Optic Network Engineer

Required Qualifications: Strong hands-on experience with DWDM network design, deployment, operation, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management. Strong knowledge of fiber-optic communications, optical transmission theory, wavelength management, and optical power/loss budgets. Strong understanding of SONET, TDM, Ethernet, MPLS, DWDM, and related transport technologies. Experience commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and validating optical transport equipment and networks. Hands-on experience using optical testing equipment such as OTDRs, optical power meters, light sources, optical spectrum analyzers, and fiber-inspection equipment. Experience performing BERT and physical/transport-layer validation during circuit commissioning and troubleshooting. Experience developing engineering drawings, scopes of work, bills of materials, test plans, implementation procedures, MOPs, and as-built documentation. Strong understanding of telecommunications network reliability, redundancy, resiliency, capacity, and disaster-recovery principles. Understanding of cybersecurity principles as they relate to telecommunications and critical infrastructure. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, documentation, and communication skills. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with engineering, operations, project management, vendors, contractors,