Network Planning Engineer - Europe

Company:

Cogent Communications is a global, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access and Ethernet transport services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Cogent offers competitive compensation and a full benefits package that takes effect within 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities:

  • Learn Cogent network architecture and various types of IP equipment
  • Learn various tools and Cogent standards
  • Prepare Bill of Materials (BOM) and Statement of Work (SOW) for a variety of IP network augmentation projects, from simple network add to more complex ones
  • Approval of customer orders: evaluate those requiring minimal engineering to provision and prepare the necessary work
  • Create and update engineering drawings, maps and databases
  • Identify the need of and propose network upgrade
  • Partner with outside organizations (Field, NOC, IP Engineering) to evaluate and solve constraints
  • Expect to grow and take on additional and more advanced network planning tasks within two years

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Networking or equivalent
  • 2+ years’ experience with IP Architecture and Networking
  • Excellent verbal communication and documentation skills
  • Good interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively with others on a team
  • Superior skills in Microsoft Office tools, including Access, Excel, and Visio
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments as well as high levels of organizational skills
  • Ability and willingness to learn, and a positive can-do attitude

Work Environment:

This is an in-office position, based in Europe.

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Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.