OTDR Testing Expert: Fiber & Data Centre Specialist

Fiber Engineer- (OTDR Testing Expert)
Company: A leading telecom company
Contract: 12+ Months

Are you an experienced Fiber Engineer or OTDR Testing Technician with hands-on expertise using EXFO or Viavi or any other OTDR equipment? We're looking for skilled professionals to support large-scale data centre infrastructure projects, carrying out advanced fiber optic testing, troubleshooting, and fault resolution.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on mission-critical fibre networks within enterprise data centre environments.

• Perform OTDR testing to identify fibre breaks, bends, high-loss events, and other network faults.
• Troubleshoot and repair fibre optic links across large-scale data centre environments.
• Operate and configure EXFO and Viavi or any other OTDR test equipment.
• Analyse and interpret OTDR trace results, event tables, and return loss measurements to accurately locate faults.
• Identify fibre counts, cable routes, splice points, and damaged sections using OTDR testing.
• Work with ribbon fibre cables and ribbon connectors, including fault identification and testing.
• Carry out fibre optic testing, validation, and fault diagnostics to industry standards.
• Produce detailed test reports, documentation, and as-built records.
• Support installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance testing.
• Provide on-site technical support and collaborate with project teams to resolve network issues efficiently.

• Proven experience performing OTDR testing in fibre optic networks.
• Hands-on experience using EXFO and/or Viavi OTDR equipment.
• Strong knowledge of fibre optic troubleshooting, fault finding, and link restoration.
• Experience with fibre splicing and fibre optic network testing.
• Ability to read and interpret OTDR traces and fibre test results.
• Understanding of ISP/OSP fibre infrastructure and network documentation.
• Experience working independently on customer sites with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

• Previous experience supporting data centre or large telecom infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of high-power laser testing procedures.
• Experience with ribbon fibre installations and connector systems.
• Familiarity with structured cabling and mission-critical network environments.

We'd love to hear from the following professionals:

• Fiber Engineer
• OTDR Technician
• Fiber Test Technician
• Fiber Optic Technician
• Fiber Testing Engineer
• Data Centre Fiber Technician
• Network Field Engineer
• Telecom Field Engineer

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.