Network Engineer - Optical

Your Job

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Network Engineer to join our Network Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for the deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and optimization of high-capacity optical transport networks. You’ll play a critical part in ensuring network reliability, scalability, and performance for our customers and internal systems. As a member of this team, you will have an abundance of opportunities to be involved in projects related to planning, implementation, deployment, monitoring & network operations of various optical, backbone and edge networks. The ideal candidate is an engineer who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and constantly evolving network. A fast learner, proactive, and highly motivated engineer, with a proven record of implementing novel solutions and workarounds to solve unique challenges.

Our Team

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry. We provide the highest performing and field-proven optical solutions, from components and modules to integrated line-cards. We provide cutting edge wavelength management and amplifier technologies. Our comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks.

What You Will Do

• Support build activities including design, configuration, deployment and migration in large-scale optical networks that spans long-haul terrestrial & regional metros. Interconnecting Data Centers and Point of Presence (POP) sites across the globe.
• Plan, schedule and perform complex optical and backbone network deployments and migrations. Perform network maintenance, upgrades, and provisioning of new circuits or services
• Work closely with NOC, field technicians, vendors, and engineering teams to resolve faults and perform root cause analysis. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to optical transport equipment and network connectivity.
• Maintain standards for all builds and design packages for metro, regional and long-haul DWDM systems.
• Maintain and update network documentation, including fiber routes, equipment inventory, and change logs.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to network emergencies after hours
• Generate implementation plans and provide technical leadership and guidance during deployment activities
• Review and maintain acceptance documents provided by vendors and subcontractors deploying equipment on our network
• Provide technical expertise to network provisioning engineers for troubleshooting out-of-service or faulty circuits
• Proactively contributes to documentation, automation and processes as they evolve
• Support multiple stakeholder organizations by understanding, anticipating, and influencing business outcomes.
• Exhibit proactive communication and think with a product and customer mindset
• Leverage a data driven approach to influence business and network health metrics
• Generate and analyze network performance reports; proactively identify areas for improvement
• Travel required as needed basis (maybe up to 50%)

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field of discipline.
• At least 5 years’ experience with Live network deployment, migration and operations
• Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying and migrating optical networks
• Experience with optical network design, installation and maintenance for service providers or enterprise networks
• Experience with optical transport systems and troubleshooting.
• Experience with optical fiber types, fiber characterization, OTDR
• Experience with optical technologies: DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, OTN, SONET/SDH, and Ethernet over fiber.
• Experience with individual components of optical networks such as Transponders, Mux/Demux, WSS, EDFA, RAMAN, OSC, OTDR.
• Experience with field-based work in POPs, carrier hotels, data centers and Central Office environments
• Experience with optical test equipment and optical troubleshooting experience using OTDR, OSA, BERT and optical power meters
• Proficiency with network management tools (e.g., Ciena OneControl, Infinera DNA, Nokia NFM-T).
• Experience with data center network design.
• Experience with automation/scripting (Python, Ansible) in a networking environment. Experience in creating, troubleshooting and analyzing network code

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