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# Optical Network Engineer

- **Company:** Caci Inc
- **Location:** Florham Park, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $86,600.0 - $181,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), Software System Penetration Testing, Systems Engineering, Synchronous Optical Networking, C++ (Programming Language), Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Wavelength-Division Multiplexing, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol, Multi-protocol Systems, Network Security, Network Planning and Design, Network Protocols, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Computer Network Technologies, 5G NR, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9066379/optical-network-engineer

## About the Role

Required:

 * Strong preference for active Top-Secret/SCI government security clearance, AND ability to obtain additional clearance(s) as needed at the level to perform the job
 * BA in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline.
 * M inimum of 8-10 years of related work experience.
 * Knowledge of current and emerging optical transport technologies (SONET/SDH, OTN, DWDM, etc) and product lines
 * Experience designing, deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting live and testbed converged optical networks
 * Networking and/or computer science background including broad knowledge in IP networking, cyber security and system engineering
 * Working knowledge of IP (v4 and v6) and computer and network security
 * Strong analytical skills
 * Strong writing and communications skills

Desired:

 * Knowledge and experience with other non-optical network technologies (e.g. IP, MPLS, LTE, 5G, etc)
 * Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services
 * Skill in performing packet-level analysis
 * Software development skills and demonstrated experience in current languages such as C, C++.
 * Experience with Linux operating systems at all layers (boot, kernel space, user space)
 * Ethical hacking skills and experience with penetration testing and reverse engineering tools

## Description

In this role, you'll join a team of passionate and innovative engineers to understand and anticipate evolving Cybersecurity needs and challenges. You'll leverage your experience-along with targeted research into network technologies, cyber tools, and emerging techniques-to develop forward-thinking solutions that address both customer and industry demands. Working directly with customers, you will translate their requirements into well-designed cyber solutions that strengthen our nation's overall Cybersecurity posture., * Design and configure networks representative of real networks and technologies, including large- and small-scale networks integrating DWDM, OTN, SONET/SDH and/or other non-optical network technologies.

 * Identify and evaluate security strengths and weaknesses in these converged technology small and large-scale networks.
 * Research solutions to challenging cyber security and computer networking problems
 * Communicate understanding of network architecture and design
 * Characterize and analyze network traffic
 * Generate reports and presentations suitable for documenting and communicating results to peers and team members
 * Develop relationships with customers and cooperatively identify new approaches to address customer needs
 * Identify, propose and execute new research ideas
 * Travel to customer sites as necessary
 * Understand and adhere to all CACI Ethical and Compliance policies.
 * Proactively ensure a safe work environment.
 * Perform other duties as required
 * Obtain/retain a government security clearance at the level to perform the duties of the position