Fiber Network Planner – Damascus Based

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Fiber Network Planner to join our team in Damascus, Syria. The role focuses on planning and optimizing DWDM and optical transport networks, ensuring capacity, protection, and diversity across backbone, metro, and inter‑site links.

Key responsibilities

• Develop DWDM/optical transport plans for backbone, metro and inter‑site connectivity.
• Translate traffic demand, service and IP/MPLS requirements into wavelength, channel, OTN and transport capacity designs.
• Design and validate optical paths, protection schemes, diversity, regeneration, ROADM/OADM usage (including CDC‑F ROADM), transponder capacity and power budgets.
• Review existing inventory, fibre routes, shelf/card/port capacity and wavelength utilisation.
• Coordinate with fibre planners, IP/MPLS planners, operations, vendors and implementation teams.
• Produce planning outputs such as wavelength allocation, trail/path records, equipment requirements and migration plans.
• Identify risks related to capacity exhaustion, route diversity, optical impairments or inaccurate records.
• Ensure compliance with vendor engineering guidelines, standards and documentation governance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Telecom or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience in DWDM/OTN/optical transport planning or engineering.
• Strong knowledge of wavelengths, OTN, ROADM, transponders, muxponders, protection schemes and optical budgets.
• Experience with major optical vendors and NMS/EMS/inventory systems.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Relevant vendor certifications and optional MEF/Carrier Ethernet, OTN or ITIL Foundation training.

Required skills

• DWDM and OTN planning
• Wavelength and channel allocation
• ROADM/OADM configuration (including CDC‑F)
• ITU‑T grids, Flex Grid, Super Channels
• Multilayer protection (OLP, ASON, G.8032/ERPS)
• SyncE and IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)
• Optical budget and impairment analysis
• NMS/EMS and inventory management
• Fiber route and capacity analysis