Remote Legacy Transport Planner for Circuit Migration

Insight Global (United States); United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a remote telecom professional with deep legacy transport experience to support a large-scale site exit and consolidation program. You will remotely access a variety of legacy transport platforms (TDM, SONET, DWDM) to validate traffic, identify candidates for shutdown, and assist migration planning.

The ideal candidate understands traffic traversal in mixed transport environments, collaborates with field technicians and NOC teams, and has hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• 5–6+ years in telecom transport networks.
• Hands-on with legacy transport (TDM, SONET, DWDM).
• Experience with inventory tools like TIRKS.
• Knowledge of TL1 commands and transport elements.
• Familiar with Fujitsu, Lucent, Ciena, Nortel platforms.
• Ability to remotely validate network state and traffic.
• Understanding of traffic flow in legacy networks.
• Comfort coordinating with field/NOC while remote.

Responsibilities

• Remotely log into network elements to confirm state and traffic presence.
• Use TL1, device access, and inventory tools to validate circuits and dependencies.
• Identify devices with no active traffic to enable safe shutdown.
• Trace circuits end-to-end to map dependencies and reduce risk.
• Support site exits and consolidation by identifying equipment for removal or migration.
• Assist migration strategies and circuit redesign during non-zero traffic phases.
• Contribute to circuit design readiness when rehoming legacy services.
• Produce clear validation notes, dependency findings, and risk flags.
• Coordinate with planning, NOC, field techs, and leadership on sequencing and governance.

Skills

Legacy transport

TL1 commands

TIRKS

Network validation

Remote coordination

Circuit tracing

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

TL1 tooling

Inventory systems

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a remote telecom professional with deep legacy transport experience to support a large-scale site exit and consolidation program. You will remotely access a variety of legacy transport platforms (TDM, SONET, DWDM) to validate traffic, identify candidates for shutdown, and assist migration planning.

The ideal candidate understands traffic traversal in mixed transport environments, collaborates with field technicians and NOC teams, and has hands-on experience with