Senior Optical Network Engineer

Senior Optical Network Engineer (Contract)
Denver, CO 
6+ months

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Optical Network Engineer to support the design, deployment, optimization, and operational support of large-scale optical transport networks. The engineer will be responsible for DWDM transport systems, ROADM architectures, optical backbone expansion, network capacity planning, circuit turn-up, and optical troubleshooting across metro and long-haul environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, and OTN transport networks.
• Provision and turn up wavelength services across multi-vendor optical platforms.
• Perform optical network capacity planning and forecasting.
• Support fiber route expansion and backbone modernization projects.
• Troubleshoot optical-layer impairments, latency, loss, and performance issues.
• Create engineering standards and network documentation.
• Support integration of acquired networks and migration projects.
• Partner with NOC, field operations, architecture, and construction teams.
• Participate in outage management and major incident response activities. 

Required Skills

• 5+ years of Optical Transport Engineering experience.
• Strong DWDM and ROADM expertise.
• Experience with optical transport platforms from Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, Cisco, or Fujitsu.
• Telecom experience
• Knowledge of:
  OTN
  SONET
  MPLS
  Carrier Ethernet
  Dark Fiber architectures
  Understanding of fiber characterization and optical testing.
  Experience supporting large carrier or MSO environments. 

Preferred

• DOCSIS transport network experience.
• CCNP, JNCIP, Nokia NRS, or Ciena certifications.
• Merger/integration experience