Transcend IT Solutions
Transcend IT Solutions

Senior Optical Transport Engineer

Mount Laurel Township, NJ, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago
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Contract W2
Contract Independent
12 Months
No Travel Required
Able to Sponsor
On-site
Depends on Experience
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Job Details

Skills

  • DWDM
  • Optical Transport
  • Optical Networking
  • ROADM
  • OTN
  • Long Haul Networks
  • Backbone Networks
  • WDM
  • Carrier Ethernet
  • Wavelength Planning
  • Optical Amplification
  • OSNR
  • Optical Power Budget
  • Dispersion Compensation
  • Regeneration
  • Fiber Optics
  • Optical Engineering
  • Circuit Design
  • Circuit Provisioning
  • Service Provisioning
  • Network Provisioning
  • Optical Troubleshooting
  • End-to-End Circuit Testing
  • Customer Turn-Up
  • Nokia 1830 PSS
  • Nokia PSD
  • Nokia PSI-M
  • Ciena 6500
  • Ciena Waveserver
  • Ciena RLS
  • Transponders
  • Muxponders
  • Network Management Systems
  • Optical Network Management
  • Carrier Networks
  • Service Provider Networks
  • Telecom
  • Telecommunications

Summary

Position Tittle: Senior Optical Transport Engineer
Location: Long Haul Backbone, Mount Laurel, NJ / Denver, CO
Duration: Long Term
 
Job Details:

We are seeking a Senior Optical Transport Engineer – Long Haul Backbone for a long-term contract engagement supporting the design, delivery, and activation of backbone wavelength services across a large-scale carrier network. This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence four days per week in either New Jersey or Colorado.

In this role, you will own the complete lifecycle of backbone wavelength services—from initial feasibility analysis and end-to-end path design through provisioning, validation, testing, customer turn-up, and final service acceptance. You''ll be responsible for engineering and delivering high-capacity optical transport services across multi-vendor DWDM networks while ensuring performance, reliability, and operational excellence.

This position follows a single-owner delivery model, where one engineer is accountable for the entire circuit throughout its lifecycle. Rather than handing work off between separate design, provisioning, and testing teams, you will maintain end-to-end ownership across every network segment, including metro ingress, the national backbone, and metro egress, ensuring each service is fully validated and production-ready before customer acceptance

Required Qualifications 

10+ years of hands-on experience engineering, provisioning, or supporting DWDM and optical transport networks in a carrier or large-scale service provider environment.  
Strong understanding of optical transport technologies, including DWDM, ROADM architectures, wavelength planning, optical amplification, regeneration, OSNR, dispersion, and optical power budgets.  
Hands-on experience provisioning and troubleshooting services on optical transport equipment from at least one major vendor, with the ability to work across multiple vendor platforms.  
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments while isolating faults within complex multi-vendor environments.  
Strong documentation skills and the ability to work directly with customers, operations teams, field personnel, and vendor support organizations throughout the service delivery process.  

Preferred Qualifications 

Direct experience with Nokia 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M, and related optical transport platforms.  
Direct experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS optical platforms.  
Experience supporting long haul or backbone optical transport networks.  
Familiarity with optical network management and orchestration systems.  
Experience performing optical service turn-up, customer acceptance testing, and production implementations.  

 

Key Responsibilities 

Wave and Circuit Design 

Perform end-to-end feasibility studies and path design for backbone wavelength services, including route selection, regeneration requirements, optical amplification, and reach validation.  
Engineer optical spectrum across the complete path, including wavelength assignment, fixed-grid and flex-grid alignment, and spectrum utilization to maximize backbone efficiency while preserving future capacity.  
Select the appropriate transponder, muxponder, and line-side hardware based on service rate, reach, and platform requirements.  
Validate optical performance against engineering standards before implementation and identify any constraints requiring hardware additions or path modifications.  
Document the complete service design, including intermediate sites, equipment, ports, and circuit routing.  

Multi-Platform Service Provisioning 

Provision end-to-end wavelength services across a multi-vendor optical network consisting of Nokia and Ciena transport platforms.  
Configure and turn up services on Nokia optical transport platforms, including the 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M family, and related shelf types.  
Configure and turn up services on Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS platforms, including transponders, CCMD/CMD components, and line-system elements.  
Manage service transitions between vendor platforms and ensure optical and framing parameters remain consistent across vendor boundaries.  
Execute provisioning through element and network management systems while maintaining accurate service records, circuit labeling, and implementation documentation.  

End-to-End Troubleshooting and Customer Turn-Up 

Perform complete validation of wavelength services before customer handoff, including optical power verification, performance testing, error-free burn-in, and confirmation that service objectives have been achieved across the entire path.  
Troubleshoot complex issues across multi-vendor optical networks and determine whether faults originate within metro networks, the national backbone, or at vendor boundaries.  
Diagnose optical impairments including power issues, OSNR, dispersion, span loss, framing errors, timing issues, and service-layer alarms.  
Coordinate with field operations, network operations, and vendor technical support to resolve issues requiring field dispatch or vendor escalation.  
Deliver validated, production-ready wavelength services and provide post-installation support for services returning after customer handoff.  

Operational Execution and Handoff 

Perform end-to-end service acceptance testing, document validation results, and verify that all customer acceptance criteria have been satisfied before placing services into production.  
Maintain accurate engineering records, service documentation, turn-up results, circuit labeling, and as-built documentation throughout the delivery lifecycle.  
Execute work in accordance with approved operational procedures and engineering practices to minimize customer impact while maintaining backbone stability.  

 Continuous Improvement 

Identify opportunities to automate repetitive design, provisioning, validation, and documentation tasks to improve delivery efficiency and reduce manual effort.  
Contribute to implementation procedures, methods of procedure (MOPs), and operational documentation that support backbone wavelength delivery.  
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91140092
  • Position Id: TISJ9374
  • Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About Transcend IT Solutions

Our business model has scaled to successful heights on account of the long-lasting and loyal relationship with our clients, partners and candidates who have been pillar foundation of why Transcend IT Solutions is a market leader.

Our team has an outstanding track record of success in project staffing, project development and management, and consulting services. With firsthand experience in these areas, we have a sound understanding of our client’s needs.

Transcend IT Solutions provides assistance with staffing for all Information Technology roles. Providing the best-fit person of the highest caliber is our recruiting team’s goal. Our success is based on longevity of client-candidate relationships. Whether it is an individual team member or an entire team, Transcend IT Solutions will assist you with your staffing needs.

Our consulting services cover all aspects of Information Technology. Our expert consultants provide expertise in the areas of project management, requirement gathering and management, analysis and design, construction, quality control and assurance, and system deployment. As well as being individual contributors, our consultants also provide mentoring, process improvement expertise, and reviews and audits of existing projects.

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