Immediate need for a talented Field Technician with experience in the IT Industry. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity with long-term potential and Location in Washington, DC (Onsite). Please review the job description below.

Key Responsibilities:

This involves:
Maintain the highest quality standards in all assigned data center locations and remote points of presence (POP).
Perform physical installation, repair, maintenance, and testing activities as directed with meticulous attention to driving and maintaining the highest quality standards in the telecommunications industry.
Perform card adds or replacements, software upgrades, and associated testing.
Provide site survey support for OSP and ISP projects, as well as large space & power and/or equipment deployments.
Perform site audits and reconcile data discrepancies in coordination with Network Surveillance and other groups as necessary.
Recommend improvements to processes that may impact the quality of our network assets or improve overall efficiencies for any related process or system.
Manage local construction vendors working on behalf of the company to ensure compliance with installation, repair, maintenance MOPs and standards, as well as quality and cleanliness.
Meet/coordinate with Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) and other technicians to facilitate timely installation, repair, and maintenance activities as necessary.
Perform site surveys in support of network builds, augments, or decommissions.
Assist in coordinating site access, equipment staging, and other asks to
Maintaining Project Schedules
Proper prepping of fiber cables for splicing per industry/customer standards
in various splice housings, using various cable types (ribbon fiber, loose tube, armored/non armored, 900 micron MIC cables/pigtails, etc.)
Splicing various types of fiber cable of various fiber counts.
Performing fiber characterization tests using OTDR, CD/PMD, power meter/laser source and fiber end face testing using industry standard test equipment
Ability to troubleshoot issues on fiber network with the use of OTDR, VFL and other insturments.
Splicing or re-splicing of new strands and problematic fiber strands using industry standard fusion splicers
Fiber end face cleaning using multiple methods
Providing field analysis on Vendor's fiber network from test data
Preparing testing packages including:
• Redlining of project documentation including fiber path and demarcation points
• Provide test reports as dictated by vendor requirements
• Managing project field documentation
• Interfacing with vendors to provide remediation to fiber path issues
• Performing site surveys to validate vendor infrastructure deliverables including any issues (not limited to):
• Fiber type
• Points of failure
• Diversity requirements
• Framework and support infrastructure (racks, fiber protection, grounding etc)

Knowledge:
Project management and organizational competence
Fusion splicing using industry standard equipment
Very strong experience analyzing OTDR traces, OIL data and CD/PMD data.
Able to describe the details and structure of ISP and OSP Fiber Networks
Understanding of various fiber types
Strong computer skills of various programs needed for project information delivery and handing off of test results/issues.

Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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