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September 4, 2026

Principal Transport Network & DWDM Expert

Senior • On-site

Dhahran, EP, Saudi Arabia

Role Purpose

Provide domain expertise for transport, optical, IP/MPLS, and backbone network intelligence, enabling AI agents to automate assurance, optimization, and planning functions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define transport network operational use cases.
  • Build AI-agent knowledge models for:
    • DWDM operations
    • Optical path optimization
    • Transport fault management
    • Capacity planning
    • IP/MPLS routing analysis
  • Develop autonomous workflows for transport incident management.
  • Support predictive maintenance and failure forecasting models.
  • Validate agent recommendations for transport remediation.

Required Technical Expertise

Optical Networks

  • DWDM
  • OTN
  • ROADM
  • Optical amplifiers
  • Fiber infrastructure

Transport Networks

  • MPLS
  • Segment Routing
  • SR-MPLS
  • SRv6
  • Carrier Ethernet
  • L2/L3 VPN

Vendor Ecosystem

  • Ciena
  • Nokia
  • Infinera
  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Huawei

Network Planning

  • Traffic engineering
  • Capacity forecasting
  • Route diversity
  • Network resilience
  • Disaster recovery design

Duration: 6 months contract

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