Principal Transport Network & DWDM Expert

emagine; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 469,000 - 737,000; Full time

Job summary

emagine seeks a domain expert to enable AI-driven automation for transport, optical, IP/MPLS, and backbone networks. You will help automate assurance, optimization, and planning functions from DWDM to Carrier Ethernet, working onsite in Dhahran, KSA for six months.

Role involves defining use cases, building AI knowledge models, and developing autonomous workflows for incident management and predictive maintenance. Vendor ecosystem experience with leaders like Ciena, Nokia, and Cisco is valued.

Qualifications

• Domain expertise in transport, optical, and IP/MPLS networks.
• Experience building AI-agent knowledge models for network planning.
• Ability to validate recommendations for transport remediation.

Responsibilities

• Define transport network operational use cases for automation.
• Develop autonomous workflows for transport incident management.
• Support predictive maintenance and failure forecasting models.
• Validate AI-agent recommendations for remediation.
• Collaborate on capacity planning and route diversity strategies.
• Contribute to disaster recovery and network resilience design.

Tools

DWDM

OTN

ROADM

Optical Amplifiers

Fiber Infrastructure

MPLS

SR-MPLS

SRv6

Carrier Ethernet

L2/L3 VPN

Ciena

Nokia

Infinera

Cisco

Juniper

Huawei

Job description

Role Purpose

Provide domain expertise for transport, optical, IP/MPLS, and backbone network intelligence, enabling AI agents to automate assurance, optimization, and planning functions.

Role Purpose

Provide domain expertise for transport, optical, IP/MPLS, and backbone network intelligence, enabling AI agents to automate assurance, optimization, and planning functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define transport network operational use cases.
• Build AI-agent knowledge models for:
  • DWDM Operations
  • Optical Path Optimization
  • Transport Fault Management
  • Capacity Planning
  • IP/MPLS Routing Analysis
• Develop autonomous workflows for transport incident management.
• Support predictive maintenance and failure forecasting models.
• Validate agent recommendations for transport remediation.

Required Technical Expertise

Optical Networks

• DWDM
• OTN
• ROADM
• Optical Amplifiers
• Fiber Infrastructure

Transport Networks

• MPLS
• Segment Routing
• SR-MPLS
• SRv6
• Carrier Ethernet
• L2/L3 VPN

Vendor Ecosystem

• Ciena
• Nokia
• Infinera
• Cisco
• Juniper
• Huawei

Network Planning

• Traffic Engineering
• Capacity Forecasting
• Route Diversity
• Network Resilience
• Disaster Recovery Design

Duration: 6 months contract

Location: Dhahran, KSA (onsite role)