Special Projects Deployment Engineer II

Role overview Travel to regional sites to build and bring network infrastructure online. This hands-on field engineering role combines physical installation and optical troubleshooting with network configuration, acceptance checks, and independent work across changing locations.

Responsibilities - Install and secure routers, switches, firewalls, management equipment, and power distribution units in network spaces. - Run and label copper and single-mode or multimode fiber cabling, maintaining orderly connections. - Check power redundancy, circuit assignments, and cooling before energizing equipment. - Run acceptance procedures to verify throughput, optical levels, and failover, then prepare the site for operations handoff. - Diagnose site connectivity or visibility failures and use optical testing equipment to locate and resolve fiber or optics issues. - Configure network platforms as needed to restore or validate site service.

Requirements - Technical degree or equivalent practical experience. - At least three years working independently in demanding field environments, including managing schedules and logistics. - Familiarity with TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DHCP, basic routing policies, and the OSI model. - Willingness to travel domestically up to 60–75% of the time. - Valid driver's license and a clean driving record. - Able to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, climb ladders, and work in confined server rooms or telecom closets.

Nice to have - Experience moving between physical installation tasks, such as tool use and cable crimping, and configuring enterprise network operating systems. - Availability for occasional nonstandard hours or overnight maintenance windows.