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Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.\nZayo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Logical Network Inventory, to join our growing Lit Network Inventory team. In this role, you'll be a key player in building, scaling, and automating the next generation of our network tooling infrastructure.\nThe Senior Software Engineer, Logical Network Inventory is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting software solutions that improve the accuracy, automation, integration, and scalability of Zayo's Logical Network Inventory ecosystem.\nThis role will have a strong focus on automation, APIs, system integrations, and data quality solutions supporting Netcracker and associated network inventory systems. The Senior Software Engineer will work closely with the Logical Inventory Product Manager, Application Administrators, Network Engineering, Functional Leads, and other technology teams to deliver capabilities supporting the Logical Inventory product roadmap.\nThe position will serve as a senior technical resource within the Logical Inventory team, providing technical direction, solution design, code reviews, troubleshooting support, and mentorship to junior engineers.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, test, deploy, and support software solutions supporting Zayo's Logical Network Inventory ecosystem \nDesign and develop APIs and integration services that enable reliable exchange of network inventory data between Netcracker and upstream/downstream systems\nDevelop automation to improve inventory creation, validation, reconciliation, remediation, and lifecycle management \nDevelop automated data quality controls to identify missing, invalid, inconsistent, duplicate, stale, or improperly modeled network inventory \nDevelop reconciliation solutions that compare Netcracker inventory against network discovery platforms and other authoritative data sources\nDesign automated remediation processes for inventory discrepancies where appropriate, including appropriate validation, controls, logging, and exception handling \nDevelop tools and services that reduce manual inventory administration and improve the scalability and reliability of inventory operations \nWork with Application Administrators and network subject matter experts to understand complex inventory issues and develop sustainable automated solutions \nDevelop a deep understanding of network inventory models, including network resources, hierarchies, connectivity, relationships, dependencies, and service associations \nTranslate network and inventory requirements into technical designs, data models, integration patterns, APIs, and automation solutions \nSupport the Logical Inventory product roadmap by providing technical analysis, solution architecture, effort estimates, implementation recommendations, and identification of technical dependencies \nPartner with the Logical Inventory Product Manager and Functional Leads to evaluate proposed capabilities and determine appropriate technical solutions \nDesign solutions that consider scalability, maintainability, performance, resiliency, observability, and long-term operational support \nDevelop and maintain technical documentation, interface specifications, API documentation, data mappings, solution designs, and operational procedures \nEstablish and promote software engineering standards, including source control, code review, testing, deployment, logging, monitoring, and documentation practices \nPerform code reviews and provide technical guidance to other engineers \nMentor and support junior software engineers through solution design, development, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing \nAssist with complex production incidents involving inventory data, APIs, integrations, automation, or application interfaces \nPerform root cause analysis of recurring integration and data quality issues and develop solutions that address systemic causes rather than relying on manual remediation \nCollaborate with Application Administrators during Netcracker upgrades, application changes, and releases to identify and test impacts to APIs, integrations, automation, and data flows \nCoordinate with internal engineering teams and external vendors as necessary to resolve complex technical issues \nIdentify opportunities to improve Logical Inventory architecture, automation, data quality, and engineering practices \nQualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field, OR equivalent relevant professional experience \n Minimum of seven (7) years of software engineering or application development experience\nStrong Python development experience is required\nStrong SQL experience, including experience working with complex relational data models, is required. \nExperience designing, developing, and supporting SOAP/REST APIs and system integrations is required \nExperience developing production-grade automation, data processing, or integration solutions \nExperience with API authentication, error handling, retry strategies, logging, monitoring, and integration resiliency \nExperience integrating enterprise applications using APIs, messaging, event-driven architectures, and/or batch data processing \nExperience designing automated data validation, reconciliation, and data quality solutions \nExperience working with large and complex datasets and performing root cause analysis of data discrepancies \nExperience with source control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software development practices \nAbility to work effectively in Linux environments \nExperience designing and supporting highly available production software and integration services \nExperience with telecommunications network inventory systems such as Netcracker, MetaSolv, or similar OSS platforms is strongly preferred\nExperience modeling or working with complex network structures, including network resources, hierarchies, connectivity, relationships, and dependencies, is strongly preferred \nUnderstanding of telecommunications network technologies and the relationships between physical, logical, and service inventory is strongly preferred \nExperience with network discovery, inventory reconciliation, or network automation platforms is a plus \nExperience with cloud platforms, containers, orchestration, and modern application deployment technologies is a plus \nStrong analytical and complex problem-solving skills \nAbility to translate business, network, and inventory requirements into scalable technical solutions \nStrong organizational and communication skills, both oral and written \nDemonstrated ability to work across software engineering, network engineering, operations, product, and vendor teams \nAbility to independently lead technical design and problem-solving efforts \nDemonstrated ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers \nStrong attention to detail and ability to troubleshoot complex problems across application, integration, and data layers \nComfortable working in a rapidly changing technical environment \nExperience documenting technical designs, architectures, APIs, integrations, and operational procedures \nEstimated base salary range: $112,800 - $173,600 USD/annually.\nWork Authorization Requirement: This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship. Zayo will not provide, transfer, or assume sponsorship for any employment visa or work authorization for this position now or in the future.\nThe base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.\nAdditionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.\nThe posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.\nBenefits, Rewards & Wellness\nExcellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance\nRetirement 401(k) Savings Plan\nGenerous paid time off policy including paid parental leave\nZayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.\nThis policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.\nAs part of the application, hiring, onboarding, and/or employment process, Zayo or its affiliates, partners, and vendors may collect, store, and use biometric identifiers and biometric information (collectively, “Biometric Data”), such as fingerprints, facial geometry scans or other unique biological characteristics. Zayo uses CLEAR1, a third-party identity verification service, to verify applicant identity during the hiring process. CLEAR1 may collect Biometric Data, including facial geometry scans and/or other biometric identifiers, to authenticate your identity. 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