Distinguished Facility and Test Engineer

Verizon Communications - Cary, NC

Full-time

Remote - Cary, NC

Telecommunications

About the position

The Distinguished Facility and Test Engineer will be part of the Public Sector Federal Aviation Administration Enterprise Network Engineering Services (FENS) team, responsible for managing and delivering technology solutions for the FAA infrastructure. This role focuses on ensuring that the Verizon FENS solution meets the FAA's Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) requirements while collaborating with various stakeholders to facilitate the infrastructure solutions throughout the program's lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution of activities focused on customer and business value.
• Lead Test & Evaluation teams through phases of test and evaluation and customer requirements verification.
• Develop compliant documentation including Contractor Master Test Plan (CMTP), site/service test plans, test procedures, and test reports.
• Specify, design, and accredit specific scenarios for formal testing.
• Develop custom processes to support cross-functional planning and executing across all system test activities.
• Collaborate with the FENS Test Director to ensure all designs and solutions are tested in the lab.
• Provide designs, solution deployment, and user documentation for facility engineering standards.
• Develop technology solutions that meet all FENS requirements including security constraints and ongoing support.
• Lead architecture standards of facility designs including cabling, power, and physical security standards.
• Work with vendors to create custom designs to meet customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 or more years of work experience, or 12 years of related work experience.
• Experience in designing or architecting survivable and resilient mission-critical facility infrastructure.
• 10 years or more experience in documenting technical designs including rack elevation, dimensions, power, cooling, and floor configurations.
• Experience with power and grounding calculations and installation techniques.
• Experience with Field Logistics and constraints, equipment installation/turnup, Cable Types, and cable installation techniques.
• Experience in workflow analysis and documentation of site standards.
• Experience working with staff, subcontractors, and equipment manufacturers to fulfill contract deliverables.
• Experience developing white papers describing designed solutions and their benefits.
• Knowledge of technical product and systems development lifecycle within a large global enterprise environment.
• Experience in two or more technical areas such as Data and IP Services, Access Technologies, Network Operations, and wide area networking.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in a technical or business area.
• CCNA or CCNP certification.
• Five or more years of experience with strategic solutions and/or systems integration design.
• Eight or more years of direct work experience in a system test environment.
• Understanding of Data Networking, L2/L3 technology, Wireless Technology, Voice Technology.
• Experience with federal government safety-critical infrastructure rated systems.
• Experience within the FAA.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with defined work location and work from home options.
• Minimum eight assigned office days per month.