DWDM & IP/MPLS Network Planner – Damascus

About the role

Silklink is looking for a DWDM and IP/MPLS network planner based in Damascus. The role covers planning, designing, optimizing and documenting the integrated optical transport and IP/MPLS network, including capacity, wavelength planning, transport paths, routing, service enablement, protection, diversity, synchronization and inventory alignment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop integrated DWDM and IP/MPLS plans for backbone, metro, aggregation, edge, peering, interconnect, transport, service routing and capacity expansion.
• Translate traffic forecasts and customer 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, E-Line/E-LAN, 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 multilayer protection such as G.8032/ERPS.
• Plan synchronization (SyncE, IEEE 1588v2/PTP) and support IP/MPLS security and service assurance (DDoS protection, DPI, routing security).
• Review existing DWDM and IP/MPLS inventory and coordinate with fiber, operations, vendors and rollout teams.
• Produce wavelength allocation, trail/path records, equipment and port 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, impairments and single points of failure, 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 planning, IP/MPLS planning, service provider network engineering or backbone design.
• Strong knowledge of DWDM, OTN, ROADM, optical budgets, latency, fiber impairments and optical capacity planning.
• Strong knowledge of IP/MPLS, L2/L3 VPNs, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, QoS, routing policy and service migration.
• Experience with optical transport vendors, routers/switches, NMS/EMS platforms and inventory systems; familiarity with route reflectors, IXP, IGW and network planes.
• SDN experience is an advantage; vendor optical transport certifications preferred.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

Required skills

• DWDM, OTN, ROADM, CDC-F ROADM, transponders and muxponders
• IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, EVPN, Carrier Ethernet
• NMS/EMS platforms and inventory systems
• Preferred: CCNP/CCIE Service Provider, JNCIP/JNCIE, MEF/Carrier Ethernet/OTN, ITIL Foundation