Sr Network Consultant I

The Role Responsible for supporting Lumens off-net network architecture in Asia Pacific. Ensures optimal design and capacity utilization requirements. Supports the company strategy around vendor partnerships, network expansion, and incremental and embedded cost management. Assimilates various internal and external customer requirements, creates new network capacity solutions, assembles the required equipment augment costs and budgets and participates in the overall network augment approval and trigger process. Undertakes specific network simplification and network enablement projects. The Main Responsibilities*: Supporting The APAC Business On The Following Understands current on-net and off-net network architecture and technology to ensure capacity and efficiency of the groom plans and network expansion.Auditing various legacy company netex inventories from offnet lease and IRU across multiple network platforms.Show proficiency in auditing various legacy company netex bases and researching an array of systems, contracts and tariffs. Help drive savings and help the company meet its annual optimization targets. Analyzes capacity, design and diversity issues by applying documented processes and guidelines. Exercises considerable latitude in decision-making under limited consultative direction toward predetermined long-range targets. Work moderate to complex projects with cross-functional teams and with limited guidance. Seek or provide guidance as necessary to gain support and develop cross-functional expertise.Stakeholder engagement (internal and external) aimed at risk mitigation and complex problem resolution. Identifies critical APAC specific Flight Deck / Netbuild workflows required to improve efficiencies, define roles and responsibilities, and enable performance tracking. With support from leadership engage with business process team and other stakeholders to initiate support and drive the creation of improved workflow and buy off from all impacted groups.Is capable of managing multiple complex assignments simultaneously, on schedule and within budget.Works with project management, supporting teams and leadership to define intervals for complex projects and BAU activities. Demonstrates critical thinking, complex analysis, and solution development under the guidelines of standard practices and policies, while applying judgment to optimize solutions.Interfaces with cross functional teams to deliver Customer First requirements with the operational teams including Service Delivery, Complex Offnet Quoting Group, Field Operations and Customer Support Organization.Supports Business Process function to translate workflow models and document end to end process flows internally to individual teams as well as inter-departmental flows with Network Planning and Implementation, Carrier Relationship Managers, Field Operations and Service Delivery.Ability to gather details and provide recommendation for leadership decisions by consensus with teams impacted.Ability to resolve day-to-day problems on multiple moderately complex engineering assignments on schedule and within budget following standard practices, broad application of engineering and network principles, theories, concepts and related technology while complying with defined policies, guidelines and standards.Able to work independently, provide technical oversight and help lead other engineering levels/teams with their work.Must be a strong team player, passionate about sharing information and knowledge with peers and management. Actively promote cross functional collaboration.Supports the transition away from legacy technologies (TDM, SDH platforms) with vendors; co-ordinate with vendors to deliver new local access technologies as well as co-ordinate with end customers to minimize downtime and maximize customer experience through the process. Produces and maintains diagrams of the CenturyLink APAC Network with varying levels of detail for the appropriate audience.Actively pursue opportunities to reduce costs, improve reliability and enhance the customer experience. What We Look For In a Candidate Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent education and experience. 5+ years related experience. 4 years w/ Masters Degree or equivalent work experience preferred. Extensive understanding of access architecture, market analysis and telecom industryStrong data/economic analysis skills Excellent analytical and problem-solving skillsDetail oriented with an intense focus on qualityExceptional organizational, prioritization, and communications skillsStrong computer skills with emphasis on Microsoft Excel, Access, Visio and SQLPositive and professional attitude and demeanorAble to exemplify Lumen behaviors: Teamwork, Trust, Transparency, Respect, Courage, Customer Obsession, Clarity, and Growth MindsetHigh energy individual with solid entrepreneurial spirit that is always looking to maximize efficiencies and optimize netex.Ability to work effectively across T