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Lead Member of Technical Staff – Optical Engineer

Lead Member of Technical Staff – Optical Engineer

CompanyAT&T
LocationMiddletown Township, NJ, USA
Salary$171600 – $257400
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Network architecture, ethernet, routing protocols, and systems architecture.
  • Packet-optical technology, software-defined networks (SDNs), YANG models and APIs, and network cost optimization.
  • Pluggable modules (client and lineside), digital coherent detection and digital signal processing, silicon photonics, and flexible ROADMs.
  • Architecture, Maintenance, Management, Services and Process Flows.
  • Optical networking equipment (e.g. Cisco, Nokia, Juniper, Fujitsu, Ciena).
  • Cross-functional teamwork towards development of requirements and use cases in support of Metro & Inter-city SDN Infrastructure and Services.
  • Solving complex engineering problems.
  • Coding in Java, Python, and other object-oriented programming languages.
  • Business acumen and aptitude to understand the key business drivers.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate optical transport technologies and recommend long term platform evolution.
  • Write detailed plans describing functionality and interworking needed.
  • Partner with suppliers to ensure products meet AT&T’s future network needs.
  • Track important developments and new technologies among optical system integrators, component, and sub-system suppliers.
  • Collaborate with a cross-organizational team and suppliers to define and develop feature requirements for AT&T’s next-generation flexible, SDN-controlled optical transport networks.
  • Work with Layer-2 and Layer-3 partners to support their current and future services over the Layer-1 ROADM networks.

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.