Network Provisioning Engineer

Job Description

The Network Provisioning Engineer is the focal point for all internal and external orders required to maintain

the network. The Network Provisioning Engineer deploys, configures, and tests network infrastructure to fulfill service orders and activate new connections. They allocate bandwidth, integrate hardware like routers and switches, and troubleshoot routing or connectivity issues, serving as a critical bridge between network design and active operations.

Role Responsibilities
• Service Activation: Build, test, and activate network circuits. Assist team in reviewing

requirements, reserving interfaces, designing path, track FOC and DLR, requesting patching

between equipment, and ordering cross-connects. Communicate and collaborate with internal

customers, stakeholders and network carriers. Assist with metrics development and operational

reporting/reviews
• Timeline Management: Help track milestones and proactively drive any activities that may

jeopardize orders from completing on time. Provide thorough and timely status throughout the

entire implementation life cycle in the tracking system; including communicating vendor

provisioning/install lead times. Help prioritize projects, manage and direct activities to deliver

connectivity within project schedule
• Configuration & Scripting: Configure routers, switches, and firewalls using Command Line

Interface (CLI) or automation tools to customer and business specifications.
• Circuit Design & Tracking: Track FOC (Firmware/Fiber Operational Circuit) and DLR (Design

Layout Record), assign patch panel demarcations, and process telecom orders.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and configuration issues to ensure

seamless hand-off and continuous network performance. Expedite and escalate issues when

necessary to ensure timely delivery of services
• Documentation: Document service requests, escalate as needed, and provide timely and

accurate updates. Aid in design, provision, and test of delivered services to ensure quality hand-off

to internal customers. Create and maintain network diagrams, device configurations, and records

of allocated IP addresses.

Required Qualifications/Skills:
• Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, MPLS) and networking hardware (Cisco, Juniper, Ciena). Knowledge of cable throughput and transit distances. Understand basic telecommunications practices, terminologies, and interfaces of Access Server. Request (ASR) to local carriers. Understanding of provisioning network bandwidth for IP transit, fiber, voice and wavelength services
• Industry Standards: Familiarity with telecom infrastructures, bandwidth management, and Access Server Requests (ASRs). Understanding of telecommunications industry in a switched network provisioning environment
• Technical Skills: o Large broad scope project experience o BGP, OSPF, IPv4 and IPv6, STP o DNS, NTP, SNMP o Multicast network design and troubleshooting (PIM, IGMP experience) o Cisco L3 switching
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities to handle time-sensitive deadlines and mandated delivery dates.
• Education/Experience: A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. electronic engineering or software development) would be preferred. 5 years' related experience
• Bilingual English level