Principal Engineer I – Lab Architecture Services team
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Spectrum’s Product and Technology team creates, develops, and operates the nation’s fastest mobile service, most reliable internet service, most viewed live TV app, and the most advanced WiFi, serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We are transforming the next era of connectivity and entertainment experiences. The diversity of experience available within Spectrum’s Product and Technology team is unmatched and there are opportunities to grow your career as a designer, architect, engineer, developer, operator, or data scientist. We are creative, disciplined, hard-working, complex-problem solvers that believe in collaborating to deliver the highest quality customer experience. We are a high impact team focused on ensuring alignment between the lab and production while enabling lab innovation across the enterprise. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll play a key role in driving technical solutions, guiding junior engineers, and supporting the successful delivery of evolving initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of system design, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on environment build and test execution. It’s ideal for someone who brings deep technical expertise and a passion for driving progress in a fast-paced environment.
BE PART OF THE CONNECTION
As a Principal Engineer I on the Lab Architecture Services team, you will be responsible for leading complex lab initiatives, managing end-to-end project execution, and mentoring junior engineers. You will partner closely with Design Architects, end to end test teams, advise leadership, and translate high-level architectural strategies into actionable system designs. The ideal candidate has proven project leadership experience, is proficient in Jira, Confluence - Chalk, Lucid or Visio, and excels at technical documentation and communication. The candidate must have served as a subject matter expert in at least one core Line of Business (Video, Voice, Mobile, or High-Speed Data) with a strong willingness to take on work across any area of the business. You will proactively research, analyze, solution and provide recommendations to Lab teams that support and test end-to-end integrations for our organization while ensuring engineering solutions align with business objectives.
WHAT OUR PRINCIPAL ENGINEERS ENJOY MOST
- Resolving inefficiencies in the lab to improve system performance and ensure system reliability.
- Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment at the leading edge of innovation across customer facing and non-customer facing products and services.
- Actively contributing to lab initiatives that simplify and enhance the end-to-end customer experience across Video, Voice, Mobile, and High-Speed Data.
- Designing, implementing, testing, and fine-tuning lab systems and solutions that support real-world use cases across both company and our organizational priorities.
- Troubleshooting complex issues, analyzing system logic, and continuously improving documentation and integration workflows.
- Collaborating with peers and cross-functional teams to review and enhance system designs, ensuring alignment with architectural direction.
- Serving as trusted technical advisors to regional and lab personnel, supporting seamless integration and adherence to engineering standards.
- Mentoring and leading junior engineers, helping them grow while ensuring project success through shared expertise and guidance.
- Taking ownership of work plans, suggesting improvements, and driving solutions forward with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
- Embracing opportunities to expand into new areas of the business, conducting research, performing deep-dive analysis, and recommending effective solutions to enable lab teams.
- Upholding compliance with applicable industry regulations and company policies while maintaining flexibility to take on evolving responsibilities.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO SPECTRUM
Required Qualifications
- Experience:
- Engineering work experience – 5+ years
- Project management work experience – 5+ years
- Education: Masters or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field or related work experience
- Technical skills:
- Basic knowledge of related industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols
- Basic knowledge in network design, network architecture, protocols and network topology
- Basic knowledge in TCP/IP and the OSI Model
- Basic knowledge in using ticketing and software tools to support the current operations.
- Basic knowledge of network devices and basic network appliances Basic knowledge of network designing software, such as Visio
- Skills:
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with all levels of business users in a professional manner.
- Extensive experience with collaborating and building team consensus when interacting with both the leadership and the implementation teams.
- Abilities:
- Ability to read, write and speak the English language
- Ability to use personal computer and software applications
- Ability to perform duties in a very fast pace environment and ability to learn new technology quickly
- Travel Ability: Office environment
- Schedule:
- Full time
- This position is eligible to work in a hybrid work model (combination of in-office and remote days
Preferred Qualifications
- Experiencing working in a Lab or Engineering environment within an MSO or Telecommunications organization.
- Proficiency with diagramming and system design tools such as Lucid or Visio.
- Familiarity with SharePoint for documentation and team collaboration.
- Prior experience mentoring junior engineers or leading project teams in a technical environment.
- Hands-on experience managing or contributing to Infrastructure projects (networking, virtualization, system integrations).
- Strong communication skills and experience advising or presenting to technical leadership.
- Knowledge of company products and core service offerings.
- Industry and vendor specific certifications and training preferred (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, etc.)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Preferred Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field.
- Industry and vendor specific certifications and training preferred.
- Cloud Certifications AWS/GCP/Azure Cloud, Kubernetes Admin.
- Infrastructure & Networking – DEVOPS, Kubernetes, CCNA, JNCIS, etc.
- CableLabs related training.
SPECTRUM CONNECTS YOU TO MORE
- Innovative Tools & Tech: Work with high-performing software and applications on the forefront of the digital telecommunications industry.
- Dynamic Growth: The growth of our industry and evolving technology will power your career as you move up or around the company.
- Supportive Teams: Who you are matters here. And, we aim to foster an inclusive workplace where every person is empowered to bring their best ideas.
- Total Rewards:See all the ways we invest in you—at work and in life
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This job posting will remain open until 2024-May-11 06:00 PM (MST) and will be extended if necessary.
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The base pay for this position generally is between $110,800.00 and $196,400.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
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