Optical Network Operations Engineer — L3 & Backbone

Accelon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Sick leave

Work-life balance

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Accelon Consulting is seeking a contract Network Operations Engineer to support the availability, performance, and scalability of L3 and optical networks across the USA. You will handle day-to-day operations, join the optical on-call rotation, and work with vendors, carriers and remote hands to keep our production network healthy.

The role requires hands-on experience with major OTN/DWDM equipment, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and ability to operate within a US contractor framework from the SF Bay

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience operating production networks.
• Hands-on with major OTN/DWDM equipment (Infinera/Nokia, Ciena, or ADVA/Adtran).
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, and an IGP (IS-IS or OSPF).
• Experience with on-call rotations and incident management in a production environment.
• Experience coordinating with remote hands, carriers, vendors, and distributed teams.
• Based in the SF Bay Area and eligible to work as a US contractor.

Responsibilities

• Contract Network Operations Engineer responsible for the availability, performance, and scalability of L3 and optical networks across the USA.
• Handles day-to-day network operations, participates in the optical on-call rotation, and coordinates with vendors, carriers, and remote hands to maintain production network health.

Skills

Production networks

TCP/IP

BGP

IS-IS/OSPF

On-call mgmt

Vendor coordination

Tools

Linux scripting

Python

Job description

Accelon Consulting is seeking a contract Network Operations Engineer to support the availability, performance, and scalability of L3 and optical networks across the USA. You will handle day-to-day operations, join the optical on-call rotation, and work with vendors, carriers and remote hands to keep our production network healthy.

The role requires hands-on experience with major OTN/DWDM equipment, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and ability to operate within a US contractor framework from the SF Bay