Optical Network Engineer – Secret Clearance |Fort Meade, MD

About the role

Cambridge International Systems, Inc. Join a dynamic global team united by shared values: commitment, integrity, and perseverance. At Cambridge, you’ll work alongside top talent worldwide, tackling some of today’s most complex and critical challenges in defense and security. We are currently seeking an Optical Network Engineer to support operations in Fort Meade, MD. This is a full-time, CONUS position requiring an active DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop test cases, test reports and implementation plan in evaluating engineering architectures, new technologies and approaches to unique engineering problems.
• Candidate will also function as a Tier III Optical engineer assisting Tier II engineers and vendors to provide solutions to resolve real world Optical network issues.
• Optical Testing:
  • Analyze new/old optical transport equipment functionality and interoperability amongst various transport networks (Optical Transport Networks (OTN), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Ethernet) and cryptographic equipment
  • Operate various Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) test equipment in support of equipment testing
  • Develop test cases, test reports and implementation plans based on equipment testing
  • Perform