Technical Network Product Engineer

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As Technical Product Engineer, you will drive cross-functional alignment, backlog management (including feature prioritization and sequencing), stakeholder engagement, and release planning for our platform modernization initiatives, focusing on Wireline VoIP. We're looking for a strategic leader with deep product ownership and strong knowledge of Large Scale Agile frameworks to support our platform modernization. The successful candidate will leverage a data-driven approach, along with AI, Agile tooling, and process automation skills, to quickly deliver business value through both new and existing capabilities to market.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Partnering with Release Train Engineer(s) (RTE) to drive the completion of committed Business Objectives aligned to roadmap deliverables.

• Managing request intake, socialization, and prioritization processes.

• Understanding and communicating high-level implementation strategies, dependencies, and associated technical and roadmap impacts to stakeholders.

• Owning the backlog refinement process, ensuring epics are socialized, reviewed with Tech Leads, and ready for Program Increment planning.

• Balancing Product, Regulatory, and Infrastructure priorities to align the initiative Roadmap with regulatory mandates, product launch targets, and infrastructure support/security requirements.

• Partnering with Release Train Engineers to ensure continuous success in Release planning, readiness, and deployments.

• Tracking action and issue resolution to closure, ensuring timely completion of external dependencies.

• Meeting VBG and NI Program and Project management processes as required.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% or less of time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Product Management and Technical/Architectural leadership.

• Deep knowledge of Distributed and Embedded Systems.

• Experience with Modern WebScale and microservices-based architecture.

• Experience integrating core competencies with AI agents such as Gemini and Claude.

• Data architecture and Operational supportability.

• Quality Assurance Analysis of data architecture and operational support.

• Strong knowledge of Large Scale SAFe Agile methodology.

• Product Owner Certification (SAFe POPM, A-CSPO).

• Scrum Master Certification (SAFe RTE, CSP-SM).

• Experience as a Development Lead, Quality Assurance Lead, or DevOps (CI/CD) Lead.

If 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.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Our 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.