Damascus-Based DWDM & IP/MPLS Network Architect

Norconsult Telematics Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Norconsult Telematics Limited in Riyadh seeks a Senior Network Architect to plan, design, and document integrated DWDM/optical transport and IP-MPLS networks. You will translate capacity forecasts into wavelength, IP/MPLS, and service plans, ensuring end-to-end topology and resilience.

The role requires 15+ years in backbone planning, strong vendor coordination, and experience with SDN considerations for transport automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecom, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 15+ years in DWDM/OTN and IP/MPLS planning.
• Proven experience with DWDM, ROADM, transponders, and optical budgets.
• Strong IP/MPLS knowledge including BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, QoS, and routing policy.
• Experience with inventory systems, NMS/EMS data, and service migration.
• CCNP/CCIE SP or MEF/Carrier Ethernet certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated DWDM and IP/MPLS network plans covering backbone, metro, aggregation, edge, peering/interconnect, inter-site connectivity, optical transport, service routing, and capacity expansion.
• Translate traffic forecasts, customer/service requirements, IP/MPLS needs, and transport availability into wavelength, channel, OTN, router, link, port, interface, routing, and service capacity plans.
• Prepare end-to-end topology plans covering optical paths, logical IP/MPLS connectivity, wavelength allocation, MPLS-LSP/SR-MPLS/SR-TE, IP addressing, VLAN, VRF, EVPN L2/L3, E-Line/E-LAN, Transit, Peering, leased lines, service planning, QoS, and migration plans.
• Design and validate DWDM optical paths and IP/MPLS transport connectivity, including protection schemes, diversity, latency constraints, regeneration requirements, ROADM/OADM usage, CDC-F ROADM, transponder/muxponder capacity, power budget constraints, and service resilience.
• Plan synchronization requirements across the DWDM transport and IP/MPLS service layers, including SyncE and IEEE 1588v2/PTP.
• Support planning and activation requirements for IP/MPLS security and service assurance, including DDoS protection activation, DPI integration, routing security, and segmentation.
• Review existing DWDM and IP/MPLS inventory, including fiber routes, shelf/card/port capacity, wavelength utilization, router inventory, interface utilization, circuit records, configuration extracts, NMS/EMS data, monitoring data, and as-built records to validate the current state.
• Coordinate with fiber planners, DWDM planners, IP/MPLS planners, operations, vendors, rollout, service assurance, and implementation teams to align optical transport readiness with logical IP/MPLS service and routing requirements.
• Prepare planning outputs including wavelength allocation, trail/path records, equipment/card requirements, router/interface requirements, port assignments, circuit records, IP/MPLS service records, logical diagrams, and migration packs.
• Support reconciliation of planned DWDM and IP/MPLS services with network inventory, circuit management systems, NMS/EMS platforms, and implementation handover documentation.
• Identify risks related to DWDM and IP/MPLS capacity exhaustion, lack of route diversity, optical impairments, single points of failure, incompatible equipment, routing conflicts, inconsistent naming, stale records, and implementation gaps.
• Ensure all DWDM and IP/MPLS plans follow vendor engineering guidelines, Silklink standards, naming conventions, service design rules, inventory governance, and documentation quality requirements.
• Produce clean planning datasets, diagrams, port/interface assignments, wavelength/path records, service routing inputs, capacity reports, and implementation-ready handover packs for operations and rollout teams.

Skills

DWDM planning

IP/MPLS planning

Network design

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

CCNP/CCIE SP

MEF/Carrier Ethernet

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecom/EE/CE

Tools

NMS/EMS platforms

ROADM controllers

Inventory tools

Job description

Norconsult Telematics Limited in Riyadh seeks a Senior Network Architect to plan, design, and document integrated DWDM/optical transport and IP-MPLS networks. You will translate capacity forecasts into wavelength, IP/MPLS, and service plans, ensuring end-to-end topology and resilience.

The role requires 15+ years in backbone planning, strong vendor coordination, and experience with SDN considerations for transport automation.