CPE Network Architect

Summary

Join GFiber's CPE team as a CPE Architect and leverage your expertise in CPE/client gateways, client-side networking, and distributed system architecture to design a secure, scalable, and flexible cloud-native service provider network. You will be responsible for defining product architecture, product requirements, and designing new test cases to evaluate the latest Wi-Fi products and features. Collaborate with system architects, software engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to create and review business requirements, engineering estimates, RFP specifications, and system evolution roadmaps. Make crucial make-vs-buy decisions for cross-cutting concerns and key system modules, and provide guidance to customer support agents and network operations on network and device telemetry for end-user troubleshooting. Manage the CPE vendor selection process and engage with vendors, partners, and standardization bodies to advance the networking/telecommunication industry. This role significantly impacts the daily quality of GFiber's products and services, promoting proper engineering practices and new product intake strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, related technical field, or equivalent applicable experience
• 7 years of working as a Lead CPE/Product Architect in Service Provider/Vendor environment
• Experience with Wireless technologies used in local-area-networks (i.e. WiFi (802.11ax), band mgmt, WiFi Meshing, EasyMesh, etc.) and networking technologies (i.e. IP/Ethernet, Telemetry)
• Lab experience for IXIA(Veriwave), Spirent(Octoscope), Candela Test Tool (TR398) or relevant WiFi test tools

Responsibilities

• As a CPE Architect, closely work with system architects, software engineers, product managers and business stakeholders to create & review business requirements, end-to-end engineering estimates & RFP specifications, and system evolution roadmaps
• Take responsibility for make-vs-buy decisions for cross-cutting concerns & key system modules
• Provide input into proper resource and schedule management frameworks used by project stakeholders, technical program managers, and engineering managers
• Define the CPE requirements and lead the CPE qualification of any new product with new wireless technology, including assessment of device and technologies meeting business needs
• Provide guidance to customer support agents and network operations on what network and device telemetry are useful for end-user troubleshooting and means to retrieve that data
• Manage CPE vendor selection process, engage w/ relevant vendors, partners, and standardization bodies to advance the networking/telecommunication industry to the next level

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent field experience
• Experience with client-side application layer communication protocols such as TR-069/369, netconf, SNMP, MQTT, and Protocol Buffers
• 10 years of proven experience in operating telecom / service-provider networks
• Experience with Cloud and security architecture of CPE devices
• Knowledge of PON technologies like GPON, XGS, etc
• Experience with CPE/client-side networking technologies (i.e. IP/Ethernet, Telemetry)

Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $164,000 - $241,100 + bonus + cash award + benefits