Central Office Technician – Telecom/ Virginia

AV Staffing Solutions•Richmond, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is ramping up for a large-scale telecommunications Central Office deployment and network migration project across Virginia. We are seeking experienced Central Office Technicians with hands-on carrier telecom experience to join the project. This is not a survey-only position. Technicians will support multiple phases of the deployment, including site surveys, migration readiness, equipment installation, cabling, integration and scheduled cut-over activities.

Requirements

Hands-on experience working in telecommunications Central Offices, carrier wire centers or similar carrier facilities.
Strong knowledge of Central Office equipment, racks/bays, shelves, cards, ports, patch panels and cross-connects.
Experience tracing telecom circuits, cables and connections.
Ability to read engineering records, equipment lists, rack elevations and network documentation.
Experience working safely around live production telecom equipment.
Central Office equipment installation experience including rack & stack, cabling, power and grounding.
Ability to accurately document field conditions using Excel or electronic field tools.
Willingness to travel among assigned project sites.

Nice To Haves

DACS/DCS and DSX environments.
DS1/T1, DS3/T3 and SONET/OC-n.
Legacy TDM and carrier transport equipment.
Fiber/FDF and copper cross-connect environments.
Ethernet and network-management connectivity.
Circuit grooming, migration and decommissioning.
Maintenance-window or hot-cut activities.
Cisco, Ciena, Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper, Adtran or other carrier-grade telecom equipment.

Responsibilities

Work inside active carrier Central Offices and wire centers.
Survey and document existing telecom equipment, racks, bays, cabling, power and connectivity.
Trace circuits, cables, cross-connects and termination points.
Verify existing equipment and network records against actual field conditions.
Assess rack space, power, grounding and cabling requirements for new equipment.
Rack, mount, power, ground, cable and label new customer-provided network equipment.
Support network migrations, equipment swaps and cutovers.
Perform post-installation documentation and connectivity validation.
Follow customer engineering standards, MOPs, safety procedures and change-control requirements.
Travel between assigned Central Office locations in Virginia.