Ultra Long Haul (ULH) Route Planner - Remote Opportunity

Company: AFL
Location: Jackson
Posted on: October 14, 2020

Job Description:

AFL provides industry-leading fiber optic products, conductor accessories and fittings, and related services across the globe. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and has grown to include every facet of the passive optical network, employing over 5,000 associates worldwide and consistently generating annual sales in excess of a billion dollars.In April of 2019, AFL made a major investment in ITC Service Group, a Sacramento-based company providing broadband installation, design and staffing services to the telecommunications and IT industries.ITC Service Group was founded in 1999 and provides managed services and workforce solutions for the nationwide planning design, construction, installation and maintenance of voice, data and video networks.AFL and ITC were built and are operated on similar core values and philosophies. This will prove extremely beneficial to our customers and our employees.With our commitment to professional growth and employee development, let AFL "Connect" you to your next career opportunity!Job Title:ULH Route PlannerJob Summary:As our Ultra Long Haul (ULH) Route Planner, you will be responsible for defining, engineering, and resolving network capacity requirements for ultra-long-haul transport network. You will utilize high capacity next generation light wave and wave division multiplexing technologies to meet network services capacity, vulnerability, diversity and growth requirements.Responsibilities:* Performing equipment engineering, developing specifications for installation, turn-up, inventory, and configuration of equipment.* Issuing purchase orders, creating diagrams/drawings, and ensuring vendor delivery.* Providing diversity analysis for internal groups in support of future customer orders, mesh network growth, and converged core data networks.* Monitoring and optimizing ULH network segments. Performing wavelength rearrangements as needed to reduce stranded network capacity. Researching and deactivating unused network systems.* Researching and identifying ULH segments in need of overbuild due to future expiration of fiber/cable/conduit/property leases, network growth, requests for network diversity, and decommissioning of legacy DWDM platforms.* Providing strategic support for Intelligent Edge Network (iEN) expansion.* Coordinating with COE and leased vendors for space/power, leased cable segments.* Coordinating with contracts to acquire leased cables/conduit. Coordinating with OSP to build and splice owned fiber assets.* Coordinating with real estate to acquire properties for building regen shelters as needed to support fiber path.* Forecasting and prioritizing 12+ month forecast of network builds to capital planning and detail multi-year programs for DWDM platform decommissioning.* Supporting Global Transport Network Operations Center by identifying planned maintenance events on leased and owned cable routes as well as providing ad-hoc restoration for priority systems in the event of cable outages.* Coordinating with lease contracts organization, capital planning, engineering, project management, operations/RCAT, and internal management to provide reports to detail project progress and identifying areas where attention is needed to progress projects.Required Skills/Experience:* Bachelor's degree or 4 or more years of relevant work experience.Desired Skills/Experience:* A degree in engineering or related field.* 5 or more years of experience in the telecommunications industry.* Familiarity with CCP, CoFEE, ICON, BGW, NTLS* Experience with engineering, Planning, and/or Operations knowledge, especially with Local and Long-Haul Telecommunications networks.* Excellent knowledge of PC and software application including Windows and MS Office.* Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple, often conflicting priorities to their successful completion.* Demonstrated excellent verbal and written skills for inter-organizational communications to both internal and external partners.* Experience making independent decisions based on policies, practices and project requirements.

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