Senior Optical Transport Engineer – Backbone DWDM

Capgemini; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Engineer, Long Haul Wave to own end-to-end backbone wavelength services from design through customer handoff. You will design, provision, test, and validate services across multi-vendor optical networks, including Nokia and Ciena platforms.

This role requires 10+ years of DWDM experience and strong knowledge of ROADM, OSNR, dispersion, and power budgets. You will lead complex end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience engineering, provisioning, or supporting DWDM and optical transport networks in a carrier or large-scale service provider environment.
• Strong understanding of optical transport technologies, including DWDM, ROADM architectures, wavelength planning, optical amplification, regeneration, OSNR, dispersion, and optical power budgets.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and troubleshooting services on optical transport equipment from at least one major vendor, across multiple vendor platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments in multi-vendor environments.
• Experience with Nokia 1830 PSS, PSD, PSI-M and related optical platforms; experience with Ciena 6500, Waveserver, and RLS.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer end-to-end backbone wavelength services, including feasibility studies, route selection, optical path design, reach validation, and spectrum planning.
• Perform wavelength assignment, optical spectrum optimization, and selection of transponders, muxponders, and line-side hardware.
• Provision and turn up wavelength services across multi-vendor optical transport networks, including Nokia and Ciena platforms.
• Configure, integrate, and maintain optical network services while ensuring consistency across vendor boundaries.
• Validate optical performance through power verification, testing, and service acceptance testing prior to handoff.
• Collaborate with field operations, NOC, engineering teams, and vendor support to resolve issues.

Skills

DWDM

Optical Transport

ROADM architectures

Wavelength planning

Optical amplification

OSNR

Dispersion management

Nokia 1830 PSS/PSD/PSI-M

Ciena 6500/Waveserver/RLS

Cross-vendor integration

Tools

Nokia 1830 PSS/PSD/PSI-M

Ciena 6500/Waveserver/RLS

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Engineer, Long Haul Wave to own end-to-end backbone wavelength services from design through customer handoff. You will design, provision, test, and validate services across multi-vendor optical networks, including Nokia and Ciena platforms.

This role requires 10+ years of DWDM experience and strong knowledge of ROADM, OSNR, dispersion, and power budgets. You will lead complex end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments with minimal supervision.