L4 Senior OSP/ISP Optical Engineer Architect

Description:



Logistics:
• Must be able to work from client office 4 days per week in downtown Los Angeles with regional travel to construction sites and facilities rooms as required.
• Ability to lift and maneuver equipment and work in MMR/TER spaces in accordance with safety policies.



Role Summary:
We are seeking a senior-level hybrid Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) optical engineer to own end-to-end fiber infrastructure from metro rings and laterals through building entry, meet-me rooms, optical distribution frames (ODFs), and patching into routers/optical systems. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of OSP route engineering and civil constraints with ISP physical layer design, acceptance testing, and turn-up of carrier-grade optical paths (e.g., CWDM/DWDM) supporting enterprise and service provider networks.


Key Outcomes (What Success Looks Like):
• Validated, documented, and accepted fiber paths from street to rack with proven route diversity and optical budgets that meet service objectives.
• Production-ready OSP/ISP as-builts: strand maps, splice diagrams, ODF port plans, labeling schedules, and patch-field maps.
• On-time turn-up of protected optical links to edge routers/OTN/DWDM with passing OTDR/IL/ORL results and method-of-procedure (MOP) sign-offs.
• Clear handover packages for operations, including trouble-isolation playbooks and restoration runbooks.



Core Responsibilities:
Outside Plant (OSP)
• Plan and review metro ring, spur, and lateral routes; interpret utility records, right-of-way (ROW) constraints, and municipal permit requirements.
• Specify and validate conduits/ducts, handholes/vaults, aerial spans, slack storage, splice closures, and restoration coils; ensure constructability and safety.
• Engineer and enforce physical path diversity (separation, no crossovers/shared single points of failure) from street to building entry.
• Develop/validate splice plans and fiber assignment (A/B paths), ensuring capacity, growth headroom, and spare policy adherence.
• Define test plans and acceptance criteria; review OTDR traces and optical loss/reflectance reports; reconcile exceptions and punch lists.


Inside Plant (ISP)
• Engineer pathways from MPOE to meet-me rooms (MMR) and to telecom rooms (TER/NER): trays/ladders, J-hooks, risers, penetrations, fire-stopping.
• Design ODF layouts, patching schemes, and port labeling; manage polarity (LC/SC, MPO/MTP), connector types, and trunk/breakout design.
• Define slack management and bend-radius controls; specify cable types (OS2 single-mode), connector grades, cleaning/inspection procedures.
• Create rack elevations and patch-field maps; plan A/B optical paths to routers, switches, OTN/DWDM shelves, or ROADM nodes.
• Own method-of-procedure (MOP), change windows, and cutover plans; coordinate turn-up, validation, and documentation updates.


Experience Supporting Fiber for Sporting Event Broadcast Traffic
• Engineered and validated fiber pathways to support real-time broadcast traffic for high-density sporting venues.
• Ensured optical paths met strict latency, jitter, and packet delivery requirements for live production environments.
• Coordinated OSP/ISP teams to guarantee protected A/B fiber routes for mission-critical broadcast contribution circuits.
• Worked with venue technology teams to integrate fiber drops into broadcast compounds, mixed zones, timing systems, and media tribunes.
• Performed OTDR, IL, ORL, OSNR, and BER validations on all broadcast-related fiber spans before event activation.
• Developed MOPs for live-event cutovers, minimizing risk to broadcast operations during rehearsals and competition windows.


Optical Systems & Turn-Up
• Perform link budget analysis including distance attenuation, splice/connector losses, component insertion loss, and design margin.
• Specify and integrate optics: 10G LR/LR4, 100G LR4/ER4, ZR/ZR+ pluggables; plan DWDM/CWDM lambdas, EDFAs, ROADMs, MUX/DEMUX.
• Validate OSNR/BER/power balance for DWDM systems; coordinate with NMS for performance monitoring and alarms.
• Coordinate OSP/ISP acceptance with service activation; ensure SLAs (latency/jitter/loss) and restoration targets are met.


Standards, Quality & Compliance
• Apply relevant standards: ITU-T G.652.D (OS2), TIA/EIA-568 and -758 (OSP), labeling/administration per TIA-606, grounding/bonding principles per ANSI/TIA-607.
• Adhere to safety codes and construction best practices; coordinate with GC/utility partners for traffic control, trenching, and aerial work.
• Maintain rigorous documentation quality: as-builts, redlines, test results, and records in CMDB and drawing repositories.


Collaboration & Leadership
• Serve as the technical point of contact between civil build teams, splicing contractors, building facilities, and network engineering.
• Run design reviews and risk assessments; resolve field blockers quickly (reroutes, access constraints, alternate entry paths).
• Mentor junior engineers and review third-party design packages for completeness and compliance.



Qualifications:
• 10+ years in fiber engineering across both OSP and ISP domains, including metro builds and campus/enterprise interiors.
• BSEE degree or equivalent.
• Proficiency with OTDR/OLTS, power meters, fiber inspection scopes, and fiber management databases; ability to interpret complex traces.
• Hands-on experience with DWDM/CWDM systems, ROADMs, EDFAs, pluggable optics (10G/25G/100G/400G), and optical protection schemes.
• Demonstrated success delivering dual-path designs with strict route diversity and restoration objectives.
• Strong drawing literacy (plan/profile, splicing schematics, rack elevations) and comfort with CAD/GIS toolchains (AutoCAD, MicroStation, QGIS/ArcGIS).



Preferred/Bonus:
• Certifications: BICSI RCDD, BICSI Installer 2 (INSTF) Fiber, FOA CFOS/T, Nokia/CIENA/Cisco optical, CCNP/SP, PMP (for complex program coordination).
• Experience provisioning DWDM equipment.
• Experience with method-of-procedure (MOP) authoring, change management, and service activation in carrier or large enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with telemetry/assurance tools for optical paths and experience integrating with NMS/OSS.
• Understanding of QoS considerations across transport for real-time services and broadcast-grade workloads