Sr. Transport Planning Engineer for Network Modernization

Optomi; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi is seeking a Sr. Transport Planning Engineer to support critical SONET/DWDM consolidation and migration initiatives for a national backbone network. You will create engineering packages, perform capacity analysis, and collaborate with engineering and operations teams to modernize telecom infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in transport planning or telecom network engineering, strong tool experience, and proven leadership in planning efforts with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transport planning or telecommunications network engineering experience.
• Strong experience with SONET transport planning, capacity management, and network migrations.
• Familiar with DWDM, optical transport networks, and telecom engineering principles.
• Experience developing implementation-ready engineering and planning packages.
• Familiarity with transport engineering tools such as TIRKS, CNDC ASPEN Portal, LCAM, MetaSolv, Fireworks, and CORE.

Responsibilities

• Develop transport network growth, capacity, and migration plans for SONET consolidation.
• Perform capacity forecasting, network analysis, and solution development across core/metro networks.
• Create implementation-ready planning packages for design and field teams.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and stakeholders to modernize networks.
• Manage budgets, capital funding requests, and planning documentation per telecom standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to junior engineers.

Skills

Transport planning

Capacity forecasting

Network analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

TIRKS

CNDC ASPEN Portal

LCAM

MetaSolv

Fireworks

CORE

Job description

Optomi is seeking a Sr. Transport Planning Engineer to support critical SONET/DWDM consolidation and migration initiatives for a national backbone network. You will create engineering packages, perform capacity analysis, and collaborate with engineering and operations teams to modernize telecom infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in transport planning or telecom network engineering, strong tool experience, and proven leadership in planning efforts with minimal supervision.