Network Engineer III -Ops/Oncall

This will be 12 Months contract to start with based in SFO, CA candidates as Hybrid (3 Days onsite).

Top 3 Responsibilities

·         Network Operations & Maintenance: Monitor, troubleshoot, and provision multi-vendor OTN/DWDM equipment to maintain performance and reliability across USA metro sites, datacenters, and cloud interconnects.

·         Incident Response & Vendor Coordination: Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve network incidents, interfacing with remote hands, carriers, and hardware vendors in lights-out facilities.

·         Network Scaling & Integration: Collaborate with global engineering teams on optical network design, capacity planning, and the evaluation and integration of new optical technologies.

Mandatory Requirements

Help FTE Optical Engineer on projects, networking needs, etc.

·         3+ years of hands-on experience with major OTN devices, such as Infinera/Nokia, Ciena, or ADVA/Adtran

·         Knowledge of optical transport, system design, device delivery, and operations, including troubleshooting and incident management

·         Experience participating in on-call schedules as an escalation point for service-related issues

·         Experience working in a lights-out environment or interfacing with remote hands, vendors, and a globally distributed team