TELECOM/NETWORK ENGINEER at TALENT Software Services in Austin, MN
- Company: TALENT Software Services
- Location: Austin, MN
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Contract
- Salary: $65-$75 per hour
- Experience: 4+ years
Overview
Design, configure, manage, troubleshoot, support, and implement the Telecom/Network Infrastructure. Perform limited project management and coordinate efforts by various support staff. Communicate project status to project proponents.
Job description
- Design, configure, manage, troubleshoot, support, and implement the Telecom/Network Infrastructure.
- Perform limited project management and coordinate efforts by various support staff.
- Communicate project status to project proponents.
Responsibilities
- Participate in decisions on technical direction, architecture design, and product selection for the enterprise telecom/data network under general supervision.
- Assist with the deployment of telecom/network technology.
- Exercise independent judgment on complex technical issues under general direction.
- Provide input to short and long-term section strategy and budget planning.
- Plan and lead small projects, coordinating efforts of internal and external staff with customer and business needs.
- Occasionally oversee projects and tasks assigned to project team members and provide input to their evaluations.
- Work under stressful conditions, participating in implementations and troubleshooting efforts with significant impact.
- Represent Telecommunications and Networks to committees as needed.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of telecom/network concepts and the 7-layer OSI model.
- Knowledge of basic telecom/network management and monitoring tools.
- Basic understanding of desktop and server operating systems is desirable.
- Ability to work with minimum direction and effectively in a team environment.
- Customer-focused with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organizational and time management skills to handle workload and track various projects simultaneously.
- Solid analytical skills.
- Self-directed individual who executes standard installs and configurations without hand-holding.
- Communicates proactively, documents thoroughly, and integrates well in a team-based engineering environment.
- Strong working knowledge of the OSI model, specifically Layers 1–3 (Physical, Data Link, Network).
- Ability to troubleshoot and reason about network issues at the appropriate OSI layer.
- Hands-on experience configuring and installing Cisco switches — Catalyst C9000 series.
- Hands-on experience configuring and installing Cisco routers — Catalyst C8000 series.
- Experience deploying equipment at both the access layer and distribution layer.
- MEC (Multi-Chassis EtherChannel) configuration experience.
- SD-WAN deployment or administration experience.
Skills
Required
- Solid analytical skills