Telecommunications Technician

Position

Telecom Technician

Start Date

ASAP

Type

Ongoing contract

Location

South Hill, South Boston, Farmville (must live in one of these areas but supporting whole territory)

**must use their own vehicle/reimbursed mileage

Must Haves:

• 2+ years supporting telecommunications networks.

• Working knowledge of fiber circuits, MPLS and other LAN/WAN data circuits

• Skilled in the termination and troubleshooting of various cabling types to include fiber,

• Knowledge of fiber terminations, data circuits, 48V and 135Vdc power plants.

• Experience with DC plant systems, LAN and wireless testing, fiber optic test equipment, and various cabling types.

• Familiarity with cable identification, terminating cables, and Channel Banks.

• Experience racking and stacking routers and switches.

Day to Day:

As a Telecommunications Technician, you will apply your basic knowledge of all areas of telecommunications and perform maintenance on telecommunications equipment. Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Respond to system and service outages

• Installation and wiring of routers/switches/firewalls along with coordinating with multiple groups for configuration and troubleshooting.

• Terminate copper and fiber cabling as needed to support network turnups and upgrades

• Physically connect to live DC power plant systems

• Effectively identify and utilizes the proper resources to develop solutions and devise new approaches to problems encountered in work assignments.

• Work on various other telecommunication systems and tasks when required my leadership