Installation Engineer - Telecoms - Amsterdam - 280 Euros PD

Noord-Holland  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Telecom Field Technician

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 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

Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge of Data Center and POP infrastructure, including experience or deep understanding of OSP, ISP, interfacility cabling, fiber and copper distribution, AC/DC power systems, environmental controls, and relay rack/cabinet/cage construction.
  • A minimum of 7 years experience installing and maintaining a wide variety of telecom/network equipment, including DWDMs, backbone and management Routers, IP Switches, as well as all optical and digital infrastructure - familiarity with Juniper, Cisco, BTI, Infinera, Aruba, and all major fiber and cable management manufacturers (eg, ADC, Corning, etc.) preferred.
  • OSP experience. Must have splicing experience, and understand how to maintain and operate within a manhole, vault, or handhole environment. Must know what "good" looks like from street to building fiber entrance.
  • Expertise with all telecommunications testing equipment from microscopes and source and power meters to OTDRs and experience testing across all SONET and Ethernet bandwidths.
  • Knowledge of all telecommunications testing standards and procedures from length, wire-mapping, and bit error rate to power, delay, loss, reflectance and dispersion.
  • Must know what good looks like - running, dressing, cleaning, scoping/testing, labeling, racking, stacking, and general neatness within a data center environment.
  • Complete understanding of all data center and OSP construction site safety standards. OSHA certifications highly preferred.
  • Experience with state and local regulatory standards, procedures, and permitting requirements.
  • Experience and ability to work effectively with local exchange carrier (LEC) and other telecom service provider technicians, building landlords, electricians, construction operators, and non-technical end users.
  • Contractor management experience required. Union contractor experience preferred.
  • Ability to work independently, diagnose problems and take appropriate action with minimal supervision.
  • Experience with logical inventories like Netcracker or Granite, and the ability to read fiber or duct tables, CAD drawings, and blueprints required.
  • Competence with spreadsheets, workflow and project management applications, and administrative software applications a must.
  • Ability to frequently travel within 3 hours of assigned workplace.
  • Up to 10% travel outside of assigned metro area required

Start date
ASAP
From
TDA Recruitment Ltd
Published at
27.10.2015
Project ID:
1008255
Contract type
Freelance
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