DWDM Optical Network Engineer — High-Impact Contract

GCS Recruitment; Ireland; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Optical Network Engineer for a high-impact contract role in Ireland with a leading global technology company. You'll operate large-scale optical networks, ensuring traffic protection and restoration while managing software upgrades on optical platforms.

The ideal candidate should have experience with DWDM and multi-vendor environments including Ciena and Cisco. This position offers the opportunity to work with one of the most complex optical networks in the world.

Qualifications

• Experience operating DWDM optical networks over fibre infrastructure.
• Ability to manage network device software upgrades.
• Familiarity with multi-vendor environments.

Responsibilities

• Support DWDM optical networks and address network events.
• Ensure traffic protection and restoration in the network.
• Coordinate software upgrades with internal teams.

Skills

Operate and support DWDM optical networks

Handle fibre and optical network events

Perform software upgrades on optical platforms

Engage with optical equipment vendors

Tools

Ciena

Cisco

Infinera

Nokia

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Optical Network Engineer for a high-impact contract role in Ireland with a leading global technology company. You'll operate large-scale optical networks, ensuring traffic protection and restoration while managing software upgrades on optical platforms.

The ideal candidate should have experience with DWDM and multi-vendor environments including Ciena and Cisco. This position offers the opportunity to work with one of the most complex optical networks in the world.