Senior Optical Network Migration Engineer - Texas

Job Description and Benefits

Entegro is at the forefront of Telecommunications technology, designing and deploying gigabit networks for future generations. We are proud to be industry leaders, working with communities, industry and service providers, to empower and connect people, homes and businesses, in urban and rural areas.

 

Echoing our values, clients are at the heart of what we do both locally and internationally. They know they can depend on our expertise, experience, innovation and standard of service. With this our ambition is to build strong long-term client partnerships, where Entegro are a partner of choice, where we are trusted and understand our clients KPIs. 

 

Why You Will Love It Here: 

 

Earn a competitive salary that reflects your experience and dedication in our innovative workplace.

Collaborate with supportive colleagues in a professional and welcoming environment.

Community connection, we frequently sponsor fundraisers, teams and causes that are close to our hearts.

And finally, we recognise our teammates and celebrate our wins.

Join our team and be part of shaping the future of network innovation!

 

Please Note: Only candidates permitted to work in the US will be considered for this role.

 

Role Overview

 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Optical Network Migration Engineer to support the discovery, planning and delivery of large-scale optical transport network migration projects across a legacy Infinera DWDM environment.

 

The successful candidate will remotely access the customer's Legacy Infinera DNA Network Management System (NMS) to extract network inventory, service and traffic data, analyse optical network performance, develop migration strategies and Method of Procedure (MoP) documentation, and support the execution of live migrations during planned maintenance windows.

 

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical expertise in optical transport networks, Infinera platforms and live service migration.

 

Responsibilities

Network Discovery & Analysis

• Access and interrogate the Legacy Infinera DNA Platform to extract network inventory, configurations and service information.
• Perform traffic profiling, service utilisation analysis and dependency mapping.
• Analyse optical network topology, wavelengths, circuits and fibre paths.
• Identify migration constraints, critical services and migration risks.
• Produce technical discovery reports and migration assessments.

 

Migration Planning 

• Develop migration strategies and implementation plans for live production networks.
• Produce detailed Method of Procedure (MoP) documentation, including rollback plans.
• Use traffic profiling and dependency analysis to sequence migration waves and minimise customer impact.
• Support migration readiness reviews with customers and project teams.

 

Migration Delivery

• Execute remote migration activities during planned maintenance windows.
• Perform pre-change validation and post-migration service testing.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and support rollback where required.
• Produce migration completion and acceptance documentation.

 

Optical Network Engineering 

• Analyse optical power levels and fibre attenuation.
• Analyse Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (OSNR).
• Analyse Chromatic Dispersion (CD) and Polarisation Mode Dispersion (PMD).
• Support optical amplifiers, wavelength continuity and optical path integrity.
• Interpret Forward Error Correction (FEC), BER and optical alarms.
• Investigate fibre impairments and overall network performance

 

Skills required

Required Technical Experience

 

Infinera Platforms

• ATN
• CX-1200
• XT-500
• DTN
• OTC
• XTC-4
• XTC-10
• MTC-9 IOP Plus
• GX-G42

 

Experience with both legacy Infinera platforms and next-generation coherent optical systems is highly desirable.

 

Optical Networking

• DWDM and optical transport networks
• Coherent and non-coherent transmission technologies
• Fibre optic transmission and attenuation
• Optical amplification and ROADM architectures
• Optical power balancing and wavelength provisioning
• Optical performance monitoring and fault analysis
• Carrier-grade service assurance and troubleshooting

 

Migration Experience

• Live optical network migrations
• Service and circuit migrations
• Traffic profiling and service dependency analysis
• Hardware refresh and software upgrades
• Remote implementation support
• Planned maintenance windows
• Pre- and post-migration validation and testing
• Rollback planning and execution

 

Educational Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience within carrier-grade optical transport networks.
• Hands-on experience with Infinera optical transport platforms and the Legacy Infinera DNA Network Management System (NMS).
• Ability to extract, interpret and analyse network configuration, inventory, service and traffic data.
• Experience producing migration strategies, Method of Procedure (MoP) documentation and implementation plans.
• Strong understanding of optical transmission principles, fibre technologies and network performance analysis.
• Proven experience performing traffic profiling and analysing service utilisation to support migration planning.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently within live production environments and communicate effectively with customers, project managers and technical teams.

 

Key Deliverables

• Network discovery and technical assessment reports
• Traffic profiling and service dependency analysis
• Migration strategies and Method of Procedure (MoP) documentation
• Implementation and rollback plans
• Remote execution of migration activities
• Pre- and post-migration validation and testing
• Technical completion reports and customer handover documentation