Principal Architect

Purpose
This position resides within the OSP Planning & Design team of the Outside Plant (OSP) Department, and reports to the Sr Dir of Architecture, Planning & Forecasting. It manages modeling, analysis and material logistics for all hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) and fiber networks deployed and maintained by Cox. Activities of interest span multiple programs including Network Transformation Phase 2 (NT2.0), Residential New Builds (Greenfield), Rural Broadband (RBB), Market Expansion (MET), and various other programs.
To properly perform the expected tasks, this position requires good understanding of the technologies and architectures supported by the MSOs (e.g., DOCSIS 3.1, Fiber-To-The-Home infrastructure (FTTH), analog and digital node splits (NX/DNX), mid-split (MS), high-split (HS), ultra-high split (UHS), node plus zero (N+0), segmentation, and more). In addition, the position would require working and getting buy-in from multiple stakeholders, developing presentations and presenting findings to senior executives. The position requires strong leadership, decision-making skills, and ability to direct the team towards objectives.
Major Tasks

• Actively participate in, lead discussions and function as a liaison for OSP Strategic Planning on long term network planning (5-10-20 years)
• Assist in analyzing the impact of short and long-term plans, policy changes on OSPC budget and resources to obtain alignment with OSPC Field teams, leadership, and boundary partners
• Liaise with Engineering, Product, Finance, Strategy, and field teams to develop a roadmap and long-term network evolution plan
• Develop consensus and deliver clear and concise reports and presentations with data driven information to OSPC leadership and boundary partners
• Lead and liaise on strategic initiative for Strategic Planning Organization
• Support and onboard new initiatives and architectures impacting cost, effort, resources etc.
• Support and accomplish process automation
• Clearly communicate the findings with OSP Planning and other stakeholders
• Participate in all planning processes and provide the analytic expertise required for team success

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field
• 3+ years' experience in management or leadership role
• Requires strong knowledge of MS Excel, with the ability to build and analyze data models.
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Excellent collaborative skills to work effectively with teams throughout organization.

Preferred

• Experience working in Telecommunications is highly preferred
• Experience in advanced Data Analysis techniques such as Python
• Highly proficient in MS Powerpoint and presenting to leadership groups
• Strong communication skills

USD 159,400.00 - 265,600.00
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $159,400.00 - $265,600.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
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