Fiber Network Planner – Damascus Based

About the role

The company is seeking an experienced Fiber Network Planner to design, validate, and document fiber routes for its projects in Damascus. The role ensures that network plans meet service requirements, support DWDM, IP/MPLS, and other critical services, and are ready for implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive fiber network plans covering backbone, metro, access, inter‑site connectivity, and point‑of‑presence interconnections.
• Analyse existing fiber inventory, GIS records, duct data, ODF records, splice diagrams, and field surveys to identify gaps and constraints.
• Prepare route plans, fiber allocation, cable and core utilization views, ODF/patching requirements, and diversity assessments.
• Coordinate with civil works, field survey, implementation, operations, and vendor teams to validate routes, distances, feasibility, and access requirements.
• Maintain naming conventions, route identifiers, core assignments, splice references, and documentation standards.
• Reconcile planned records with physical inventory, as‑built documentation, and circuit data, and identify single points of failure or capacity issues.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in fiber network planning, OSP/ISP design, telecom rollout or fiber inventory engineering.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English.
• Strong stakeholder management, attention to detail, and ability to work under delivery pressure.

Required skills

• Fiber topology, ODFs, splicing and patching.
• Route diversity analysis and GIS.
• OTDR test result interpretation.
• Network design tools and telecom GIS platforms.
• Fiber inventory platforms and structured planning datasets.