Lead Optical Network Infrastructure Engineer

Next Frontier Capital; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Seattle seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to shape critical network and optical transport initiatives. You will design, deploy, operate, and secure enterprise transport services while guiding cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires deep expertise in DWDM/ROADM/OTN, strong automation with Python, and a track record of end-to-end project delivery. On-call rotation and rigorous change control are part of the job.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on infrastructure engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support infrastructure engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted recommendations before implementation, escalating when uncertain and ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.
• Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as data centers, racks, and patch panels , DC power
• Deep knowledge across optical transport technologies and platforms, including ROADM, ILA, coherent optics, Waveservers, Ciena 6500, and OTN.
• Proven ability to lead/own network infrastructure projects end-to-end, including acceptance testing and operational handoff
• Automation experience (e.g., Python) and working with APIs/data formats
• Deep knowledge of optics standards, wavelength planning and optical test/turn-up methods (e.g., OTDR, BERT).
• Strong communication and documentation skills; comfortable with change, incident processes and on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate infrastructure analysis and design documentation, validating outputs and handling operational data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within delivery and automation routines to identify recurring issues and validate remediation options, ensuring changes are traceable/auditable and aligned to resiliency and security expectations.
• Drive the optical transport network workstream by designing, deploying, operating, and configuring transport services (DWDM, ROADM, 400G OTN), including monitoring and troubleshooting performance (alarms/PMs).
• Coordinate projects to deliver installs, turn-ups, migrations, and decommissions while owning change execution and documentation in accordance with change control policies.
• Provide L3/L4 escalation support and participate in an on-call rotation for production incidents, lead major-incident RCAs, and drive preventative actions.”
• Maintain runbooks/KBs and test acceptance procedures, perform capacity planning, and manage platform lifecycle HW/SW upgrades.

Skills

AI in infrastructure

Project leadership

Change management

Security and auditability

Validation and testing

Python scripting

API integration

Documentation

On-call support

Incident response

Education

Formal training or certification in infrastructure engineering

Tools

DWDM

ROADM

Ciena 6500

Waveserver

OTN

OTDR

BERT

Python

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Seattle seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to shape critical network and optical transport initiatives. You will design, deploy, operate, and secure enterprise transport services while guiding cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires deep expertise in DWDM/ROADM/OTN, strong automation with Python, and a track record of end-to-end project delivery. On-call rotation and rigorous change control are part of the job.