Network Engineer- Optical

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work. Although you'll be hired as a Crown Castle employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to an acquiring company in the future. About The Role The Optical Network Engineer will perform a broad range of implementation and technical project management duties on a team of engineers active in both sustaining and growing the Crown Castle Fiber Network. What You Will Do Build and Grow the Network: Design and execute backbone network growth. Reconfigure, optimize, and upgrade the network through projects that include commissioning of hardware. Maintain the network: Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues, support field teams, and interact with equipment vendors. Resolve potential network issues before they impact operations. Manage network capacity. Project Support: Ability to support complex projects as a member of a project team and act as a technical resource responsible for accomplishing the engineering tasks associated with these projects. Improve Efficiency: Integrate into our network engineering team to assist in the development of automation tools that align with the organization’s needs in a multi-engineer environment. Documentation: Document processes and workflows for knowledge sharing and troubleshooting, creation of standardized procedures, and methods of procedure for commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Understanding emerging technologies: Keep up to date with the latest advancements in networking and automation technologies to ensure our network and tools remain at the forefront of technology. Education Qualifications WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience required Experience Qualifications 3+ years experience with design and implementation experience with ROADM / DWDM / CWDM technologies Experience with DWDM and ROADM platforms from multiple vendors to include Ciena (6500 and/or RLS platforms), Cisco, and/or Nokia. Understanding of OTN, SONET, SDH, TDM, DWDM and CWDM protocols and standards. Knowledge of Ethernet standards and familiarity with Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) standards. Scripting and automation experience using Python, XML, YANG/NETCONF, Ansible, YAML, GitHub/Gitlab and any other scripting languages not already mentioned Experienced with TCP/IP, SNMP, Telnet, SSH, and other networking protocols Licenses and Certifications Ciena OC-A or OC-P certifications preferred Where You Will Work Hybrid: This role falls into our hybrid work model, which is 2-days work from home (Monday and Friday) and 3-days in the office (Tuesday through Thursday) to optimize collaboration, relationship building and key stakeholder engagement and may require some travel as needed. Your Company Benefits Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents). Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions). New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave. Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees. Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns. Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate. Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service). 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday. All offices provide free beverages and snacks. Compensation The salary range offered for this position is $97,400 - $133,900 annually. Additional Information Pursuant to the Los Angeles County and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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