Manager – Optical & Transport Engineering
The organization is seeking a Manager – Optical & Transport Engineering to lead specialist engineering teams across both project delivery and operational support environments.
This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end engineering lifecycle of large-scale optical transport networks, ensuring high-quality design, deployment, integration, and post-implementation support across complex, mission-critical customer infrastructures.
The successful candidate will combine strong people leadership capability with deep technical credibility in DWDM and transport network environments.
Responsibilities
* Engineering Leadership: Lead and develop a team of optical and transport engineers across project and support functions
* Oversee translation of High-Level Designs into detailed Low-Level Designs and full implementation documentation
* Ensure all engineering outputs align with scope, contractual requirements, and internal quality standards
* Govern the production of detailed design documentation including network design documents, DCN architecture, synchronisation design, and link engineering diagrams
* Drive capacity planning and long-term network scalability initiatives
* Project Delivery & Deployment Oversight: Oversee technical execution of optical transport and DWDM deployments
* Provide leadership across installation, integration, commissioning, and acceptance testing phases
* Support complex link turn-up, service activation, and live production network integration
* Act as senior technical escalation point during deployment and testing activities
* Operational & Support Management: Lead post-deployment support engineering activities across live carrier-grade networks
* Ensure strong troubleshooting capability across the optical layer
* Drive incident resolution, service stability, and continuous improvement initiatives
* Ensure seamless handover from project delivery into operational support
* Act as senior engineering interface for customer technical stakeholders
* Partner closely with Project Management, Systems Engineering, and Field Services teams
* Provide technical reporting, risk management updates, and executive-level summaries
* Support large-scale transport and submarine network programs where required
* Governance & Quality Assurance: Enforce engineering standards, documentation quality, and change control processes
* Identify technical risks and implement mitigation strategies
* Mentor senior engineers and build internal technical capability
* Drive engineering best practice across optical and transport network domains
Required Experience
* Extensive experience within optical transport network engineering environments
* Strong expertise in DWDM, OTN, DCI, and long-haul and metro transmission systems
* Demonstrated experience managing engineering teams across both project delivery and operational support
* Proven experience integrating and commissioning transport networks in live production environments
* Strong understanding of carrier-grade network infrastructure
* Working knowledge of Linux or Unix environments
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
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