Optical Transport Engineer - DWDM/Sonet & MPLS

Veriipro; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro in New York, NY seeks a SONET/DWDM Telecom Engineer to design, implement, test, and support optical transport and telecommunications networks. You will work on DWDM, SONET, fiber optics, microwave, MPLS, and Ethernet technologies to ensure robust, scalable networks.

The role covers design, testing, commissioning, documentation, and collaboration with engineers, operations, vendors, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in telecom/IT.
• 3+ years of telecommunications or IT with a degree.
• Strong knowledge of DWDM, SONET, TDM, Ethernet, MPLS, and optical transmission.
• Hands-on fiber testing and telecom test equipment experience.
• Experience with network commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance validation.
• Knowledge of optical power/loss budgets and fiber characterization.
• Strong documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel to sites and work off-hours when required.

Responsibilities

• Design and support DWDM, SONET, TDM, MPLS, Ethernet, and fiber-optic transport networks.
• Develop engineering plans, scopes of work, BOMs, and technical specs.
• Support optical networks for SCADA, OT, RTUs, protection systems, and enterprise comms.
• Perform equipment commissioning, network turn-up, testing, and restoration.
• Conduct BERT, OTDR, optical power, spectrum, and fiber testing.
• Develop wavelength plans, power budgets, configurations, and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot DWDM components including transponders and ROADMs.
• Support microwave radio engineering, deployment, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Create MOPs, test plans, standards, and as-built docs.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, vendors, and contractors.
• Support migrations, cutovers, and emergency restoration activities.

Skills

DWDM

SONET

Ethernet

MPLS

Fiber optics

Network testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Engineering, IT, or related field

Tools

Cisco NCS 2006

ONS 15454

CTP

EPNM

Job description

Veriipro in New York, NY seeks a SONET/DWDM Telecom Engineer to design, implement, test, and support optical transport and telecommunications networks. You will work on DWDM, SONET, fiber optics, microwave, MPLS, and Ethernet technologies to ensure robust, scalable networks.

The role covers design, testing, commissioning, documentation, and collaboration with engineers, operations, vendors, and contractors.