Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC)

Network Engineer

• Design, deploy, and manage multi-region ISP network infrastructure, focusing on scalability, reliability, and consistent service delivery.
• Configure and maintain core routing and switching protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN (active-active), and Layer 2 private circuits (VLANs, trunks, QinQ).
• Optimize and support fiber access technologies, specifically GPON and XGS-PON.
• Ensure high network availability and uptime by managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and performance metrics.
• Administer and troubleshoot critical IP services, including DHCP, DNS, and IP address management.
• Develop and implement network automation solutions using scripting languages like Python and frameworks such as Ansible.
• Create and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including topology diagrams.
• Collaborate with NOC and field teams for service delivery and incident resolution, and participate in an on-call rotation for high-level network escalations.

Senior Network Engineer, ISP Focus