Global Optical Network Engineer — DWDM & Automation

Ascendion; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Paid time off

Holidays & vacation

Learning management system

Job summary

Ascendion seeks an Optical Network Development Engineer in Seattle, onsite five days a week, to build, deploy and scale a global fiber optic network powering data centers. You will handle on-call operations, sustaining engineering, automation, and security, ensuring availability and performance across the network.

Ideal candidates have a CS degree and 3+ years in DWDM/optical networks, with Python scripting and strong Linux/Unix knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years experience with rollout and maintenance of large DWDM networks and optical network technologies.
• 3+ years experience with optical planning and modeling tools.
• 3+ years experience with optical network design and troubleshooting.
• 1+ year of professional development experience with Python or similar scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, and more.
• Create and implement changes to the network.
• Support network projects in network sustaining engineering, deployment, scaling, and optimization.
• Provide critical network support to diagnose, mitigate impact, and resolve large-scale events.
• Operate and troubleshoot routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configurations; include Linux/Unix and networking tools.

Skills

DWDM networks

Optical network design

Network troubleshooting

Python scripting

Linux/Unix

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Python

Job description

Ascendion seeks an Optical Network Development Engineer in Seattle, onsite five days a week, to build, deploy and scale a global fiber optic network powering data centers. You will handle on-call operations, sustaining engineering, automation, and security, ensuring availability and performance across the network.

Ideal candidates have a CS degree and 3+ years in DWDM/optical networks, with Python scripting and strong Linux/Unix knowledge.