# DWDM-IP Engineer

**Company**: Nebius
**Location**: Amsterdam
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a DWDM-IP Engineer to own the lifecycle of our optical transport network and its integration with the IP/MPLS core. You will operate a hybrid ecosystem of short-haul, metro, and long-haul DWDM systems.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Hybrid Infrastructure Management: Configure, deploy, and scale multi-vendor DWDM systems to support 400G/800G+ coherent interfaces.

- Operational Excellence: Lead troubleshooting of complex optical-to-IP failures, ensuring minimal MTTR for critical backbone spans and DCI links.

- Network Evolution: Design and test new optical solutions, focusing on Open Line Systems, disaggregated hardware, and pluggable coherent optics.

- Automation & Data Integrity: Build and maintain the "Source of Truth" for lambdas, channels, and dark fiber assets; participate in automated commissioning via Python/gNMI.

- Strategic Collaboration: Work with Data Center Ops and IP Engineering to align optical capacity with traffic engineering demands.

- Vendor & Asset Management: Manage relationships with dark fiber providers and channel suppliers; monitor performance against SLAs.

**Requirements:**

- Deep Optical Expertise: Knowledge of ROADM networks, optical amplification, and coherent modulation formats.

- IP/MPLS Proficiency: Understanding of the IP/MPLS stack.

- Hands-on with Production Platforms: Experience with ADVA/Adtran platforms or Ciena/Nokia-Infinera.

- Automation Mindset: Familiarity with Python for automating routine tasks.

- Diagnostic Precision: Expert use of OTDR, OSA, and BERT equipment.

- Mobility: Willingness to travel to key sites in the USA/EU/APAC.

**Benefits & Perks:**

- Competitive compensation

- Career growth and learning opportunities

- Flexibility and ownership

- Collaborative and innovative culture

- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

- International environment and talented teams

## Skills

### Required
- DWDM systems
- IP/MPLS
- Python
- OTDR
- OSA
- BERT equipment
- ROADM networks
- optical amplification
- coherent modulation formats

### Nice to have
- Linux-based network tools
- MPLS
- network modernization projects

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