Network Engineer (DWDM)

Job Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office 2/3 days a week. 

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be. 

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally. 

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people! 

Joining us as a DWDM Network Engineer

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.

You’ll receive a competitive salary, a performance-related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.

Day to day, this is what you can expect to be doing:

• Interpreting internal or external business requirements: Recommend solutions and best practices specifically for DWDM networks
• Creating and contributing to High-level and Low-level designs: Develop detailed designs, test plans, and Method of Procedures for DWDM systems
• Solving complex problems: Apply functional knowledge and existing methodologies to address complex issues in DWDM network design and implementation

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.), including but not limited to Ciena. You’ll also have:

• Experience with Transmission management platforms: Proficiency in using platforms like Ciena MCP
• Knowledge of routing protocols and data networks: Understanding of how these integrate with DWDM systems
• Experience in the delivery of transmission networks: Proven track record of delivering DWDM networks in line with design documents

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way. 
What you can expect from us 

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!