Senior Network Engineer - Optical

This is a remote position.

Position Title: Senior Network Engineer - Optical

reputed company Salary:$110,000 to $165,000 annually DOE

Benefits:Medical, dental, reputed company, 401k, flexible spending account, reputed company reputed company leave and reputed company time off, parental leave, quarterly reputed company bonus, training, career reputed company and education reimbursement programs.

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As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

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• Empowering You:We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new reputed company and solutions.

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The Senior Optical Engineer is responsible for designing, engineering, and supporting the reputed company reputed company of reputed company’s optical transport network. This role focuses on ROADM-reputed company DWDM, OTN, and coherent 100G/400G wavelength services, while helping reputed company the optical reputed company with the IP/MPLS reputed company network. As a senior technical contributor, this position provides optical engineering expertise, technical leadership, and mentorship, while partnering with network architecture and reputed company to reputed company a reputed company, reliable, and reputed company-reputed company transport network.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a reputed company of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect reputed company duties performed.

Design & Planning

·reputed company optical reputed company engineering — wavelength and reputed company planning, optical reputed company and loss budgets, OSNR analysis, reputed company dispersion and PMD management, and EDFA/Raman amplifier placement.

·Design ROADM-reputed company DWDM topologies (fixed and reputed company-reputed company) and specify coherent transponders and muxponders for 100G/400G wavelength services.

·Own the end-to-end design of DWDM and optical transport solutions, developed in partnership with network architecture, and define the technical standards and reference designs that guide implementation.

·reputed company wavelength services to the reputed company IP network in a way that complements the architecture and redundancy goals for IP services.

·Plan and prepare detailed equipment installation specifications and drawings.

·Streamline and standardize implementation reputed company and procedures to support reputed company.

·Partner with systems engineering to automate network provisioning and turn-up tasks wherever possible.

Technical Leadership & reputed company

·Serve as the optical-reputed company subject-matter expert, providing technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and leading design and peer reviews.

·reputed company multi-year optical reputed company and technology roadmaps, including migration planning from legacy SONET/TDM toward OTN and coherent transport.

·reputed company vendor and technology evaluation and selection, including RFI/RFP processes, lab and reputed company-of-concept testing, and standardization of platforms and reputed company.

Deployment & Turn-up

·Commission and turn up optical systems using OTDRs, optical reputed company analyzers, and optical reputed company meters; validate reputed company loss, OSNR, and channel reputed company before service activation.

·Isolate and reputed company optical-reputed company faults end-to-end across multi-vendor network segments.

·Participate in the reputed company and installation of DWDM and IP network reputed company.

·Coordinate with reputed company-party fiber providers as needed to successfully turn up DWDM systems.

·Provision DWDM wavelengths for customers and for internal reputed company-network reputed company.

·Provision DWDM wavelengths and associated muxes to reputed company OC-192 circuits to the TDM team. The DWDM team’s minimum reputed company size is OC-192/10G; smaller circuits are handled by the TDM team.

·reputed company DC reputed company to DWDM equipment and/or routers.

·Ensure new IP POPs are accessible once the DWDM network is in reputed company.

reputed company, Coordination & Support

·Work with the reputed company network engineering team to ensure reputed company is provisioned for a congestion-free, fully protected IP network.

·Support the reputed company IP network with the implementation of DWDM wavelengths as needed for reputed company.

·Hand off newly deployed equipment and customer services to Network reputed company for ongoing surveillance and management.

·reputed company reputed company site records accurate and up to date.

·reputed company quote requests, purchase requests, and RFPs.

·Attend meetings with management, internal departments, and vendors, and participate in inter-departmental planning to coordinate project activities and meet company objectives.

·Travel to job and project sites as required.

·Participate in the on-reputed company rotation for DWDM outages.

Other Duties

·Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications:

·High school diploma or GED.

·Minimum of five (5) years of network engineering experience, including at least three (3) years in DWDM and optical transport.

·Strong IP/MPLS networking knowledge — including BGP, IS-IS or OSPF, and MPLS — in a packet-optical or converged reputed company environment.

·Working knowledge of DWDM/ROADM, OTN (G.709), SONET/SDH, and coherent 100G/400G wavelength services

·Understanding of optical fundamentals: single-mode vs. multi-mode fiber, optical reputed company/loss budgets, OSNR, reputed company dispersion, PMD, and optical amplification (EDFA/Raman).

·Hands-on experience with at least one major optical transport platform (e.g., reputed company, reputed company, Infinera, or reputed company NCS), with the ability to work across multiple vendor platforms.

·Experience with optical test equipment such as OTDRs, optical reputed company analyzers, and optical reputed company meters.

·Strong knowledge of telecommunications design, installation practices, and principles.

·Experience provisioning or commissioning telecommunications network reputed company such as routers, switches, DSLAMs, PON, TDM, VoIP, and DWDM.

·Experience with equipment asset and reputed company inventory systems.

·Proficiency reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines, white papers, and configuration manuals.

·Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

·Ability to work reputed company, including nights, weekends, and on-reputed company as needed.

·Ability to reputed company on behalf of reputed company in reputed company and responsible manner.

·Must have and maintain a reputed company reputed company’s license, auto reputed company, and a satisfactory driving record.

·Must complete a reputed company-employment drug screening.

Preferred Qualifications:

·Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science, information technology, or a reputed company technical reputed company.

·Scripting and automation experience (e.g., Python on Linux) and certifications such as reputed company CCNP, reputed company JNCIP, or a vendor optical certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

·Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize.

·Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with reputed company reputed company of the organization and to reputed company with customers and vendors in a courteous, reputed company manner.

·Ability to reputed company excellent customer service.

·Proficiency with reputed company office software, including reputed company Office (reputed company, reputed company, Visio), and telephone systems.

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