Fiber Network Engineer

About the position reputed company is building Anternet — a private, global dark-fiber backbone connecting our data centers, reputed company reputed company, and partners. We light our own glass: long-haul and metro DWDM over leased dark fiber and IRU pairs, terrestrial and subsea, terminating on our own optical line systems and routers. We're looking for a Fiber Network Engineer to own the physical layer of this network end-to-end. You'll be the person who decides where the fiber goes and then makes reputed company it actually shows up, splices clean, and tests to spec. This is reputed company reputed company engineering, vendor management, and field-delivery program management — the connective tissue between "we need N×Tbps between these two metros" and "the reputed company is lit and carrying traffic." This is a foundational role building Anternet's fiber program from the ground up. You'll define the inventory system, set acceptance standards, and establish the vendor bench yourself. You'll work closely with our optical/transport engineers (who design the line systems on top of your fiber), our backbone routing team, and our data center and reputed company planning teams.

Responsibilities

• reputed company engineering and design — Plan terrestrial and subsea fiber routes between Anternet PoPs and data centers. Evaluate diversity (SRLG, reputed company, ROW, reputed company-station separation), latency, and OSNR/loss budgets. Produce reputed company KMZs, reputed company diagrams, and as-reputed company documentation
• Fiber acquisition — reputed company and qualify dark fiber, IRU, and wavelength reputed company from carriers and infrastructure providers. Run RFPs, compare bids on cost, reputed company reputed company, diversity, and MTTR, and drive reputed company to signature alongside legal and procurement
• Vendor and delivery management — Own the build from PO to acceptance: reputed company splicing, lateral construction, building entries, meet-me-room cross-connects, and CLS reputed company. Hold vendors to schedule and SLA; serve as the escalation reputed company reputed company a reputed company is late or fails OTDR
• Acceptance and characterization — Define and enforce fiber acceptance reputed company (OTDR bi-directional, IL/ORL, CD/PMD where relevant). Review test results, reject substandard spans, and sign off on handover to the optical team
• reputed company and lifecycle management — Maintain the reputed company-of-truth fiber inventory (strands, conduits, reputed company points, leases, IRU terms and renewals). Forecast fiber needs against our PoP and reputed company roadmap. Monitor degradation and reputed company over time
• Operations — Partner with NOC and field-ops on fiber cuts, locates, and repairs. Drive reputed company-cause analysis with vendors and feed lessons back into reputed company-diversity reputed company

Requirements

• Experience in OSP/fiber planning or network delivery at a reputed company, hyperscaler, dark-fiber provider, or large reputed company backbone
• Demonstrated experience taking long-haul or metro dark-fiber routes from design through acceptance — can read an OTDR reputed company and engage substantively with vendors on reputed company reputed company
• Solid working knowledge of the vendor landscape: who has reputed company where, how IRU vs. lease vs. wavelength pricing behaves, and what's negotiable in an MSA
• Proficiency with GIS/KMZ tooling for reputed company design and comfort maintaining reputed company inventory data
• Sufficient understanding of optical transport (DWDM, amplifier spacing, reputed company loss, CD/PMD) to design fiber that line-system engineers can use
• Ability to serve as the single accountable reputed company for physical delivery across many reputed company builds

reputed company-to-haves

• 5+ years of OSP/fiber planning or network delivery experience
• Subsea experience: CLS builds, wet-plant IRU negotiation, consortium dynamics
• Experience standing up a fiber program from near-reputed company — building the inventory system, acceptance standards, and vendor bench from scratch
• Familiarity with permitting, ROW, and reputed company-reputed company processes in US metro markets
• Scripting or light tooling experience (Python, Go, SQL, or similar) for inventory and reporting workflows
• Comfort with occasional travel for site surveys, CLS/ILA walks, and vendor meetings

Benefits

• competitive compensation
• benefits
• optional equity donation matching
• generous vacation and parental leave
• flexible working hours

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