Network Optical Technician - Rightech
Carrollton, TX 75006
About the Job
RIGHTECH is a leading nationwide provider of technical staffing services, and we are currently seeking qualified candidates for a 100% Travel Network Optical Technician position. Candidate must be home based out of Dallas, TX or Atlanta, GA.
Job Title: Network Optical Technician
Location: Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX
Duration: 6 months + contract to hire
Start Date: 9/23/2024
Job Description:
Job Summary: The Optical Network Technician is a technician responsible for the installation, provisioning, and monitoring of equipment and circuits associated with Packet-Optical Platform product lines. Candidates who have experience installing and provisioning Ciena 6500, Waveserver, or edge equipment
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Job Title: Network Optical Technician
Location: Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX
Duration: 6 months + contract to hire
Start Date: 9/23/2024
Job Description:
Job Summary: The Optical Network Technician is a technician responsible for the installation, provisioning, and monitoring of equipment and circuits associated with Packet-Optical Platform product lines. Candidates who have experience installing and provisioning Ciena 6500, Waveserver, or edge equipment
Responsibilities:
- Technical responsibilities include working with a team to install, test, turn-up, and provision various pieces of Ciena electronic equipment and cabling systems in support of customers in the MSO, cable, telephone, data center and communications industry.
- This role will require traveling across the United States installing optical network equipment is core network facilities and access network customer premise facilities.
- Essential Job Functions:
- Complete packet optical platform equipment installation activities with team (rack and stack).
- Complete structured cabling activities with team (single-mode and multi-mode fiber, AC power cords, and twisted pair cabling).
- Complete secondary DC power cabling with team: fuse panel (FAP) to equipment within rack.
- Reading and implementing designs/EDP's (Engineering Design Packages), blueprints, rack elevations (facials), and wire lists.
- When necessary, creating wire lists and bill of materials (BOM) for minor installation materials.
- Communicating with customer, on-site ops, and project management team to coordinate and plan installation activities daily progress updates.
- Troubleshooting connectivity issues involving rack equipment, optical fiber circuits, power, and twisted pair connections.
- Cleaning, scoping, testing, and certifying fiber circuits includes use of OTDR and Fiber Characterization test equipment (EXFO and Viavi)
- Labeling all fibers and cables (P-touch, Brady LabelMark software, LAT labels, Dymo, etc.).
- Documentation of complete install and test results.
- Detailed knowledge of fiber transport systems, and all associated equipment. Ciena 3928, 5130, 8140, and 8114 , and other Ciena equipment installation knowledge is a plus but not required.
- Detailed knowledge of fiber optic cabling, unshielded twisted pair cable assemblies and proper installation of each structured cabling.
- Detailed knowledge of secondary DC Power - connecting rack electronics to fuse panels (FAPS), crimping and terminating lugs/terminals, installing fuses (GMT type), turn-up circuits.
- Computer skills Email, Excel, Word, Outlook, Visio, LabelMark. Ciena FAST software experience is a plus but not required.
- Communication skills ability of clearly communicating with Project Managers, Construction Managers, customers, and peers.
- General hand-tool usage, crimping on connectors (RJ45), combing cables, cleaning fiber optic connectors, heat shrinking DC cable-lugs/reducers, etc.
- Knowledge of set-up, utilization, and exporting results of OTDR and/or Fiber Characterization testing (EXFO and Viavi testing experience a plus).
- 2+ years installing & provisioning optical transport equipment/systems.
- 2+ years field technical installation and cabling experience.
- 2+ years working with documentation on technical jobs (JCR, SOW, MOP creation, BOM creation, etc.)
- Prefer candidates with prior experience working on Ciena packet-optical product platforms (3928, 5130, 8114, 8140, 6500) or equivalent (Nokia/Cisco/etc).
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Source : Rightech