Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in network or telecom engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

3 years of experience in optical transmissions systems (dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)), local area network (LAN)/wireless protocols, or transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP).

Experience working with field operation technicians, engineers, or vendors in a telecommunications working environment (e.g., installation, commissioning, and network troubleshooting).

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in creating optical designs using vendor design tools, applying technical judgment to a given optical design, and translating them to bits on the wire.

Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: layer 1 (L1) optical transmissions systems, layer 3 (L3) routing TCP/IP, wireless networking, network design, or operations.

Proficiency in new product introduction (NPI) and writing test plan documents in a laboratory or staging environment.

Understanding of optical design trade-offs and maintain awareness of transaction language 1 (TL1)/command line interface (CLI) automation.

Ability to identify repetitive work and propose automation for small workflows.