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

What's the Job?

• 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.

What's Needed?

• 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.

What's in it for me?

• 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.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• 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

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

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