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LD/ULH Transport Engineer

Irving, TX โ€ข On-site

Judge Group, Inc.
Recruiting and Staffing Servicesย โ€ขย 5 - 10K employees

$50 - $55/hr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision

Posted 8 days ago


Job description

Location: Irving, TX Salary: $50.00 USD Hourly - $55.00 USD Hourly Description: Our client is currently seeking a LD/ULH Transport Engineer in Irving, TX.
2x per week onsite
After receiving market-level plans, customer capacity requirements, and internal transport requirements the transport engineer is responsible for timely creation and action on individual Capacity Creation Requests (CCRs) to initiate US domestic network transport builds across both ULH and OTN Mesh networks.
Applicant must have extensive logical (not physical) knowledge of SONET and Long-Distance transport systems The Engineer must have a good understanding of the transport network, to effectively initiate and Engineer network projects.
Perform planning, forecasting and capacity monitoring of LD/ULH Transport network infrastructure and equipment on a regular basis.
Support LD transport capacity requirements required to support Client's full suite of products and customers, both internal and external.
Coordinate with real estate/central office equipment to ensure adequate power, space and cooling are available to support network growth and expansion.
Perform wavelength rearrangements, as needed to reduce stranded network capacity.
Support multi-year transport capacity forecasts and network builds in order to determine capital funding requirements, along with relevant business cases and justifications.
Coordinate with GTNOC and provide ad-hoc restoration for priority systems in the event of fiber cable outages.
Coordinate with lease contracts organization, capital planning, engineering, project management, operations/RCAT to communicate network build plans and obtain stakeholder buy-in.
Ensure that work meets all applicable engineering, financial, planning, and operational standards.
Perform detailed equipment engineering for network augments.
Develop all of the specifications required for installation forces to properly install, turn-up, inventory, and configure the equipment.
Obtaining appropriate management approvals, issuing purchase orders,
Creating applicable diagrams/ drawings, and ensuring vendor delivery.
Define cable requirements, create cable running lists, and order all cables.
Develop Bill of Material and place orders and place orders for network equipment, rack, and hardware requirements.
Manage, input, and update central Network Inventory Databases to reflect new builds, adds, and decommissions.
Develop collaborative working relationships across the client stakeholders and subject matter experts to enable successful iEN LD/ULH Transport implementation.
Responsible for providing detailed analysis for internal and external groups in support of future customer orders, mesh network growth, and converged core data networks
Responsible for identifying and working with the appropriate stakeholders to resolve issues and eliminate performance roadblocks Perform and provide data analysis, reports, and presentations for transport planning stakeholders. Demonstrate leadership, self-motivation and team orientation Train and mentor junior engineers.
You'll need to have:
Bachelor of Science Engineering degree and 5-10 years progressive technical experience designing SONET and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transport systems.
Drawing complex system diagrams using Visio.
Understanding of dependencies such as space, power, fiber and diversity and how they will affect their planned projects
Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communications as well as competent computer skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills, self-starter, professionally driven, ability to meet deadlines, and comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic settings.
Flexibility with full-time schedule, including evenings, weekends, and being on call. Participate in regular team meeting and conference calls on the projects they are responsible for
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Excellent verbal, written, analytical and communication skills
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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