Position Details

Salary $85K – $95K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 8–10+ years

Education Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field (preferred)

Category Networking & Telecom

About this role

NOC Engineer – Tier III is a senior technical role responsible for ensuring reliability of national fiber and IP transport infrastructure. The engineer leads advanced troubleshooting, incident response, and escalation with engineering, field operations, and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor multi-vendor network environments; Lead triage and advanced troubleshooting of complex events; Coordinate escalations with internal teams and vendors; Manage fault isolation and maintenance of routers/switches/optical systems; Proactive performance analysis and capacity planning

Technical Overview

Deep IP networking and fiber transport expertise across multi-vendor environments. Hands-on with Juniper, Cisco, MikroTik, Calix XGS-PON; scripting in Python; strong diagnostic and monitoring capabilities.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior NOC/ISP network engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in IP routing, fiber transport, and multi-vendor environments. They excel at incident triage, advanced diagnostics, and mentoring Tier I/II staff, and have strong scripting capability (Python) to automate network tasks.

Must-Have Skills

8–10+ years in network operationsengineeringor telecommunicationswith proven experience in NOC or ISP environmentsDeep expertise in IP networking (BGPOSPFMPLSVLANsVPNsQoS) and fiber transport systems (DWDMCWDMEthernet)Hands-on experience with Juniper (Junos)Ciscoand MikroTikCalix XGS-PON and access/aggregation network management systemsFixed wireless and LTE platforms such as CambiumTelrador similarAdvanced diagnosticanalyticaland scripting abilities (Pythonshellor equivalent)Strong understanding of network monitoringalertingand telemetry toolsProven ability to lead technical response during major incidents and guide NOC teams through resolution

Nice-to-Have Skills

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceITor related field (preferred)

Tools & Platforms

JuniperCiscoMikroTikCalix

Required Skills

8–10+ years in network operationsengineeringor telecommunications; IP networking (BGPOSPFMPLSVLANsVPNsQoS); fiber transport (DWDMCWDMEthernet); Juniper (Junos)CiscoMikroTik; Calix XGS-PON; fixed wireless and LTE (CambiumTelrad); Python scripting; network monitoring/telemetry; incident leadership

Hard Skills

BGPOSPFMPLSVLANsVPNsQoSDWDMCWDMEthernetJuniper (Junos)CiscoMikroTikCalix XGS-PONCambiumTelradPython

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringproblem solvingcommunicationteamworkqualityresults-orientations

Industry & Role

Industry Telecom

Job Function Lead Tier III NOC engineering and incident resolution for national fiber/IP transport network

Role Subtype Network Engineer

Tech Domains Cisco Networking, Juniper, Linux, Windows Server, ITSM / ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services, Tableau, Power BI

Keywords for Your Resume

hudtier iii noc engineernoc engineerip networkingbgpospfmplsvlanvpnqosdwDMcwdmethernetjuniperciscomikrotikcalix xgs-ponfixed wirelesslteCambiumTelradpythonnetwork monitoringtelemetryincident management

Deal Breakers

Less than 8 years of relevant experience, No proven NOC/ISP background, Lack of experience with multi-vendor gear (Juniper/Cisco/MikroTik)

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