Senior Broadband Engineer Position Available In Essex, Massachusetts

Job Listing ID:

4296908

Job Title:

Senior Broadband Engineer Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

Job Location:

Salem

Date Posted:

06/21/2025

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Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly.
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Job Summary:

Windstream Holdings, Inc., is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Kinetic is a premier internet solutions provider on a mission to deliver ultra-fast, reliable internet to consumers and small businesses across the U.S., helping them Internet better. Windstream Enterprise is a leading managed services provider providing strategic communications and security products to mid-size businesses and enterprise clients. Windstream Wholesale provides high-capacity, high-performance networking solutions and services to other telecom carriers, data centers, content providers and enterprises. The Windstream team provides innovative software and network solutions to connect people and empower business in a world of infinite possibilities! _________________________________________________________ About the Role As a Sr Broadband Engineer, you will be developing efficient and cost-effective network solutions to provide direction to other Engineering and Implementation teams, contributing directly to development of a forward-looking network infrastructure and evaluating state-of-the-art broadband electronics to provide advanced telecommunication services to Windstream’s customers. This is a remote position and can sit anywhere in the United States. What You’ll Do Develop and execute test plans for existing and new broadband equipment such as DSLAM/OLTs and ONT/ONU Work in a lab environment with access equipment, not limited to configuration development, hardware evaluation, software evaluation, equipment installation Occasional work with field operations teams may be necessary during new equipment rollouts Work with routing platforms and IP protocols at the BNG layer Analyze issues from support/engineering/field teams related to

DSLAM/OLT

Research new equipment/vendors as needed based on business needs Develop new network configurations and architecture using best practices as defined by the BBF and ITU Evaluate EMS platforms related to access equipment and northbound/southbound protocols used in communication to network equipment Experience with various protocols used in Broadband services, DHCP, OMCI, SIP, PPPoE, FTP, TFTP, SNMP, MGCP, etc Experience with layer 2 best practices, such as MFF, domain sizing, traffic classification/prioritization, VLAN design/management Experience on network platforms including DSLAM/OLT, BNG, ethernet switches, IP routers is essential Communicating daily with other work groups, both technical and non-technical, to provide timely updates and pass on information in a clear and concise manner Other duties as assigned to meet business and customer service requirements Less than 5% travel Do You Have? Thorough understanding of telecom industry concepts and terminology Solid understanding of network engineering and design principles Developed understanding and working knowledge of data networking, which includes experience with management networks, DSL, FTTP, Ethernet, IP technologies in large scale networks Previous experience planning or engineering networked facilities including uplinks and customer facing components Solid understanding of access network design principles including physical and logical topologies, uplink sizing, port capacity, and bandwidth management Working knowledge of Ethernet-based BBDLC and DSLAM equipment platforms for the delivery of voice, broadband, and video services

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