Outside Plant; OSP Technician

Summary

Outside Plant (OSP) Technician
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you. Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level. Chenega Analytic Business Solutions (CABS) provides federal agencies and commercial customers with trusted insights into Records and Information Management, Administrative Solutions, Information Technology, Engineering, and Training.

Formed in 2017 to serve federal and commercial customers, CABS is 8(a) certified and has grown quickly into a leader in the federal IT and Training environment.

The Outside Plant (OSP) Technician will provide OSP, and O&M support, including installing, inspecting, splicing, testing, repairing, replacing, upgrading, and providing documentation for both copper and fiber optic backbone and distribution systems, from the vertical frame to the end-user premise equipment IAW standards, codes, and regulations.

• Provide technical support and oversight of the cable distribution system at NCTAMS LANT DET Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Attend meetings, participate in conference calls, gather data to understand project requirements, review and/or propose technical solutions, and assist with coordination efforts between multiple organizations.
• Receive, respond, and resolve all work orders via the computerized terminal solution in accordance with the work order and site survey request response times.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all telephone instruments, special circuits, premises copper and fiber wiring, and similar communications equipment, per approved work orders.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all terminal boards, cross-connect boxes, fiber optic couplers, fiber media converters, and communications pedestals and shall run all cross-connects, as approved by work orders, ensuring that all are properly grounded, tagged, labeled, and/or stenciled.
• Install, modify, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all outside cable plant aerial/underground copper cables/fiber optic cables, including utility pole hardware in support of copper and fiber aerial cable, as approved by work orders.
• Test and certify all copper and fiber optic cables prior to installation and upon completion of connections.
• Identify and label items according to the standard telecommunications labeling scheme provided, including underground cable and aerial cable routes, manholes, hand holes, pedestals, and cables.
• Monitor and coordinate clearing, cleaning, and dewatering of all outside cable plant manholes and handholes upon direction.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5+ years of experience in installation and maintenance using telecommunications industry standards-based cabling distribution systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Secret clearance required.
• Passport required.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must obtain a Class B commercial driver’s license (CDL) at the time of hire.
• Must be familiar with and be able to reference current TIA/EIA/NGEN standards
  • Must have specific technical experience in the following areas:
  • Project Engineering Support
  • Cable/Fiber/Wire installations, maintenance, and design
  • Voice/Data Network infrastructure design
  • T-1/PRI and VoIP installations
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Must be willing to live/work in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unaccompanied for up to 12 months.
• Must be willing to work overtime, after hours, and on-call as needed in support of the Base Communications Office (BCO).

• Ability to read and interpret telecommunication infrastructure drawings, building floor plan prints, and communications wiring diagrams of various facilities from field measurements, existing drawings, photographs, and rough sketches.
• Working knowledge of identifying and documenting copper, fiber, and all associated types…