Senior Optical Transport Engineer – Backbone & DWDM

Comcast Corporation; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 109,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast Corporation in Mount Laurel, NJ is seeking a Senior Optical Transport Network Engineer to lead the reliability and evolution of Comcast's national optical backbone. You will own the full lifecycle of backbone services from design through deployment to operations, working with a small, highly technical team on post-sales design and migrations.

You will deploy new backbone services across a 80,000+ km fiber network, collaborate with architecture, routing, and field teams, and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in Field Service Engineering, Optical Transport Engineering, or a related discipline supporting DWDM deployments.
• Hands‑on experience with Ciena 6500, including Photonic, OTN, Ethernet, and Navigator.
• Experience with RLS platforms and Nokia PSS1830 / WS-NOC.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including design‑level issue resolution.
• Ability to make sound technical decisions during outages, maintenance windows, and other critical events.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to a variety of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, deploy, and turn up new backbone optical transport services and capacity augmentations.
• Validate network designs, platforms, and software through lab and pre-production testing.
• Partner with architecture, routing, field, and operations teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing network solutions.
• Monitor and troubleshoot network health, perform end-to-end circuit validation, and coordinate in-service maintenance.
• Support firmware and software lifecycle management across the optical network.
• Perform capacity planning, growth modeling, and technical design documentation.
• Coordinate lit circuit design, quoting, ordering, and fiber cross-connects with vendors and third parties.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting backbone network operations.

Skills

Nokia BTS

Ciena 6500

IP Networks

Problem Solving

Troubleshooting

Optical Transport Network

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/ Optical/ Software Eng or CS

Tools

Nokia PSS1830/WS-NOC

RLS platforms

Python scripting

Network automation

API integration

Job description

Comcast Corporation in Mount Laurel, NJ is seeking a Senior Optical Transport Network Engineer to lead the reliability and evolution of Comcast's national optical backbone. You will own the full lifecycle of backbone services from design through deployment to operations, working with a small, highly technical team on post-sales design and migrations.

You will deploy new backbone services across a 80,000+ km fiber network, collaborate with architecture, routing, and field teams, and ensure