Benefits:

Competitive salary

Job Description:

Required Skills:

Must have OSP/ISP background. 3+ years of experience is required.

Must be able to read and understand OSP/ISP engineering work orders and architecture drawings.

Must be able understand electrical architecture drawings (NEC-NFPA-70 Current Applicable Edition Per DCRA/DCMR).

Must be able to install batteries and perform preventive maintenance on batteries

Ability to safely operate power tools such as hammer drills, band saws, reciprocating saws, etc.

Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Ability and willingness to escalate issues to team lead

Demonstrate ability to take care in handling active telecommunication equipment and cabling to minimize disruptions to customers

Require grounding, bonding, fire stopping and duct plug certifications - Certified Electrical Bonding & Grounding Technician (CEBGT) or similar

o Must have or have ability to obtain certification and be proficient with fire-stopping, duct plugging with various assemblies and applications (Code Requirements per NEC-NFPA-70)

o Must have or have ability to obtain current certification and be proficient with bonding/grounding ICT/SCS infrastructures and pathways (ANSI-TIA 607-C Best Practices)

Should be familiar with OSHA, EIA/TIA, ANSI, IEEE and BICSI cabling standards

Comfortable working alone and unsupervised or as a team member

Must be able to install and remove cabinets, relay racks, ladder racking & channel trough, wall-mounted cabinets and back boards/hardware (ANSI-TIA #568-D.0.-D.4 and #569-D Best Practices).

Must be proficient with terminals R-66, Krone, 110

Preferred but not required to have current certifications to include one or a combination of the following BICSI TECH and Level II Technician Certifications (TECH, INSTF, INSTC), Corning, and Bellcore.

Responsibilities:

1. Provides technical guidance for directing and monitoring information systems operations. Designs, builds, and implements network systems.

2. Directs compilation of records and reports concerning network operations and maintenance. Troubleshoots network performance issues. Analyzes network traffic and provides capacity planning solutions.

3. Monitors and responds to complex technical control facility hardware and software problems. Interfaces with vendor support service groups to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance.

4. Manages the purchase, testing, installation, and support of network communications, including Local Area Network (LAN)/Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)/ Wide Area Network (WAN) systems.

5. Performs system-level design and configuration of products including determination of hardware, OS, and other platform specifications.

6. Plans large-scale systems projects through vendor comparison and cost studies.

7. Performs a variety of systems engineering tasks and activities that are broad in nature and are concerned with major systems design, integration, and implementation, including personnel, hardware, software, budgetary, and support facilities and/or equipment.

8. Provides quality assurance review and the evaluation of new and existing software products.

9. Provides assistance and oversight for all information systems operations activities, including computer and telecommunications/communications operations, data entry, data control, LAN/MAN/WAN administration and operations support, operating systems programming, system security policy procedures, and/or web strategy and operations.

10. Provides input to policy level discussions regarding standards and budget constraints.

11. Supervises all personnel engaged in the operation and support of network facilities, including all communications equipment on various platforms in large scale or multi-shift operations.

12. Supervises complex operations that involve two or more additional functions such as, but not limited to, network operations, systems security, systems software support, and production support activities.

13. Monitors and responds to hardware, software, and network problems.

14. Provides the routine testing and analysis of all elements of the network facilities (including power, software, communications machinery, lines, modems, and terminals).

15. Utilizes software and hardware tools and identifies and diagnoses complex problems and factors affecting network performance.

16. Troubleshoots network systems when necessary and makes improvements to the network.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Information