Senior Optical Transport Engineer

Role: Network Engineer
Location: Englewood, CO  
Schedule: Hybrid (4 days onsite)
Rate: $55/hour W2

We are seeking a Senior Optical Transport Engineer with deep hands-on expertise in Ciena and Nokia optical transport platforms. This role will focus on advanced configuration, provisioning, troubleshooting, and operational support of a large-scale optical transport network. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working directly with Ciena equipment, with Nokia experience strongly preferred. Candidates with strong hands-on experience performing complex troubleshooting, network provisioning, and engineering change deployment activities will be highly sought after.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, provision, maintain, and troubleshoot optical transport network infrastructure.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of transport network outages, performance degradation, and service-impacting incidents.
• Support implementation of engineering designs, network expansions, migrations, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Execute and support EDPs (Engineering Design Packages/Procedures) and other network implementation activities.
• Provision optical services and transport circuits across the network.
• Monitor network health and performance to ensure service reliability and availability.
• Validate network configurations and perform operational readiness testing.
• Collaborate with Network Operations, Engineering, and Field Services teams during deployments and maintenance events.
• Support network upgrades, software loads, circuit turn-ups, and service activations.
• Maintain technical documentation, network records, and implementation procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Optical Transport Engineering experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Ciena optical transport platforms.
• Strong experience with Nokia optical transport platforms.
• Proven experience performing advanced configuration and troubleshooting within optical transport environments.
• Experience provisioning, testing, and supporting transport circuits and services.
• Strong understanding of DWDM, ROADM, OTN, and carrier-grade transport technologies.
• Experience supporting maintenance activities, migrations, and network implementations.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex optical transport issues.
• Experience working in telecommunications, carrier, service provider, or large enterprise transport environments.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, or related Ciena transport platforms.
• Experience with Nokia 1830 PSS or comparable Nokia transport solutions.
• Knowledge of optical performance monitoring, wavelength management, and circuit provisioning.
• Experience supporting large-scale backbone or carrier transport networks.

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