Phoenix, AZ - IT - AZDPS - Technical Services Division; TSD; Technician - Data Network Telecom Technician

Data Network Telecom Specialist

This is a contract to hire position. All candidates must be eligible to convert to an FTE. The State is unable to sponsor any visas. Local only to Phoenix. 100% onsite. Please do not submit any candidates that were submitted to posting 12718 and 12861.

Must Haves:

• Four (4) years of Cable Technician experience in the installation and maintenance of digital computer systems and peripheral equipment or telephone station equipment and related systems. OR
• Two (2) years of experience as a Lead Cable Technician.

Plusses:

• Education or technical training in a field related to electronics, telecommunications systems or digital computer systems through a recognized trade union, technical school or equivalent, accredited college or university may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.

Day to Day:

• Schedules and/or coordinates services (e.g. repairs, installations removal of equipment, preventative maintenance, etc.) with contractors, vendors, DPS units, and supported agencies.
• Initiates coordinates, and completes new, upgrade, and repair projects with all DPS-related network equipment and sites and with contractor and vendor-related projects that support DPS and designated agencies. Includes supervision of contractor and/or vendor resources.
• Installs, removes, modifies, maintains, repairs, and inventories various mobile, portable, and hand-held pieces of communications equipment and other electronic equipment (e.g. routers, switches, video equipment, copiers and printers, public address systems, televisions, site security alarm and control equipment, cameras, remote fence and gate opening and communication equipment, etc.) for DPS, DPS supported governmental agencies, and vendors and contractors supporting DPS.
• Installs, repairs, splices, tests, and terminates various forms of telecommunications and electrical wiring and cabling (e.g. copper, fiber, coax, etc.) to ensure proper impedance matching and connections between various pieces of electronic equipment.