Transport Planning Engineer III (Optical Transport)

Location: Remote nationally within the United States, with Texas listed as the condition

Salary: $45–$47

Company

hirify.global is partnering with a leading telecommunications organization on national core and metropolitan transport network initiatives.

What you will do

• Develop network growth, capacity, evolution, modernization, expansion, and migration plans for national core and metropolitan transport networks.
• Perform SONET planning and capacity management, analyze network data, and create forecasts for future requirements.
• Prepare implementation-ready planning and engineering packages for design and field engineering teams.
• Manage project funding, capital and expense budgets, and related planning documentation.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and project stakeholders to advance network planning activities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to junior engineers while driving projects with minimal supervision.

Requirements

• 5+ years of transport planning or telecommunications network engineering experience.
• End-to-end planning experience across SONET, Ethernet, DWDM, and optical transport networks.
• Experience with core backbone and metropolitan network growth, capacity planning, data analysis, and forecasting.
• Experience developing implementation-ready engineering and planning packages.
• Knowledge of telecommunications network design, transport engineering principles, Central Office infrastructure, power, alarms, common systems, and Outside Plant engineering.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to work independently.

Nice to have

• Previous Lumen experience in transport planning or network engineering.
• Experience supporting large-scale telecommunications or carrier network environments.
• Experience managing project budgets and funding or leading cross-functional network initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote national work model.
• Work on large-scale network growth, capacity, and modernization initiatives.
• Exposure to national core and metropolitan transport networks.
• Collaboration with engineering, operations, and cross-functional stakeholders.