Senior Optical Transport Engineer

CEI; Englewood, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI is seeking a Senior Optical Transport Engineer in Englewood, CO. You will configure, provision, troubleshoot, and support a large-scale optical transport network, with a strong emphasis on Ciena and Nokia platforms.

The role demands hands-on expertise, 10+ years in optical transport, and collaboration with Network Operations and Engineering teams. It is a hybrid schedule (4 days onsite) in Englewood, with a target rate of $55/hour W2 on a contracts basis.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Optical Transport Engineering experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Ciena optical transport platforms.
• Strong experience with Nokia optical transport platforms.
• Proven experience configuring and troubleshooting within optical transport environments.
• Experience provisioning, testing, and supporting transport circuits and services.
• Knowledge of DWDM, ROADM, OTN, and carrier-grade transport technologies.
• Experience supporting maintenance activities, migrations, and network implementations.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex optical transport issues.

Responsibilities

• Configure, provision, maintain, and troubleshoot optical transport network infrastructure.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of outages, degradation, and service-impacting incidents.
• Support implementation of engineering designs, network expansions, migrations, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Execute and support EDPs (Engineering Design Packages/Procedures) and other network implementation activities.
• Provision optical services and transport circuits across the network.
• Monitor network health and performance to ensure service reliability and availability.
• Validate network configurations and perform operational readiness testing.
• Collaborate with Network Operations, Engineering, and Field Services teams during deployments and maintenance events.
• Support network upgrades, software loads, circuit turn-ups, and service activations.
• Maintain technical documentation, network records, and implementation procedures.

Skills

Optical Transport

Ciena

Nokia

Troubleshooting

Provisioning

DWDM/ROADM/OTN

Carrier-grade transport

Network engineering

Tools

Ciena 6500

Waveserver

Nokia 1830 PSS

Job description

Back Senior Optical Transport Engineer
Other Englewood , CO Contract On-Site Sep 3, 2026

Role: Network Engineer
Location: Englewood, CO
Schedule: Hybrid (4 days onsite)
Rate: $55/hour W2

We are seeking a Senior Optical Transport Engineer with deep hands‑on expertise in Ciena and Nokia optical transport platforms. This role will focus on advanced configuration, provisioning, troubleshooting, and operational support of a large‑scale optical transport network. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working directly with Ciena equipment, with Nokia experience strongly preferred. Candidates with strong hands‑on experience performing complex troubleshooting, network provisioning, and engineering change deployment activities will be highly sought after.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, provision, maintain, and troubleshoot optical transport network infrastructure.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of transport network outages, performance degradation, and service‑impacting incidents.
• Support implementation of engineering designs, network expansions, migrations, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Execute and support EDPs (Engineering Design Packages/Procedures) and other network implementation activities.
• Provision optical services and transport circuits across the network.
• Monitor network health and performance to ensure service reliability and availability.
• Validate network configurations and perform operational readiness testing.
• Collaborate with Network Operations, Engineering, and Field Services teams during deployments and maintenance events.
• Support network upgrades, software loads, circuit turn‑ups, and service activations.
• Maintain technical documentation, network records, and implementation procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Optical Transport Engineering experience.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Ciena optical transport platforms.
• Strong experience with Nokia optical transport platforms.
• Proven experience performing advanced configuration and troubleshooting within optical transport environments.
• Experience provisioning, testing, and supporting transport circuits and services.
• Strong understanding of DWDM, ROADM, OTN, and carrier‑grade transport technologies.
• Experience supporting maintenance activities, migrations, and network implementations.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex optical transport issues.
• Experience working in telecommunications, carrier, service provider, or large enterprise transport environments.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, or related Ciena transport platforms.
• Experience with Nokia 1830 PSS or comparable Nokia transport solutions.
• Knowledge of optical performance monitoring, wavelength management, and circuit provisioning.
• Experience supporting large‑scale backbone or carrier transport networks.