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Telecommunications Engineer Core
Job in
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30309, USA
Listed on 2026-06-27
Listing for:
Southern Company
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Telecoms Engineering, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
* ** Purpose*
* This role provides regional and system-level engineering, design, and third-level operational support for Southern Company's fiber optic cabling infrastructure, including long-haul transport routes, outside plant facilities, dark fiber, and associated optical transport platforms. The position is responsible for planning, documenting, implementing, and maintaining resilient fiber cabling solutions that support enterprise telecommunications services. The engineer will also support optical and packet transport technologies, including Ciena DWDM, SEL ICON, and Nokia SAR platforms, while collaborating with IOC, Aggregate Services, Edge Services, Field Operations, Power Delivery, vendors, contractors, and other internal and external stakeholders.
** Job Responsibilities**
+ Engineer, design, and support Southern Company's enterprise fiber optic cabling infrastructure, including long-haul routes, outside plant fiber, dark fiber, splice points, terminations, and physical route diversity.
+ Perform field site walks and route assessments to evaluate fiber placement, conduit/path availability, equipment locations, termination points, handholes, splice enclosures, and constructability requirements.
+ Develop and review fiber cabling designs, bills of material, installation requirements, cable assignments, fiber counts, splice documentation, and engineering packages for new installations, upgrades, relocations, and restorations.
+ Review post-construction fiber test results, including OTDR traces, insertion loss measurements, continuity testing, and acceptance documentation to validate performance against design requirements.
+ Maintain accurate fiber records and route documentation in GIS and related systems, including 3
GIS, as-built records, fiber assignments, lease information, and network inventory data.
+ Provide engineering, procurement, implementation, and third-level support for optical transport platforms and services, including Ciena DWDM, SEL ICON, Nokia SAR, and related telecommunications infrastructure.
+ Analyze traffic growth, circuit demand, and network utilization to recommend DWDM capacity additions, route enhancements, and transport network improvements.
+ Identify, document, and communicate transport and fiber infrastructure risks, including single points of failure, route diversity concerns, capacity constraints, aging facilities, and restoration vulnerabilities.
+ Support incident response, disaster recovery, backhaul restoration, emergency fiber deployments, and service restoration activities as needed.
+ Coordinate with engineering teams, field operations, contractors, vendors, and business partners to ensure fiber and transport work is planned, implemented, tested, documented, and turned over successfully.
+ Manage dark fiber leases, carrier coordination, vendor deliverables, service contracts, invoice validation, and related logistics.
+ Participate in vendor evaluations, contract discussions, and procurement activities for fiber cabling, optical transport equipment, maintenance services, and related telecommunications solutions.
+ Manage assigned work within approved schedules, budgets, standards, and service commitments while balancing multiple concurrent projects and operational priorities.
** Job Requirements*
* + Strong working knowledge of fiber optic cabling engineering, including outside plant route design, cable sizing, fiber counts, splice planning, terminations, testing, restoration, and documentation.
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Experience with long-haul optical transport networks, DWDM systems, and related telecommunications platforms; experience with Ciena DWDM, SEL ICON, and Nokia SAR equipment is preferred.
+ Knowledge of Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 network concepts, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, MPLS, and optical transport services.
+ Ability to interpret and produce engineering drawings, fiber route documentation, test results, as-built records, GIS data, and technical design packages.
+ Understanding of telecommunications construction practices, safety requirements, IT security requirements, and…
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