Network Technician I

Black Box•United States,

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Black Box Network Services is seeking a Network Infrastructure Technician to support data center and communications-closet cabling, network equipment, facilities management, site security, and project work at a customer site in New York, NY. The candidate will install, test, certify, inspect, clean, troubleshoot, and decommission structured copper and optical cabling and related network infrastructure. The position requires a customer-focused, motivated, self-directed person committed to completing work to a high standard. This is an hourly position based on experience and skill level. The posting describes a schedule being kept current and a conversion from temporary to permanent employment.

Requirements

Appropriate equipment training with high-speed fiber-optic transport.
Ability to clean high-speed single-mode and multi-mode optical connections.
Ability to measure, transmit, and receive on high-speed optics.
Knowledge and experience working safely with high-speed, single-mode, long-range optical lasers.
Experience with a Fluke Versiv Mainframe.
Experience working in data centers and communications closets.
Ability to safely lift heavy objects.
Understanding of cable patching processes and procedures.
Proven success troubleshooting Layer 1 network concerns.
Willingness to work shift work, including nights and weekends.
Two to five years of relevant experience, preferably including at least one year in a data center environment.
In-depth knowledge of structured cabling.
Knowledge of IEEE and BICSI cabling standards.
Ability to perform the stated visual, speaking, hearing, and motor-coordination tasks, including sitting, handling tools or controls, reaching, standing, walking, and occasionally climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or bending.
May frequently lift approximately 50 pounds and occasionally lift approximately 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

Install, test, and certify structured cabling and patch panels in a data center environment.
Install single-mode and multi-mode optical cabling; inspect and clean installed optical cabling and connections.
Install copper cable in accordance with IEEE and BICSI cabling standards.
Test installed cables using a Fluke Versiv Mainframe.
Decommission obsolete network cabling infrastructure.
Work with elevated and underfloor cable trays.
Assist with troubleshooting network equipment and cabling, including Layer 1 issues.
Patch cabling between network equipment and the customer's network.
Install power cables from equipment to power supplies in racks, cabinets, or closets.
Install, troubleshoot, and de-install network equipment; install or replace cables, switches, routers, and related equipment.
Complete complex Move, Add, Change (MAC) requests within defined service levels.
Provide infrastructure cabling break-fix services.
Support carrier circuit testing.
Assist with facilities efforts, including power and UPS restoration, water problems, emergency cooling restoration, and fire-suppression exercises, restoration, and post-fire events.
Serve as an interface, as needed, between associates at the applicable location and centralized project, operations, or MAC management.
Follow the client addendum provided at the time of offer.