What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transport Engineer position at Ampcus, Inc?
Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.
Job Title: Transport Engineer
Location(s): Richardson, TX
Job Duties:
The Transport Engineer will be responsible for monitoring, planning, implementation, test and turn up of Long Distance (LD) Ultra Long Haul (UHL) transport network.
The engineer will work to define, plan, and engineer LD ULH transport system overbuilds to include fiber acquisition, fiber testing, equipment acquisition, equipment install, system test and turn up. This will include the deployment of fixed grid, flex grid as well as next generation LD ULH transport..
Must Have Skills:
Job Title: Transport Engineer
Location(s): Richardson, TX
Job Duties:
The Transport Engineer will be responsible for monitoring, planning, implementation, test and turn up of Long Distance (LD) Ultra Long Haul (UHL) transport network.
The engineer will work to define, plan, and engineer LD ULH transport system overbuilds to include fiber acquisition, fiber testing, equipment acquisition, equipment install, system test and turn up. This will include the deployment of fixed grid, flex grid as well as next generation LD ULH transport..
Must Have Skills:
- Experience in the telecommunications industry.
- Technical knowledge of long distance, ultra-long haul and OTN mesh networks.
- Equipment Knowledge specific to Sonet/SDH, ULH, OTN mesh and WDM transport.
- Vendor Specific Knowledge: Ciena, Infinera, Fujitsu and varied long haul networks.
- System Knowledge: BGW or Granite (XNG), CoFEE(Canvas), Nautilus, ICON, CCP, Venue, 3GIS/FIMS.
- Job requirements specific to engineering and design of ultra-long haul transport.
- Experience managing complex processes and driving results.
- Experience with windows-based programs and corporate database systems.
Desired Skills:
- Strong understanding of engineering specs and drawings.
- Knowledge and experience with both equipment inventory and design.
- Strong working knowledge of the legacy network operating systems.
- Ability to assess, identify, and mitigate risks that could impact the business or project.
- Enjoy analyzing problems with autonomy to select and implement right solutions.
- Work well independently; but also team player able to ensure best outcomes.
- Manage assignments & competing priorities, staying focused on important deadlines.
- Experience with windows-based programs and corporate database systems.
Responsibilities:
- Engineer LD ULH transport builds.
- Respond to high failure rate systems outages.
- Free up space and power in support of network growth.
- Clear housekeeping order-wire from MDE gear. (Prerequisite to initiating a decommission project and power down of equipment).
- Identify directional system/solution for new order-wire/housekeeping.
- Monitor and plan LD network utilization and expansion.
- Engineer and support site decommissioning work.
- Maintain equipment inventory records and LD transport in engineering and provisioning database(s)
- Job requirements and responsibilities are specific to engineering and design of ultra-long haul network transport equipment.
- Database cleanup to ensure integrity of the system and network.
- Work w/ peers to ensure on time performance and delivery to support needs of business and customer
- Handle escalations and troubleshoot, as needed.
- Familiarity with field concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Stay current on technological evolutions..
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in related technical field or relevant experience.
- Five or more years of telecom work experience.
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
