What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fiber Technician at Sterling, VA (Onsite) position at Apptad Inc.?
Title: Fiber Technician
Location: Sterling, VA (Onsite)
Position Type: 12 Months Contract
Education, Certification, License, And Skill Requirements
Able to provide onsite support after business hours as part of on-call schedule.
Able to travel to various sites as needed.
Testing
Apptad offers strategic consulting, enterprise information management and digital transformation services. With globally connected offices in US and India along with a team of trained and certified IT resources, Apptad ensures quick and effective delivery to its customers.Apptad is relentlessly reinventing the outlook of how companies leverage data.
With an effort to enable our customers the ability to solve biggest problems within their organization.We perceive our clients’ problems and respond with custom solutions instead of handing over boilerplate responses.
OUR MISSION
Customer Focus: We listen carefully to the needs of our clients so that we know what’s important for their business and can design a customized solution for their business.
Innovation: As a firm, we believe in constantly upgrading ourselves and improving our solutions to adapt to the changing landscape of technology.
Accountability and Ethics: We believe in taking our commitments as seriously as our customers and living up to them while building trust for a long term business relationship.
Location: Sterling, VA (Onsite)
Position Type: 12 Months Contract
Education, Certification, License, And Skill Requirements
- Must possess a High School diploma or GED equivalent
- Must be proficient at terminating all connector types and methods for SMF and MMF systems (Unicam, anaerobic, heat-cure)
- Must have Testing & Troubleshooting MMF & SMF systems experience (OTDR & PMLS)
- Prefer 3-5 years of experience in Fiber
- Prefer Industry Certifications (Corning/FOA/BICSI)
- Prefer Data Center installation experience
- Prefer Mechanical and Fusion Splice experience
- Prefer OSP / Confined Space Entry experience (splicing)
- Must be able to use the following trade Tools: Screwdriver (regular and Phillips), torpedo level, tape measure, snips (with belt sheath), pliers (needle nose and channel locks), hammer, wrench set, cable stripper, flashlight and gloves. Punch tool with 110 block and 66 block blades, tone set, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, and Krone/3M/BIX.
Able to provide onsite support after business hours as part of on-call schedule.
Able to travel to various sites as needed.
Testing
- The Fiber Technician will test using an OTDR, Fluke & EFXO
- The Fiber Technician troubleshoots using an OTDR to identify and correct problems end to end, and Network wide Splicing
- The Fiber Technician will perform mechanical splicing with all types of fiber cable
- The Fiber Technician will perform fusion splicing with all types of fiber cable
- The Fiber Technician performs building entrance splices, maintenance space, and direct buried splices
Apptad offers strategic consulting, enterprise information management and digital transformation services. With globally connected offices in US and India along with a team of trained and certified IT resources, Apptad ensures quick and effective delivery to its customers.Apptad is relentlessly reinventing the outlook of how companies leverage data.
With an effort to enable our customers the ability to solve biggest problems within their organization.We perceive our clients’ problems and respond with custom solutions instead of handing over boilerplate responses.
OUR MISSION
Customer Focus: We listen carefully to the needs of our clients so that we know what’s important for their business and can design a customized solution for their business.
Innovation: As a firm, we believe in constantly upgrading ourselves and improving our solutions to adapt to the changing landscape of technology.
Accountability and Ethics: We believe in taking our commitments as seriously as our customers and living up to them while building trust for a long term business relationship.
