Network Transport Engineer

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $50 - $60 / hour

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🟡 Mid-level

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TEKsystems

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

🎯 Recruiter

🏢 Enterprise

Consulting • Recruitment • Enterprise

TEKsystems is a global IT and business services firm that provides technology consulting, talent solutions, managed services and workforce recruitment to enterprise clients. The company delivers cloud, digital and data services (including AI/ML and automation), application innovation, Agile/DevOps transformation, technology operations and digital experience work, and operates large-scale talent and managed service programs. TEKsystems works across industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector, telecommunications, retail/manufacturing, energy and more), maintains technology partnerships with major cloud and software providers, and reports more than $7B in annual revenue and 100+ locations worldwide.

📋 Description

• Design and engineer packet-optical transport solutions across metro and long-haul networks • Validate fiber routes and develop optical designs, including power budgets and OSNR calculations • Perform fiber characterization and analysis using OTDR, CD, PMD, ORL, insertion loss, and spectral analysis • Engineer and optimize DWDM and ROADM networks using Ciena transport platforms • Deploy, test, and commission fiber transport infrastructure • Support SONET/TDM to OTN/IP network migrations • Troubleshoot optical impairments affecting DWDM and OTN performance • Deploy and validate 400G/800G coherent optical technologies • Ensure optical links meet required OSNR, CD, and PMD performance thresholds • Create and maintain service orders, circuit records, and inventory documentation • Document fiber assignments, A-Z circuit paths, and cross-connects • Develop MOP and rollback plans • Maintain as-built drawings, rack elevations, and topology documentation • Support maintenance activities and post-implementation validation

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience with transport, optical, and carrier-grade network engineering • Strong background supporting Ciena and Nokia transport platforms • Experience with fiber characterization and optical performance troubleshooting • Knowledge of IP/MPLS routing and packet transport technologies • Experience supporting wireless backhaul environments • Preferred Nokia Optical Network Certification (ONC/OSC) • Preferred Nokia Routing Specialist Certification • Preferred Ciena Optical Certifications (OC-A, OC-P, OC-C) • Preferred Ciena MCP Certification • Preferred CCNP • Preferred NRS II • Preferred MEF-CECP • Preferred FOA CFOT / CFOS-T • Preferred EXFO or VIAVI Fiber Testing Certifications • Expertise with OTN (G.709), DWDM, ROADM (CDC-F), Flex-Grid, 400ZR/400ZR+, and FEC • Knowledge of MPLS-TE, Segment Routing, EVPN, QoS, and Ethernet OAM (802.1ag / Y.1731) • Experience with SONET/SDH, PDH, Circuit Emulation, TDM, and DSO/T1 • Familiarity with Wireless Backhaul, AES/IPsec Encryption, Satellite Network Monitoring & OAM, and SNMP • Experience with Ciena 6500, Ciena MCP, Nokia IXR, Nokia SAR, MetaSolv or similar inventory systems, Confluence, SharePoint, Salesforce, Visio, and AutoCAD • Ability to work Monday–Friday during daytime business hours in the Alaska time zone (AKDT)

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)