance the company's technology infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, and drive business growth.

• System Design & Analysis
• Quality Assurance & Testing
• Security Engineering
• Network & Infrastructure Engineering
• Performance & Capacity Planning
• Automation & Scripting
• DevOps & Continuous Improvement
• Training & Development

CTO TECHNOLOGY ADDENDUM:

CTO – Network Engineer:

This role is part of CTO focused on technology related to systems engineering.

Protocols & Standards:

SMTP                       NTP                         DHCP                       NFS

DNS                         SNMP (prefer v3)       SMB

Hardware and Software:

Understanding of Data Center Server Hardware

Understanding of Data Center Power Systems

Familiar with Data Center Racks / Hardware

Soft Ware Development

Network Management (NMS)

Network monitoring (Grafana, Statseeker, Cacti, ZenOSS, etcetera)

NetApp                     Cisco, UCS, Adtran, AudioCodes

Power BI                  Python/ JAVA/ Perl/ bash shell scripting

BIND                        Linux/ Unix (Solaris, Centos, RedHat, Ubuntu)

Kibana                     vSphere, vCloud, vCenter                

Windows Server         VMWare, Xen, KVM, QEMU              

Preferred Certifications:

Red Hat Cert System Admin                       VMware Cert Professional Advance

VMware Cert Professional                          CompTIA Linux+

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