Telecom Commissioning Engineer – DWDM & IP/MPLS

Techie Vaibhav; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Techie Vaibhav in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Telecom Commissioning Engineer focused on DWDM/OTN and IP/MPLS networks. The role involves installation, testing, commissioning, migration, fault isolation, documentation, and coordination with OEM engineers.

Strong hands-on experience with DWDM/OTN systems and industry certifications is required. Responsibilities include optical testing, OSNR verification, service migration, and post-migration validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or related field.
• Relevant DWDM/OTN or optical network certification is preferred.
• Huawei, Nokia, Cisco or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• UAE driving licence is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, test, and commission DWDM/OTN equipment and related components.
• Perform wavelength provisioning, channel assignment, and optical power balancing.
• Measure transmit/receive power, span loss, OSNR, and link margins.
• Carry out optical fiber testing with OTDR, power meter, light source, and OSA.
• Conduct fault isolation, BER testing, redundancy testing, and service restoration.
• Coordinate with technicians, subcontractors, and OEM engineers.
• Prepare commissioning reports, migration records, and acceptance documents.

Skills

DWDM/OTN systems

IP/MPLS networks

Optical testing

OSNR verification

Network commissioning

FAT/SAT experience

Team supervision

HSE compliance

NMS configuration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications/Electronics

DWDM/OTN certification

Huawei/Nokia/Cisco certification

Tools

Huawei OptiX OSN 1800/9800

Nokia PSS 1830

OTDR

OSA

BER tester

Ethernet tester

MPLS/NMS tools

Job description

Location Abu Dhabi

Employment Type Full Time

Description

We are looking for an Telecom Commissioning Engineer – DWDM & IP/MPLS who is Responsible for the installation, configuration, testing, commissioning, migration, troubleshooting, and acceptance of telecom infrastructure systems, with primary focus on DWDM/OTN networks and working knowledge of IP/MPLS systems.

The engineer shall carry out site implementation activities, optical link testing, commissioning, service migration, fault investigation, documentation, team coordination, and HSE compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, test, and commission DWDM/OTN equipment, including transponders, muxponders, amplifiers, mux/demux units, protection modules, and optical supervisory channels.
• Perform wavelength provisioning, channel assignment, optical power balancing, and end-to-end optical path verification.
• Measure and validate transmit power, receive power, span loss, insertion loss, OSNR, attenuation, and optical link margins.
• Perform optical fiber testing using OTDR, optical power meter, light source, OSA, optical attenuator, and related test equipment.
• Carry out optical link optimization, fault isolation, loopback testing, BER testing, protection switching, redundancy testing, and service restoration.
• Perform equipment installation, rack mounting, fiber patching, cabling, grounding, DC power connection, labeling, and site readiness verification.
• Carry out service migration, cutover, configuration backup, rollback, and post-migration testing.
• Configure and verify alarms, performance parameters, equipment status, and network connectivity through the applicable NMS.
• Perform basic IP/MPLS verification, including Ethernet interfaces, VLANs, IP connectivity, routing, MPLS services, alarms, logs, and redundancy.
• Prepare test procedures, commissioning reports, migration records, configuration details, red-line drawings, and acceptance documents.
• Supervise technicians and subcontractors and ensure compliance with project quality and HSE requirements.
• Coordinate with OEM engineers for specialized technical activities when required.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or a related field.
• Relevant DWDM/OTN or optical network certification is preferred.
• Huawei, Nokia, Cisco, or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• UAE driving licence is mandatory.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of experience in telecom installation, testing, commissioning, migration, or maintenance.
• Strong hands-on experience with DWDM/OTN systems, preferably Huawei OptiX OSN 1800/9800 /Nokia PSS 1830.
• Practical experience in optical power balancing, wavelength provisioning, OSNR verification, protection switching, and optical troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience using OTDR, OSA, optical power meter, light source, attenuator, Ethernet tester, and BER tester.
• Working knowledge of IP/MPLS routers, switches, Ethernet services, and network integration.
• Experience in FAT, SAT, service migration, system acceptance, technical reporting, and team supervision.
• Experience in utility, power, oil and gas, railway, or other critical infrastructure projects is preferred.

Note:

This role requires strong practical experience in active DWDM/OTN systems. Candidates with experience limited only to fiber installation, structured cabling, RF, or microwave systems will not be considered.