Network Engineer (DWDM)
Our goal at CityFibre is to unlock the digital potential of Britain by creating a broadband network that works seamlessly for everyone, every day. Powerful, gigabit-speed connections that enable people across entire communities to enjoy life in full flow. To do this, we make sure that our people’s voices are heard, their ideas are welcomed, and everyone is given the opportunity to make a real impact.
We encourage change, have a challenger mindset, foster innovation and nurture a welcoming, inclusive and supportive community. In this environment we allow you to bring your best-self to work every day, helping you to achieve your goals, grow your career and reach your full potential.
We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women; are endorsed by WORK180; have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant; and are a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re committed to changing the industry for everyone.
What you can expect from us
Everyone at CityFibre has an important part to play, and we reflect that in our benefits. With a competitive salary depending on experience, when you join us, you’ll also enjoy 25 days’ holiday, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of your choice, a performance-related bonus scheme, and private healthcare.
We believe we deliver our best when we work together. It’s the way we do things, trusting and giving our people the autonomy to manage their own day-to-day, promoting wellbeing, whilst still prioritising time together with our colleagues to connect, collaborate and share our ideas.
How you’ll change it up
You’ll be responsible for the development and delivery of the CityFibre DWDM & Optical service portfolio across their technology lifecycle, ensuring solutions are delivered at pace in a standard, scalable, supportable, and secure manner. Day to day, this is what you can expect to be doing:
- Interpreting internal or external business requirements and recommending solutions/best practices
- Creating and contributing to High-level and Low-level designs, test plans, and Method of Procedures
- Solving complex problems - Identifying applications of functional knowledge and existing methodologies to complex problems
What you’ll bring to the role
You’ll have technical depth and breadth of optical engineering expertise along with knowledge of transmission DWDM technologies (RLS, ROADM, transponder etc.) to include but not limited to Ciena. You’ll also bring the following:
- Experience in the use of Transmission management platforms, and inventory systems primarily Ciena MCP.
- Knowledge of routing protocols and data networks.
- Experience in the delivery of transmission networks in line with design documents.
We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up.
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Our people have a wide range of experiences and perspectives – and it’s this diversity of thought that makes us who we are.
CityFibre is working hard to change up the telecoms industry. This means we’re committed to providing equal opportunities to people from all backgrounds and commitments, including your carer and family status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender and gender identity. We’re also offering training programmes and placement opportunities to support the skilled, career changers, service-leavers, and returning workers to become part of our teams.
CityFibre
CityFibre is a UK-based telecommunications company focused on building and operating full-fibre broadband networks.
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