Telecommunications Specialist

Leader Communications•Columbus, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Telecommunications Specialist designs or configures voice, video, and data communications systems. Supervises installation and post-installation service and maintenance. Provides Facilities Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) Cable Plant Support through installation, maintenance, fault isolation, and reconstitution of fixed cable and wireless distribution systems, local area networks (LAN), and wide area networks (WAN) in support of tactical and strategic operations. Monitors and analyzes the performance of underground, buried, and aerial cable and antenna networks. Individuals must be able to attain and maintain a valid U.S. Government Top Secret with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) facility clearance.

Requirements

4 years of qualified practical field experience
Inside/Outside Cable Plant experience
Knowledge of OSHA safety standards
OSHA confined space
BICSI installer
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification
Inside Plant/Outside Plant Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA) Telecommunications Industry Alliance (TIA) cabling standards
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70 (National Electrical Code)
Committee on National Security Systems Advisory Memorandum (CNSSAM) TEMPEST 01-13 RED/BLACK Installation Guidance
Protective Distribution System (PDS)
VoIP Systems support
Confined space certification
Position requires sitting, standing, kneeling for long periods of time, lifting more than 50 lbs, climbing on ladders, and working in dirty and noisy areas. (Heavy Work)
Proficient in troubleshooting techniques.
Able to perform CPR and safety observer duties if necessary.

Responsibilities

Provides inside and outside cable plant engineering design support to include: installation, de-installation, integration, testing, removal, and maintenance of inside and outside plant cable to include copper, fiber, and coaxial cable.
Outside plant includes aerial, underground, and buried multi-purpose communications cable
Provides, operates, and maintains material required to support cable plant infrastructure
Provides cable plant services to include site surveys or small cable plant installations at multiple locations
Tests all installed or modified cable plant systems and components in accordance with industry-accepted standards, and test report standards
Coordinates inspections of final installed or modified systems while replicating system and component testing
Installs, pulls, and tests interior and exterior fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cabling
Terminates, splices, tests, maintains, and repairs fiber optic (including fusion splicing), copper, and coaxial cabling
Installs wireless network drops to include installation of wireless access points
Installs fiber optic converters, patches panels, mains and intermediate distribution frames, lightning protections, small uninterruptible power supplies, and supporting ground and power connections
Installs cabinets, cable ladders rack systems, and equipment components
Installs cable trays, conduits, J-hooks, power/data poles and junction boxes
Provides demolition services for all abandoned communication cabling including coaxial cabling, antenna cabling, electronic security system cabling, and paging system cabling
Works inside manholes, and handholes and provides aerial services
Provides access to buried communication cables
Provides locating services to trace out and mark all existing underground communications cabling to include electronic security system cabling, and antenna cabling with the exception of buried electrical cable and Direct Digital Control cabling for HVAC, duct, manholes, and handholes
Integrates separate exterior and interior signal cable distribution systems, exterior and interior coaxial cable systems, and supports equipment to interface with commercial cabling systems
Ensures all products and integrations are in accordance with BICSI, TIA/EIA, NFPA 70, and CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-13 RED/BLACK Installation Guidance standards
Maintains test equipment and materials to support cable infrastructure engineering and integration
Performs preventive maintenance on all equipment operated to prevent degradation of services
Performs and documents site surveys to support fiber optic, copper, and coaxial infrastructure requirements
Prepares working engineering project design packages for integration teams with integration instructions, sketches, and lists of materials
Completes technical solutions for the telecommunications, information technology, and cable television upgrades/integrations
Analyzes technical requirements to support projected mission, technology, and infrastructure changes, and recommend capabilities for new and existing facilities
Provides technical solutions to meet DoD-approved requirements
Provides specification of testing requirements
Briefs government sponsors and Integrated Project Team (IPT) on plans and/or status of projects
Develops, coordinates, and executes cutover plans to integrate newly installed infrastructure
Perform inspections and field investigations of the outside plant infrastructure
Installs, maintains, reconstitutes, removes, and modifies copper core, coaxial, waveguide, and fiber optic cable and antenna systems
Climbs antenna support structures and wooden poles to various heights for maintenance and installation actions on cable and antenna systems.
Installs and maintains dedicated local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) media distribution systems, including distribution system interior wiring.
Installs and removes fire-stopping barriers when installing interior cabling.
Uses drawings, task lists, instructions, and technical data to work on copper core, coaxial, waveguide, fiber optic cable, and antenna systems.
Terminates copper core, coaxial, waveguide, and fiber optic cable on distribution frames and interface equipment.
Operates and performs maintenance using tools, test equipment, auxiliary equipment, and vehicles such as backhoes, trenchers, cable trailers, cable reel trucks, and antenna construction vehicles.
Locates, repairs, and replaces faulty closures in copper core, waveguide, coaxial, and fiber optic cable systems.
Performs pneumatic troubleshooting to locate faulty splice closures and seal splice closures.
Excavates and backfills splice pits.
Installs and maintains aerial cable support structures such as pole line and suspension strands.
Installs underground cable, uses duct rods, cleans cable duct systems, prepares pulling apparatus, and pulls in and temporarily bonds cable.
Installs, maintains, and marks the path of buried cable systems.