What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Equipment Engineer position at Crossfire Consulting?
Position: Network Equipment Engineer (DBA & Reporting)
Our team is seeking a detail-oriented Network Equipment Engineer (DBA & Reporting) to support location-specific engineering, database administration, and reporting initiatives. This role blends hands-on network infrastructure engineering with database management and business intelligence development to ensure operational excellence and data accuracy.
Network Equipment Engineer Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
We look forward to reviewing your application!
Our team is seeking a detail-oriented Network Equipment Engineer (DBA & Reporting) to support location-specific engineering, database administration, and reporting initiatives. This role blends hands-on network infrastructure engineering with database management and business intelligence development to ensure operational excellence and data accuracy.
Network Equipment Engineer Responsibilities
- Perform detailed, location-specific equipment engineering, including full specification development for installation, turn-up, inventory, and configuration
- Obtain management approvals, issue purchase orders, and ensure vendor delivery timelines are met
- Engineer floor space, rack space, hardware placement, cable measurements, and power/fuse/breaker assignments
- Design equipment cooling and airflow solutions to maintain operational efficiency
- Ensure all work complies with engineering, financial, planning, operational, and NA standards
- Manage and update IFP, XNG, and SPM systems to reflect builds, adds, and decommissions
- Document network elements (technical facilities, bays/shelves, alarm points, identifiers, labels)
- Create workflows within required systems to streamline processes
- Communicate issues to lead engineers and collaborate with regional teams to resolve them
- Recommend process improvements with potential national impact
- Serve as an experienced Database Administrator (DBA), maintaining and optimizing organizational databases
- Develop automated reports using Tableau and Google Apps (Docs, Forms)
- Customize Google Docs interfaces with menus, dialog boxes, and sidebars to improve usability
Required Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Network Equipment Engineer, Network Engineer, or Database Administrator (DBA)
- Strong background in equipment engineering, telecom/network infrastructure, or technical facility design
- Hands-on experience with IFP, XNG, SPM, or similar network inventory systems
- Advanced knowledge of Google Apps scripting and automation
- Experience building dashboards and automated reports in Tableau
- Understanding of power distribution, rack layout, airflow engineering, and cable management
- Experience supporting large-scale network deployments or national engineering initiatives
- Familiarity with workflow automation tools and process optimization methodologies
- Strong cross-functional communication and documentation skills
We look forward to reviewing your application!