DWDM & IP/MPLS Network Planner

About the role

Silklink is looking for a DWDM and IP/MPLS planner based in Damascus. The role covers planning, designing, optimizing and documenting the integrated optical transport and IP/MPLS network, including capacity, wavelength, routing, protection, synchronization and implementation-ready deliverables.

Key responsibilities

• Develop integrated DWDM and IP/MPLS plans for backbone, metro, aggregation, edge, peering, interconnect and capacity expansion.
• Translate traffic forecasts and service requirements into wavelength, channel, OTN, router, link, port, interface, routing and service capacity plans.
• Prepare end-to-end topology plans covering optical paths, MPLS-LSP/SR-MPLS/SR-TE, IP addressing, VLAN, VRF, EVPN, transit, peering, leased lines, QoS and migration plans.
• Design and validate optical paths, protection schemes, spectrum usage (ITU-T grids, Flex Grid, super channels) and synchronization (SyncE, IEEE 1588v2/PTP).
• Review existing DWDM and IP/MPLS inventory and coordinate with fiber, operations, vendors and rollout teams.
• Produce wavelength allocation, trail/path records, equipment requirements, logical diagrams and migration packs, and reconcile plans with inventory and NMS/EMS data.
• Identify risks such as capacity exhaustion, lack of route diversity and implementation gaps, and ensure plans follow vendor guidelines and Silklink standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Telecom, Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ years of experience in DWDM/OTN, optical transport, IP/MPLS planning or backbone design.
• Strong knowledge of DWDM, OTN, ROADM, transponders, muxponders, protection and optical budgets.
• Strong knowledge of IP/MPLS, L2/L3 VPNs, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, QoS, routing policy and service migration.
• Experience with optical transport vendors, routers, NMS/EMS platforms and inventory systems; familiarity with SDN is an advantage.
• Fluency in Arabic and English; vendor optical transport certifications preferred, CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE or MEF/Carrier Ethernet/OTN certifications an advantage.