Telecom Field Technician

Job Description

Field Technician 1

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Network Technician to join a leading company in the CLEC market, specializing in VPN services. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with phone and network services/equipment, provisioning and logging in equipment, low voltage cabling (Cat5), and AC/DC power systems. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to apply their technical expertise in a dynamic and growing industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Troubleshoots network equipment, removes/replaces defective equipment, and works with appropriate resources to isolate and ultimately restore network.

Proactively identify potential problem areas to ensure integrity of the network and company.

Assist other personnel to complete these activities when needed.

Performs the installation/change/decommission and testing of Next Generation technologies such as Edge Compute, Wavelength services, Fiber Optic Transport, Ethernet, SONET, and IP network layers for all available bandwidths offered.

Required to install and test network and customer equipment (CPE) including installation and delivery of all end user services. Assist other personnel to complete these activities when needed.

AC Power (on limited basis).

DC power installs including tertiary and BDCBB.

Qualifications:

2+ years’ experience working of Installation, Test, and Turn-up of a variety of Telecommunication equipment including SONET, DCS, DWDM, Routersand Switches.

Strong technical and mechanical background with experience on the latest generation transport gear, critical infrastructure (HVAC systems, high-voltage electrical systems, DC Power Plants, etc.), as well as knowledge of locating fiber optic cable, right-of-way, and As-Builts.

Must have experience and/or knowledge of at least two of the four major technician disciplines: Transmission (DS1/DS3/SONET),Switching (circuit-switching/SS7), TCP/IP (routers/higher-layer protocols), and Outside Plant (Fiber locating, OTDR, Mass Fusion Splicing, etc.).

Some technical evaluation and fundamental judgment is required, while building an internal and external network.

Must maintain site security and cleanliness.

Must have PC skills and be well versed in Microsoft Windows and Office applications.Company Description

About KCI:

As a professional service-based partnership, we offer reliability, expertise, and peace of mind for all your network infrastructure management needs. As a resource partner our clients can trust, we offer Legacy Network Care and Support, Professional Network Optimization, Transformation and Deployment Services, and Technical Staffing Resources for Telecommunications Service Providers and OEMs.

Full-time