Startech Networks, Inc. (https://startechnetworks.com) is currently seeking an experienced Optical Deployment Engineer with US Work Authorization to work remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the technical lead for the vendor team, providing technical supervision, training, and
- support to the rest of the deployment team.
- Create and maintain Engineering Design Packages for Customer’s Optical Transport Network to include subsea, metro, regional and long-haul DWDM systems.
- RFI Scope for Optical Engineering and Deployment Services
- Provide technical leadership and collaborate with vendors, manufacturers, and Customer
- personnel during engineering and deployment activities.
- Review acceptance documents provided by vendors and subcontractors deploying equipment on our network.
- Provide technical expertise to network provisioning engineers for troubleshooting out-of-service or faulty circuits or system issues.
- Perform complex network implementations, migrations, and/or decommissioning activities under Customer supervision.
- Provide advanced technical support and oversight of all network test and turn-up activities for team assigned deployments.
- Proactively contribute to documentation, automation, and processes as they evolve.
- Work with stakeholders or team members in the field or on site in support of coordination efforts related to the project/services.
- Ensure projects/services are completed on time.
- Utilize Project management tools and dashboards to ensure project statuses, risk, and/or
- blockers are properly updated.
- Communicate with Project Managers and stakeholders as needed to identify and define project requirements, scope and objectives.
Skills & Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years demonstrated firsthand experience deploying large scale optical DWDM networks.
- Demonstrated knowledge of TCP/IP protocol, network management protocols to include OSPF, BGP, IPv6.
- Experience in the configuration and deployment of Data Collection Network equipment.
- Experience with optical network planning, design, installation, and maintenance for service
- providers or enterprise networks.
- Advanced knowledge of optical theory, fiber optics, transport technologies and the operation of large optical transport systems.
- Experience with field-based work on Subsea Deployments, POPs, carrier hotels, data centers and central office environments.
- Advanced experience with optical test equipment and optical troubleshooting experience using OTDR, OSA, BERT and optical power meters.
- Experience with central office engineering.
- Experience with both AC and DC power systems.
- Experience creating rack elevations and other planned/install/as-built documentation.
- Highly effective time management and organizational skills.
- Excellent problem solving, coordination and multi-tasking experience/skill across a regional/global scope.
- Able to coordinate multiple aspects of a project in a fast paced and challenging work environment and communicate all issues and risk of project to the Project Manager Self-motivated, attentive, and always following through to ensure completion of assigned projects.
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
Preferred
- Experience coding in at least one language (i.e. Python), preferably for network or systems
- automation with knowledge of scripting languages.
- Understanding of Layer 2 concepts (e.g. STP, VLANs etc.), ipv6 and network monitoring.
- Knowledge of Cable Landing Station & Data Center design and operational best practices.
- Experience working in a large cross functional global team environment.
- 5+ years of work experience as a field technician or optical implementation engineer.
- Advanced networking or data center experience with CCNA/JNCIA or equivalent experience.
- Experience in technical training, writing technical documentation such as job aids or process.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary
Pay: From $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
Schedule:
Experience:
- deploying large scale optical DWDM networks: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote