Senior Network Data & Inventory Lead

AT&T; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Annual bonus

Health, dental, vision

Job summary

Forged Fiber seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to ensure production network data accuracy and governance across Fiber Access and Metro environments. You will own data quality, inventory reconciliation, and reporting, partnering with IT, engineering, and vendor teams to optimize data workflows and asset management.

The role focuses on OLT, fiber access, Metro Ethernet, and related datasets, coordinating with NetBox, Optius/Odin, and inventory systems to drive data integrity and strategic

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in telecommunications network engineering, network operations, inventory management, OSS platforms, or related technical disciplines.
• Experience supporting Fiber Access, OLT, Metro Ethernet, transport networks, and enterprise inventory platforms such as NetBox and Optius/Odin is strongly preferred.
• Proven expertise with inventory reconciliation, data governance, asset lifecycle tracking, and reporting.
• Experience developing dashboards, metrics, and analytical reporting solutions.
• Strong understanding of network inventory architectures, data integration, and OSS platforms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead production data management, validation, and governance for Fiber OLT, Metro, and transport networks.
• Own inventory data governance and reconcile discrepancies across systems.
• Define and maintain dashboards, reports, and metrics for network assets and deployment.
• Drive data quality improvements and identify operational risks.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and leadership to inform decisions.
• Lead inventory transformation and data modernization initiatives.

Skills

Production data analysis

Inventory management

Data governance

Dashboards & reporting

Data validation

Stakeholder management

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

NetBox

Optius/Odin

OSS platforms

Job description

Forged Fiber seeks a Senior Lead Network Engineer to ensure production network data accuracy and governance across Fiber Access and Metro environments. You will own data quality, inventory reconciliation, and reporting, partnering with IT, engineering, and vendor teams to optimize data workflows and asset management.

The role focuses on OLT, fiber access, Metro Ethernet, and related datasets, coordinating with NetBox, Optius/Odin, and inventory systems to drive data integrity and strategic