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A place to share your ideas freely - even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nAs a part of the Strategic Analytics and Modeling team within the Transformation Command Center working on Network Capital Strategy, you will lead projects to develop and perform complex AI-first and agentic modeling including statistical, analytical or advanced analytics on challenging long-term network capacity questions, aiming to \"right-size\" the future capacity planning needs for the multi-billion dollar investments in our Verizon Network.\nAs a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll have high autonomy to create, improve, design and execute using AI for capacity simulations and optimization, in partnership with the relevant business partners, while on the lookout for new modeling techniques, evolving technologies and emerging industry trends that can improve accuracy, speed or generally quality of simulations. Your work will help ensure that the needs of the network that serves our customer has accurate capacity plans so downstream finance teams may appropriately fund budgetary requests for next-year expansion or operational network efforts.\nResponsibilities include:\nWorking with stakeholders to develop AI, agent-based modeling, and algorithmic modeling for network elements and processes to support the 3-year capital budget.\nPlanning and executing the design of the new capacity model, obtaining general agreement from NCS and the business team.\nOperating the model across multiple checkpoints in a year, creating a hardened deployment, documentation, and plans for future automation of the process.\nPlanning future upgrades to the model with alternate types of algorithms, AI science or additional input features.\nActively leveraging and piloting AI tools - including agentic workflows, LLM-assisted coding, and automated documentation/reporting - to accelerate model development, scenario testing, and stakeholder deliverables; Verizon expressly supports and encourages AI-augmented approaches to this work.\nAssertively adapt and navigate roadblocks in the software development process, self-resolving issues and escalating roadblocks when appropriate.\nConducting occasional presentations to leaders and engineers to describe the nature of created systems.\nProtecting invented Verizon Intellectual Property by pursuing patents when appropriate.\nWhat we're looking for:\nA passion for creativity, AI, innovation, process improvement, advanced algorithms, and best-practices of independent software design. A motivated, independent individual who can properly discern next-steps in the absence of requirements, and determine when to appropriately collaborate with the team and business partners. Proven ability to communicate technical information to technical or non-technical audiences with an understanding that each project has the ability to change millions of dollars of spend to benefit the customer's network experience.\nYou'll need to have:\nBachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.\nFour or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.\nIntermediate proficiency in Python (or R), SQL with a moderate history or portfolio of accomplished projects.\nIntermediate proficiency in Alteryx or Knime.\nExperience building or integrating agentic AI workflows (e.g., LLM-based agents, tool-use/function-calling pipelines, or automation frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, or Claude/GPT-based agents) to automate data ingestion, scenario generation, or report synthesis in support of capital planning and simulation workflows.\nEven better if you have one or more of the following:\nDegree in business intelligence and analytics, data science, engineering, computer science, mathematics or similar.\nExperience in time series analysis / forecasting.\nStrong experience in engineering investigations, performance optimizations, or network capacity management.\nPrior experience navigating engineering budget cycles, such as funding requests for cell-site builds in a regional role.\nProven experience with gathering requirements and translating requirements to specific software practices.\nExperience with data engineering.\nKnowledge of cloud computing platforms e.g. Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.\nExperience with high performance containerized GPU environments.\nSolid foundation in mathematical optimization, prescriptive modeling, and network capacity management.\nDesigning, architecting, and deploying full-stack web applications and APIs-leveraging frameworks like FastAPI, custom GUIs (e.g., Flet, Marimo), and high-performance BI dashboards-to expose optimization models, streamline data ingestion, and accelerate scenario planning for non-technical leadership.\nIf Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.\nWhere you’ll be working\nIn this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.Scheduled Weekly Hours\n40Equal Employment Opportunity \nVerizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.\nBenefits and Compensation\nOur benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.\nThe salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. 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