Senior Optical Transport SME

Experis Technology Group; Maryland; Remote; USD 117,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) match

Weekly pay

Job summary

Experis Technology Group is seeking a Senior Optical Transport SME to own the full lifecycle of backbone wavelength services. You will design, provision, validate, and test multi-vendor systems, coordinating with operations and vendor support to ensure timely service turn-up and acceptance.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in DWDM/optical transport, strong OSNR and dispersion knowledge, and proven ability to troubleshoot across complex multi-vendor environments in a remote, carrier-scale context.

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, with the ability to work across multiple vendor platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments while isolating faults within complex multi-vendor environments.
• Strong documentation skills and the ability to work directly with customers, operations teams, field personnel, and vendor support organizations throughout service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete lifecycle of backbone wavelength service—from feasibility analysis to provisioning, validation, testing, and customer acceptance.
• Perform wave and circuit design for backbone wavelength services, including route selection and reach validation.
• Provision and turn up wavelength services across a multi-vendor optical network, configuring and validating services on Nokia and Ciena platforms.
• Lead end-to-end troubleshooting and customer turn-up by validating optical performance and coordinating resolution with operations and vendor support.

Skills

DWDM

ROADM architectures

Wavelength planning

Optical amplification

Regeneration

OSNR

Dispersion

Power budgets

Troubleshooting

Vendor coordination

Tools

Nokia transport platform

Ciena transport platform

Job description

Our client is seeking a Senior Optical Transport SME to join their team. The ideal candidate will have end-to-end ownership mindset, strong optical transport expertise, and the ability to troubleshoot complex multi-vendor services which will align successfully in the organization. Job Title: Senior Network Engineer (Senior Optical Transport SME) Location: Remote Pay Range: $85-92/hr

What's the Job?

Own the complete lifecycle of a backbone wavelength service—from feasibility analysis and end-to-end path design through provisioning, validation, testing, and customer acceptance. Perform wave and circuit design for backbone wavelength services, including route selection, regeneration requirements, optical amplification, and reach validation. Engineer optical spectrum across the full path, including wavelength assignment, fixed-grid and flex-grid alignment, and spectrum utilization to maximize efficiency while preserving future capacity. Provision and turn up wavelength services across a multi-vendor optical network, configuring and validating services on Nokia and Ciena transport platforms. Lead end-to-end troubleshooting and customer turn-up by validating optical performance, isolating faults across metro ingress, national backbone, metro egress, and vendor boundaries, and coordinating resolution with operations and vendor support.

What's Needed?

• 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, with the ability to work across multiple vendor platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot end-to-end circuits across multiple network segments while isolating faults within complex multi-vendor environments.
• Strong documentation skills and the ability to work directly with customers, operations teams, field personnel, and vendor support organizations throughout service delivery.

What's in it for me?

Single-owner delivery model where you stay accountable until the service is validated and accepted. Opportunity to apply deep optical transport expertise across metro ingress, national backbone, and metro egress in one continuous workflow. Direct impact on production-ready backbone wavelength delivery through rigorous validation, testing, and acceptance. Collaboration with field operations, network operations, and vendor technical support to resolve complex issues end-to-end. Motivation to continuously improve delivery efficiency by automating repetitive design, provisioning, validation, and documentation tasks.

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

We look forward to speaking with you!