Senior Optical Transport Network Engineer
About The Position
This position is unable to provide work authorization sponsorship or immigration support now or in the future. Comcast’s Technology, Product & Experience (TPX) organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. About the Team: We are a small, highly technical team where engineers wear multiple hats. This role combines Engineering, Operations, and Architecture, with a primary focus on engineering and deploying new services on the Comcast Transport Backbone. As a Senior Engineer, you'll own the full lifecycle of backbone services from design and deployment to operational stability. About the Role: The Senior Optical Transport Network Engineer is a critical technical leadership role responsible for the reliability, engineering, and evolution of Comcast's national optical backbone. This position blends deep optical transport engineering expertise with operational excellence and architectural ownership. You will play a direct role in designing, engineering, and deploying new backbone services while ensuring network reliability, scalability, and performance. This position is highly technical, focusing on post-sales support for Solution Engineering services including design, solution acceptance, and network reconfiguration or migration. It involves managing and maintaining the extensive Ciena 6500/RLS Backbone Transport network spanning over 80,000 kilometers of fiber optic infrastructure. The role requires deep expertise in large-scale optical networks and service deployment.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of experience in Field Service Engineering or Optical Transport Engineering supporting DWDM deployments
- Ciena 6500 (Photonic, OTN, Ethernet) RLS platforms
- Nokia PSS1830 / NFMT
- TCP/IP networking fundamentals
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting large-scale backbone networks
- Python scripting and automation
- API integration and development experience
Responsibilities
- New Service Engineering & Deployment (Primary Focus)
- Design and engineer new backbone transport services
- Lead deployment and turn-up of new optical services and capacity augmentations
- Validate designs through lab testing and pre-production validation
- Coordinate with architecture, routing, and field teams
- Ensure new deployments align with security, operational, and performance standards
- Network Reliability & Operations
- Proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and network health management
- Firmware and software lifecycle management
- End-to-end circuit validation
- In-service maintenance coordination
- Engineering & Architecture
- Capacity planning and growth modeling
- Design documentation (HIF, NBT, EDP, BOM)
- Lab validation of new platforms and software
- Vendor & Third-Party Coordination
- Lit circuit design, quoting, and ordering
- Fiber cross-connect ordering
Benefits
- Medical & Dental
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off
- Life Milestones - from adoption assistance, childcare resources, pet insurance, and more, Comcast supports you at all life stages.
- Courtesy Services - We offer all of our full-time employees in serviceable areas free digital TV and internet.
- Discount tickets for Universal Resorts, including theme park tickets and onsite hotel rooms.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
