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Sr.Transport Engineer, Long Haul Wave (Backbone Optical Transport)

SYSTEM SOFT TECHNOLOGIES LLCUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 3 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Onsite positon
Only W2 - No Corp to Corp

Must-Have Qualifications

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience engineering, provisioning, or supporting DWDM/optical transport networks in a carrier or large-scale service provider environment
  • Strong knowledge of DWDM, ROADM, wavelength planning, optical amplification, regeneration, OSNR, dispersion, and optical power budgets
  • Hands-on experience provisioning and troubleshooting optical transport equipment from at least one major vendor (Nokia, Ciena, etc.)
  • Experience troubleshooting end-to-end optical circuits across complex multi-vendor environments
  • Strong documentation skills and experience working with customers, operations, field teams, and vendor support

Preferred Experience

  • Direct experience with Nokia 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M
  • Direct experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS
  • Long-haul/backbone optical transport experience
  • Optical network management/orchestration systems
  • Optical service turn-up, customer acceptance testing, and production implementations
  • Python automation is a plus

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