Telecommunication Technician

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.

Are you willing to learn new technologies, provide friendly and knowledgeable solutions to our customers? Join our team as a Technician providing excellence in servicing the customer, selling our products and integrated communications services. What are the advantages to joining our dynamic technical team? Here are just a few - paid training, tuition assistance available, tools, test equipment and a company vehicle you will need to perform your job as well as you will have rapid progressive earning potential and advancement opportunities.

This is a full time position located in Portland, OR. The typical schedule is Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pm. May also include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime, as well as rotating Saturdays.

• Perform installation, testing, turn-up, and acceptance of circuit equipment including Voice, TDM, Optical IP Ethernet and emerging technologies.
• Install, repair, maintain and/or adjust multiplex equipment, fiber optics, and switches; perform testing with the applicable testing centers and conduct final acceptance testing with the customer to ensure ready for service.
• Troubleshoot customer circuits, network components, and infrastructure from the customerâs premise up to the frame, and complete final testing and customer acceptance of service.
• Use laptop computer to option higher‑level electronic systems and applications, and to test and install individual services.
• Utilize various testing devices, including but not limited to: frequency and data signal generators, transmission measuring sets, volt‑ohm‑meters, software programs, laptop programs.
• Use test equipment and/or coordinate testing of customer lines with others including company and customer personnel, as well as with the assistance of the control and/or dispatch centers.
• Install computer interface cards in customer‑owned equipment (laptop and desktop computers).
• Successfully option/configure customerâs computer hardware and software and install modems.
• May reimage PCs and restore hard drives, as well as troubleshoot and repair data terminals and peripheral equipment (e.g., printers).
• May manage/assign hardware and/or software assets/requests/ licenses, considering warranty and other information as necessary.
• Review, analyze, update, and interpret work orders, circuit diagrams, word documents, schematic drawings, engineering work prints, OSP (Outside Plant) maps, equipment drawings, company records, technical manuals and other source documents to obtain specifications for installation and trouble isolation purposes.
• Verify critical dates (in particular plant test date), commitments, facility and equipment assignments, reasonableness of test results and conformity of circuits to established tolerance criteria.
• Resolve customer issues and problems regarding designed services, and ensure service is working to customer specifications.
• Per customer‑initiated order/request, may perform pre‑survey to determine availability of equipment and facilities and pretest circuits to ensure that conditioning requirements are met.
• In addition, review with customer work specified in the work order and the possibilities of utilizing existing facilities for upgrading/customizing services.
• Interact with customers professionally and courteously.
• Discuss service and equipment with customer.
• Perform specified work.
• Confirm/update trouble…