ByteDance
Senior Network Engineer, Optical Long-Haul and Submarine
Ashburn, Virginia · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years hands-on experience with major OTN devices.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a closely related technical field, or a comparable amount of hands-on experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, operates, and automates ByteDance’s global backbone optical transport network, including long-haul terrestrial and submarine systems.
What you'll do
- Design and operate the Global BBone Network’s physical architecture and optical topology.
- Coordinate optical network automation, operations, risk mitigation, and change management with cross-functional teams.
- Manage vendor engagement and deliveries, and create and review optical transport RFPs and RFIs.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or comparable hands-on experience.
- 5 years of hands-on experience with major OTN devices; exposure to long-haul and/or submarine distances is essential.
- Knowledge of optical transport, OTN solutions, system design, architecture, service delivery, operations, propagation impairments, modulation formats, and optical transport technologies.
- Experience planning and deploying long-haul terrestrial systems or SLTEs for subsea systems.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with TCP/IP, IPv6, and routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, or ISIS.
- Experience with large-scale inter-DC links, submarine consortiums or SLTE deployments, or network device configurations for vendors such as Ciena or Nokia.
Tools
OTN, Ciena, Nokia, Infinera, TCP/IP, IPv6, BGP, OSPF
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