W2 Network Engineer

W2 Network Support Engineer Location- Redmond, WA (onsite) Job Type- W2 Contract We are looking for an experienced L2/L3 Network Technical Support Engineer to provide post launch technical support for a broadband service provider’s network and services. The role will be responsible for diagnosing and resolving complex network issues across broadband access, IP, transport, and service layers. The ideal candidate is a hands-on network engineer who can dig deep into network incidents, isolate the specific fault domain, analyze network behavior and traffic, identify root causes, and drive issues through to resolution. This role requires strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work across multiple network domains, including access, aggregation, routing, IP services, and customer connectivity. The engineer will work closely with NOC, network engineering, operations, architecture, service assurance, vendors, and other technical teams to resolve production issues and improve network stability after launch.

Responsibilities

• L2/L3 Network Troubleshooting Provide L2/L3 technical support for production broadband network issues following service launch.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents involving customer connectivity, service degradation, packet loss, latency, routing, reachability, and network performance.
• Analyze issues across the network stack to determine whether the problem originates in the access, aggregation, transport, IP, routing, service, or customer-premises domain.
• Perform detailed fault isolation and identify the specific network element, interface, route, configuration, protocol, or service component contributing to an incident.
• Troubleshoot Layer 2 technologies such as VLANs, QinQ, Ethernet, ARP, MAC learning, STP, and related access/aggregation technologies.
• Troubleshoot Layer 3 technologies including IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, routing policies, VRFs, DHCP, DNS, NAT, and IP connectivity.
• Analyze packet captures, network logs, alarms, counters, routing tables, interface statistics, and telemetry to identify root causes.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting using CLI and network management/monitoring tools.
• Validate suspected issues by testing network paths, interfaces, routes, configurations, and service dependencies.
• Support troubleshooting of broadband subscriber connectivity and service issues, including DHCP/IP address assignment, authentication, routing, DNS, CGNAT, and Internet reachability, as applicable to the network architecture.
• Correlate customer-impacting symptoms with network-level events and infrastructure faults.
• BNG/BRAS DHCP and IP address management RADIUS/AAA CGNAT Broadband subscriber management VLAN/QinQ MPLS/Segment Routing, where applicable IPv6 and dual-stack broadband DNS Network monitoring and service assurance platforms

Preferred

• Experience 5+ years of experience in network engineering, network operations, or technical support.
• Experience supporting large-scale production IP/broadband networks.
• Experience working in a 24x7 operational environment and supporting critical incidents.
• Experience troubleshooting multi-vendor network environments.
• Experience with network automation or scripting using Python, Ansible, or similar technologies is a plus.
• Experience with network telemetry, observability, and service assurance platforms is a plus.
• Relevant networking certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, JNCIA/JNCIP, or equivalent practical experience are desirable.