Kforce is immediately seeking an experienced Network Engineer in support of our enterprise telecommunications and mass media client based in Englewood, CO. Responsibilities: * Investigates issues on enterprise networks and related hardware and software * The Network Engineer reproduces issues in a lab environment * Collaborates with vendors to create solutions * Designs and documents network architecture * Performs assessments on existing technologies to determine performance and capacity gaps * Establishes security, connectivity and access parameters * Provides recommendations to optimize network infrastructure * Tests and tunes security devices and systems * Programs routers and switches * The Network Engineer implements communications technologies (data or voice) * Manages network services from planning phase through implementation* Advanced knowledge of the DOCSIS and EPON standards * Experience with RPHY * Experience with Harmonic CableOS vCMTS and RPDs (Hamonic Pebble 2 and Vecima ERM-32X) * Ability to write technical documentation * Ability to write, follow detailed technical test plans and present results Working knowledge of iCMTS platforms including: * Casa C100G * Arris E6000 * Cisco cBR8 Working knowledge of EPON platforms including: * ADTRAN 95XX and Distributed Access Architecture ROLTs SDX-6210 * Vecima (Nokia) 7360 and Distributed Access Architecture ROLTs SF-4X Working knowledge of switch platforms including: * Cisco NCS/ASR * Juniper PTX/QFX/ACX Working knowledge of routing protocols including: * OSPF * ISIS * BGP * v4/v6 Multicast