Optical Transport Network Architect - Roadmap & Automation

Internet2; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Tax-advantaged retirement plan

Job summary

Internet2, a leading non-profit devoted to advancing research and education networks, is seeking a Network Architect, Optical Transport to lead the optical layer roadmap and design for its national network. You will guide line systems, transponders, ROADM and spectrum architecture, and drive automation and telemetry initiatives.

You will translate member and partner demand into capacity plans, collaborate across engineering, network operations, software, and security teams, mentor staff, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years designing, engineering, or operating coherent DWDM/ROADM transport networks at scale.
• Experience with pluggable coherent optics (400ZR/ZR+, OpenZR+, 800ZR) and IP-over-DWDM designs.
• Familiarity with 24x7 operations, incident escalation, and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the optical transport strategy, roadmap, and architecture for Internet2’s network.
• Forecast capacity needs and manage fiber assets and provider relationships.
• Produce specifications, BOMs, budgets, and project plans for decision making.
• Define technical specs for optical services and coordinate with software on provisioning.

Skills

Optical transport architecture

Automation & telemetry

Capacity planning

Mentoring engineers

Vendor management

Network operations

BGP/IS-IS/SR-MPLS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optics/Photonics, Computer Science (or related field)

Tools

Ciena 6500 / Waveserver

OpenROADM

TIP OOPT

Python

gNMI

NSO/Ansible

GNPy

Job description

Internet2, a leading non-profit devoted to advancing research and education networks, is seeking a Network Architect, Optical Transport to lead the optical layer roadmap and design for its national network. You will guide line systems, transponders, ROADM and spectrum architecture, and drive automation and telemetry initiatives.

You will translate member and partner demand into capacity plans, collaborate across engineering, network operations, software, and security teams, mentor staff, and