Senior Fiber Network Planner — Route, Capacity & DWDM

Norconsult Telematics; Doha; On-site; QAR 109,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Norconsult Telematics seeks an experienced Fibre Network Planning engineer to own end-to-end fibre network planning for a long-distance project in Damascus Governorate, Syria. You will plan routes, capacity, ODF connectivity, and ensure alignment with service needs and downstream transport/IP planning.

You will coordinate with civil works, field teams, and vendors to validate routes, maintain accurate records, and enforce naming conventions and documentation standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in fibre network planning or related fields.
• Experience with GIS, fibre inventory platforms, and network design tools.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Develop fibre network plans covering backbone, metro, access, inter-site connectivity, route diversity, and PoP/site interconnections.
• Perform capacity planning, fibre core allocation, and utilisation forecasting across the network.
• Analyse existing fibre inventory, GIS records, duct/route data, ODF records, splice diagrams, and field survey outputs.
• Prepare route plans, fiber allocation plans, cable and core utilisation views, ODF/patching requirements, and diversity assessments.
• Coordinate with civil works, field survey, implementation, operations, and vendor teams to validate routes, distances, feasibility, and access requirements.
• Ensure fibre plans support DWDM, IP/MPLS, enterprise, wholesale, and critical service requirements.

Skills

Fibre network planning

Stakeholder management

Bilingual Arabic/English

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

telecom GIS

fibre inventory platforms

network design tools

Job description

Norconsult Telematics seeks an experienced Fibre Network Planning engineer to own end-to-end fibre network planning for a long-distance project in Damascus Governorate, Syria. You will plan routes, capacity, ODF connectivity, and ensure alignment with service needs and downstream transport/IP planning.

You will coordinate with civil works, field teams, and vendors to validate routes, maintain accurate records, and enforce naming conventions and documentation standards.