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Engineer-Transport IV

Ampcus Inc.

Job Location:

Richardson, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 8 September 2026 (13 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 6 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Engineer-Transport IV.
Location: Richardson TX.

Description:

After receiving market-level plans customer capacity requirements and internal transport requirements the transport engineer is responsible for timely creation and action on individual Capacity Creation Requests (CCRs) to initiate US domestic network transport builds across both ULH and OTN Mesh networks.
Applicant must have extensive logical (not physical) knowledge of SONET and Long-Distance transport systems.
The Engineer must have a good understanding of the transport network to effectively initiate and Engineer network projects.
Deliver the transport planning teams key strategic business initiatives including deployment of new network technology and the adoption of new inventory and provisioning systems.
Perform planning forecasting and capacity monitoring of LD/ULH Transport network infrastructure and equipment on a regular basis.
Support LD transport capacity requirements required to support Telecommunications full suite of products and customers both internal and external.
Coordinate with real estate/central office equipment to ensure adequate power space and cooling are available to support network growth and expansion.
Perform wavelength rearrangements as needed to reduce stranded network capacity.
Support multi-year transport capacity forecasts and network builds in order to determine capital funding requirements along with relevant business cases and justifications.
Coordinate with GTNOC and provide ad-hoc restoration for priority systems in the event of fiber cable outages.
Coordinate with lease contracts organization capital planning engineering project management operations/RCAT to communicate network build plans and obtain stakeholder buy-in.
Ensure that work meets all applicable engineering financial planning and operational standards.
Perform detailed equipment engineering for network augments. This includes developing all of the specifications required for installation forces to properly install turn-up inventory and configure the equipment obtaining appropriate management approvals issuing purchase orders creating applicable diagrams/drawings and ensuring vendor delivery.
Define cable requirements create cable running lists and order all cables.
Develop Bill of Material and place orders for network equipment rack and hardware requirements.
Manage input and update central Network Inventory Database (i.e. ICON Nautilus CoFEE CCP) to reflect new builds adds and decommissions.
Develop collaborative working relationships across the Telecommunication stakeholders and subject matter experts to enable successful iEN LD/ULH Transport implementation.
Responsible for providing detailed diversity analysis for internal and external groups in support of future customer orders mesh network growth and converged core data networks.
Create diversification projects based on user group requirements.
Applicant needs to have an understanding of dependencies such as space power fiber and diversity and how they will affect their planned projects.
Responsible for identifying and working with the appropriate stakeholders to resolve issues and eliminate performance roadblocks.
Perform and provide data analysis reports and presentations for transport planning stakeholders.
Demonstrate leadership self-motivation and team orientation.
Train and mentor junior engineers.
Flexibility with full-time schedule including evenings weekends and being on-call.
Participate in regular team meeting and conference calls on the projects they are responsible for.

Youll need to have:

Bachelor of Science Engineering degree and 5-10 years progressive technical experience designing SONET and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transport systems and drawing complex system diagrams using Visio.
Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communications as well as competent computer skills.
The ability to learn the nuances of the position absorb and eventually teach others that join the team.
A natural ability to lead others when called upon.
Strong organizational and time-management skills self-starter professionally driven ability to meet deadlines and comfortable working in fast-paced dynamic settings.

Job Skill:

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Demonstrates excellent verbal written analytical and communication skills.
Candidate must demonstrate an ability to work with others be flexible as priorities change and be sensitive to deadlines and customer needs. Experience collecting and consolidating information from multiple tools systems or platforms into a single database or data repository.

Preferred Qualification:

Familiarity with Telecommunication systems - ICON CCP BGW MECCA NAUTLUS CANVAS TCOMS or nSAP is a plus.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.

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