Optical Network Operations Engineer

Duration: 9+ Months

Location: NC-Charlotte, Hybrid 1-2 days onsite

Overview: Every consultant belongs to a practice, an internal group of consultants and leaders with shared experience and expertise. Each of these practices aligns to one of the core services offers to clients. As an Optical Network Operations Engineer, you will join Digital Modernization practice, where technology and strategy combine to deliver exceptional digital experiences, empowering organizations to thrive in today's digital market.

Responsibilities

• Self-manage multiple tasks simultaneously across various job assignments
• Maintain accurate ticket status, work in a fast-paced environment, under pressure, with strict deadlines
• Execute work on live customer circuits with skillset to avoid workman caused outages
• Work in a 24/7 on-call rotation as needed to support trouble tickets and break/fix as we support at a Tier 4 level
• Design, build, configure, and manage the installation/deployment of the optical network including infrastructure, hardware setup, commissioning, troubleshooting, and decommissioning old gear as we're in a constant upgrade cycle

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in Optical Transport Deployment
• Experience with an optical network provider, or vendor acting in an operations or engineering role
• Experience in building optical networking infrastructure and/or optical networking equipment/systems
• 3+ years of experience with the operation, administration, and maintenance of Optical transport networks
• Primary equipment includes Nokia PSS, CISCO NCS2015, Ciena 6500
• Ability to receive complex work packages/network designs via workflow tool, interpret the request, execute the tasks to include: complete accurate impact statements and build Change Requests that include a detailed MOP
• Experience with routing protocols, optical transport systems, provisioning and troubleshoot above noted equipment with various common service configurations
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, a related field or equivalent experience
• Technical Skills: strong familiarity with OTN, SONET, DWDM
• Skills: English communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP along with OCP, NONC or other industry-specific optical certifications
• Strong knowledge of one or more: Nokia PSS, CISCO NCS2015, Ciena 6500
• Optical migrations experience

The salary range for this role is $80,000 to $115,000 or the hourly equivalent. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, Turnberry Solutions offers benefits such as a comprehensive healthcare package (medical, dental, vision), disability and group term life insurance, health and flexible spending accounts, a utilization bonus, 401(k) with match, flexible time off for salaried employees, parental leave for salaried employees, and flexible work arrangements (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with Turnberry, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At Turnberry, we are committed to creating a positive and connected work environment for all and are fully invested in and focused on hiring and growing a diverse team of high performers. We believe that uniqueness in ideas, experiences, and backgrounds make us a better Turnberry: Turnberry is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age, ancestry, family medical or genetic information, gender identity and expression, marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

Turnberry will provide reasonable accommodation with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please send an email to our Human Resources department at turnberryhr@turnberrysolutions.com.