Transport Network Engineer

This position must have knowledge of SONET ring transport designs, Knowledge of DWDM transport designs, complete design and implementation of all system components (e.g., Ciena, Cisco, & Fujitsu SONET rings, Ciena, Nokia, Adva, or Cisco DWDM (Flex and Fix Grid) backbones, and Nokia, Ciena, & Cisco Carrier Ethernet systems deployments). Create engineering projects and maintain equipment and circuit inventory. This position is part of the Engineering team.

• Must have associate degree and a minimum of 3 years of networking experience or no degree with a minimum of 5 years of networking experience (networking experience includes areas such as support, engineering, provisioning, etc.).
• Must have experience using DWDM in some capacity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Optical Network Certification is desirable.
• Knowledge of NetCracker is also desirable.
• Work with minimum supervision, work with the Network Planning team to ensure transport capacity for future network growth.
• Understanding of fiber optic principles as it relates to MMF (multi-mode fiber) and SMF (single-mode fiber) media types
• Understanding of SONET protection schemes for service mappings
• Understanding of DWDM passive and active ROADM architectures
• Understanding of TDM, OTN, and Ethernet protocols
• Experience with DS0, T1, T3, OC-x, Ethernet, & OTN BER testing
• Experience in designing and implementing projects
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and effective interpersonal skills to interact successfully with customers, management and team members, and proficiency with the use of personal computers to include Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be detail oriented with good organizational and time management skills.
• Must be able to multi-task effectively and demonstrate the ability to prioritize and re-prioritize as needed in a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability to adjust work schedule to support shifts of various lengths and start/stop times based on workload, & other duties as assigned.

Pet insurance, Parental leave, 401(k), Health insurance, 401(k) matching, Paid time off, Vision insurance, Health savings account, This work arrangement for this role is a hybrid position, requiring three (3) days in the office, with flexibility to work remotely two (2) days each week. This can be in any Segra office., Segra offers a very robust benefits package to our full-time employees, some of which include:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition and gym reimbursements
• Vacation/PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays
• Volunteer days, parental leave
• Legal, accidental, hospital indemnity, identify theft, pet insurance

Our Commitment to Equality: Segra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. Segra does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Salary Range: $64,050 - $88,000

Segra is one of the largest independent fiber network companies in the nation, able to offer state-of-the-art communication solutions backed by always-on customer service. We are known for our future-forward infrastructure and state-of-the-art voice and data technology solutions for businesses and the public sector, as well as wholesale transport services to some of the world's largest carriers. Our network features the latest advances in IP, ethernet, and dark fiber architectures, as well as high performance data centers. Furthermore, our network powers technology solutions such as hosted voice, security, and cloud. Segra has engineered our entire company operations to put our customers at the very center of everything we do. We invest in the communities we serve by hiring locally and continually upgrading our network infrastructure. Segra has over 1200 employees, 500k+ on-net and near-net buildings, and 44k+ fiber-route miles. We exist purely to help businesses within our footprint be successful.