Network Engineer – Optical Deployment

Network Engineer – Optical Deployment

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying and migrating optical networks.
• Experience with optical network design, installation and maintenance for service providers or enterprise networks.
• Knowledge of optical theory, transport technologies and the operation of optical transport systems.
• Experience with field-based work in POPs, carrier hotels, data centers and Central Office environments.
• Experience with optical test equipment and optical troubleshooting experience using OTDR, OSA, BERT and optical power meters.
• Experience creating rack elevations and other planned/install/as-built documentation.
• Experience analyzing situations, utilizing systems, tools and troubleshooting experience to resolve technical issues.
• Knowledge of data center design and operational best practices.
• Time management and organization experience.
• Experience working in a global team environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Support build activities including design, build, configuration, and migration in large-scale production optical network that spans longhaul terrestrial, regional metros, and subsea networks.
• Plan, schedule and perform complex optical and backbone network deployments and migrations.
• Maintain standards for all builds and design packages for metro, regional and long-haul DWDM rings/systems.
• Generate implementation plans and provide technical leadership and guidance during deployment activities.
• Review and maintain acceptance documents provided by vendors and subcontractors deploying equipment on our network.
• Provide technical expertise to network provisioning engineers for troubleshooting out-of-service or faulty circuits.
• Proactively contribute to documentation, automation and processes as they evolve.
• Drive problem management initiatives to solve complex issues that span multiple organizations.
• Support multiple stakeholder organizations by understanding, anticipating, and influencing business outcomes.
• Help drive and align on workflow management tooling requirements – efficiency and automation roadmaps.
• Leverage a data driven approach to influence business and network health metrics.
• 10% of travel required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in creating, troubleshooting and analyzing network code
• Experience in creating network scripts to automate network configurations and migrations