What are the responsibilities and job description for the Telecom Field Technician position at KC Installation, LLC?
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.
