Optical Network Engineer

Pay Range : $66/hr to $68/hr

Day to Day:

• 25% Field Coordination & Tech Guidance: Serving as the remote "eyes and ears" to drive and guide on-the-ground technicians within data center environments (onsite outages, site validations, verifications, installations, racking, powering, and hardware upgrades).


• 25% High/Low-Level Design & Documentation: Translating network needs into technical documentation (drafting HLD/LLD, documenting outage results, and providing technical recommendations based on cost, efficiency, time, and level of effort).


• 20 25% Product Mastery & Solution Design: Learning and deeply understanding specific products/solutions; designing DWDM solutions, determining required tests, and creating option variations for existing or net-new product rollouts.


• 10% Workflows & Execution: Completing cutsheets, planning, auditing the Span, and running required build workflows to execute the deployment.


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  10% Meetings & Escalations: Aligning with peers, leadership, project stakeholders, and handling any necessary escalations.
  
  

Must Haves:

• Experience Level: junior level as long as they have some hands on dwdm experience can explain how and why and thought process. Minimum 3+ years of industry experience handling, designing, developing, and operating networks actively handling live customer production traffic.


• Optical DWDM Expertise: Deep technical understanding and hands-on experience with the rollout of large DWDM networks, optical network technologies, and optical planning/modeling tools. Candidates must be able to truly speak DWDM and explain the "how" and "why."


• IP Networking & Router Integration: Strong knowledge of router connectivity, IP networking fundamentals, and extensive experience with IP protocol applications. Must understand cross-layer implications and the interplay between the DWDM layer and the IP router layer.


• Routing Protocols & Platforms: In-depth knowledge of major internet routing protocols (specifically BGP and OSPF) and major router platforms (specifically Cisco 37xx, 49xx, 65xx, 73xx, 76xx platforms including compatible supervisory and line cards).


• Troubleshooting & Technical Protocols: Robust network analysis and troubleshooting skills with significant experience in DWDM, T1/OTN, IPv4 & IPv6, TCP (internals & flow control), HSRP/GLBP, PIMv2, IGMP, LDP, TACACS, IPSEC & VPNs, netflow, DNS, and HTTP.


• Basic Automation (Python): Ability to read, fully understand, and make basic adjustments to existing Python code (building complex automation frameworks from scratch is not required).


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  Leadership Principles: Must strongly align with Ownership, Bias for Action, Earn Trust, and Deep Dive.
  
  

Plusses:

• Advanced knowledge in writing code/scripts from scratch.


• Candidates coming from recent layoffs within the DWDM space at Oracle or other telecom companies

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually as applicable.