Office Technician

Job Description

Job description:

*** Long Term contract positions with occasional Midwest travel (Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, etc.) but primarily Chicago-based.

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE

1. Central Office (CO) Experience

This is the #1 requirement.

• Former Central Office Technicians
• Central Office Installation Technicians
• Lumen, Century Link, AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, Windstream, Consolidated, etc. CO backgrounds
• Experience working inside telecom central offices, wire centers, switching facilities

2. DC Power Experience (48V)

Should have experience with:

• -48V DC power systems
• Power disconnects
• Telecom power infrastructure
• Equipment shutdown procedures
• Power removal and decommissioning work

3. Fiber / Equipment Decommissioning

Should be comfortable with:

• Fiber grooming
• Circuit migrations
• Equipment turn downs
• Site exits
• Telecom equipment removal
• Fiber tracing and testing
• Working around live networks

4. Strong Telecom Network Knowledge

Should understand most of the following:

• DWDM
• SONET
• Ethernet
• Routers
• Switches
• Transport networks
• Telecom infrastructure (Understanding how the network operates, not just pulling cable)