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US_East | Connectivity & Network Engineer_L2
Datum Software, Inc
🇮🇱 Israel
On-site
Senior
2 months ago
- Acceptance Testing
2 months ago
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Location
Denver, CO (Preferred) or Mt. Laurel, NJ
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Job Summary
We are seeking an experiencedOptical Transport Senior Engineer to support the design, engineering, provisioning, implementation, and troubleshooting of long-haul DWDM optical transport networks. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Nokia and/or Ciena optical transport platforms and be responsible for delivering reliable, production-ready wavelength services across a multi-vendor carrier-grade backbone network.
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Top 5 Must-Have Skills
- Hands-on experience withNokia 1830 PSS, PSD, and PSI-M optical platforms
- Strong knowledge ofDWDM, ROADM architectures, wavelength planning, OSNR, optical amplification, and power budgets
- Experience withCiena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS optical platforms
- Proven expertise inend-to-end optical circuit provisioning and troubleshooting across multi-vendor environments
- Experience supportinglong-haul/backbone optical transport networks
Key Responsibilities:
Wave & Circuit Design
- Perform end-to-end feasibility studies and optical path design for backbone wavelength services.
- Engineer wavelength assignments, spectrum utilization, fixed-grid/flex-grid alignment, and regeneration requirements.
- Select appropriate transponders, muxponders, and line-side hardware based on service requirements.
- Validate optical performance against engineering standards before deployment.
- Produce detailed service design documentation including routing, ports, equipment, and intermediate sites.
Multi-Platform Service Provisioning
- Provision end-to-end wavelength services across Nokia and Ciena optical transport platforms.
- Configure services on Nokia 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M, and related optical transport equipment.
- Configure services on Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS platforms.
- Manage seamless service transitions across multiple vendor environments.
- Execute provisioning using network management systems while maintaining accurate circuit documentation.
End-to-End Troubleshooting & Customer Turn-Up
- Validate wavelength services through optical power verification, burn-in testing, and performance validation.
- Troubleshoot optical transport issues across metro, backbone, and vendor boundaries.
- Diagnose optical impairments including:
- Optical power issues
- OSNR
- Dispersion
- Span loss
- Timing issues
- Framing errors
- Service alarms
- Coordinate with field operations, network operations, and vendor support teams to resolve complex issues.
- Deliver production-ready services and provide post-deployment support.
Operational Execution
- Perform customer acceptance testing before production deployment.
- Maintain engineering documentation, implementation records, and as-built documentation.
- Follow established operational procedures and engineering best practices.
- Ensure high service quality while minimizing customer impact.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to automate engineering, provisioning, validation, and documentation processes.
- Contribute to Methods of Procedure (MOPs), implementation standards, and operational documentation.
- Improve service delivery efficiency through process enhancements.
Required Qualifications:
- 3–5 years of hands-on experience supporting DWDM and optical transport networks in carrier or large-scale service provider environments.
- Strong understanding of:
- DWDM
- ROADM architectures
- Wavelength planning
- Optical amplification
- Regeneration
- OSNR
- Dispersion
- Optical power budgets
- Experience provisioning and troubleshooting optical transport equipment from major vendors.
- Strong ability to isolate and resolve end-to-end circuit issues across complex multi-vendor environments.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Experience collaborating with customers, operations teams, field engineers, and vendor support organizations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Nokia 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M platforms.
- Experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS platforms.
- Experience supporting backbone or long-haul optical transport networks.
- Familiarity with optical network management and orchestration tools.
- Experience performing optical service turn-up, customer acceptance testing, and production implementations.
“All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.”
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US_East | Connectivity & Network Engineer_L2 · Datum Software, Inc