Principal System Architect - OLS

Working from business requirements, customer use cases and industry standards (such as ITU-T and IEEE), you will make and document trade-offs among cost, function, capacity and performance for network elements such as ROADMs and optical amplifiers. NILightpath Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Deep understanding of fiber transmission effects, such as power and OSNR evolution and fiber nonlinearities, and their impact on optical line system design Hands-on experience with optical networking equipment, including coherent transponders, EDFAs, Raman amplifiers and ROADM/WSS, and knowledge of OTN, Ethernet and SDN/GMPLS control plane Experience designing and validating closed- and open-loop, link-level control algorithms and optical performance monitoring to optimize end-to-end transmission Broad systems expertise, with a track record of writing and leading high-quality requirements and architecture specifications for robust, reliable end-to-end systems Extensive experience defining fault, performance and configuration management, service provisioning and control plane requirements for multi-layer networking products, especially at L0 and L1 Working knowledge of data models for operating and monitoring optical networks, including YANG, ONF TAPI, OpenROADM and OpenConfig Familiarity with the SONiC Optical Transport Network Working Group, including the Optical Transport Abstraction Interface (OTAI) Sound, independent judgment on ambiguous and novel technical problems Excellent communication and presentation skills for internal and customer audiences Highly motivated collaborator, effective in cross-functional, cross-cultural and international teams Education & Experience Requirements: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Optics, Physics or a related field + minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in optical transport or a related telecommunications area M.Sc. in the same fields + minimum 8 years of relevant work experience in optical transport or a related telecommunications area