Senior Optical Transport SME

Our client is seeking a Senior Optical Transport SME to join their team. The ideal candidate will have end-to-end ownership mindset, strong optical transport expertise, and the ability to troubleshoot complex multi-vendor services which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title:

Senior Network Engineer (Senior Optical Transport SME)

Location:

Remote Pay Range: $85-92/hr

Own the complete lifecycle of a backbone wavelength service—from feasibility analysis and end-to-end path design through provisioning, validation, testing, and customer acceptance. Perform wave and circuit design for backbone wavelength services, including route selection, regeneration requirements, optical amplification, and reach validation. Engineer optical spectrum across the full path, including wavelength assignment, fixed-grid and flex-grid alignment, and spectrum utilization to maximize efficiency while preserving future capacity.

Provision and turn up wavelength services across a multi-vendor optical network, configuring and validating services on Nokia and Ciena transport platforms. Lead end-to-end troubleshooting and customer turn-up by validating optical performance, isolating faults across metro ingress, national backbone, metro egress, and vendor boundaries, and coordinating resolution with operations and vendor support.

• 10+ years of hands-on experience engineering, provisioning, or supporting DWDM and optical transport networks in a carrier or large-scale service provider environment.
• Strong understanding of optical transport technologies, including DWDM, ROADM architectures, wavelength planning, optical amplification, regeneration, OSNR, dispersion, and optical power budgets.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and troubleshooting services on optical transport equipment from at least one major vendor, with the ability to work across multiple vendor platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments while isolating faults within complex multi-vendor environments.
• Strong documentation skills and the ability to work directly with customers, operations teams, field personnel, and vendor support organizations throughout service delivery.

Single-owner delivery model where you stay accountable until the service is validated and accepted. Opportunity to apply deep optical transport expertise across metro ingress, national backbone, and metro egress in one continuous workflow. Direct impact on production-ready backbone wavelength delivery through rigorous validation, testing, and acceptance. Collaboration with field operations, network operations, and vendor technical support to resolve complex issues end-to-end.

Motivation to continuously improve delivery efficiency by automating repetitive design, provisioning, validation, and documentation tasks.

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

We look forward to speaking with you!