Fiber Technician

Job Title: Datacenter Network Technician (DFW Metropolitan, TX)

Duration: Long Term Project - Part Time

100% onsite (requires travelling within DFW)

US CITIZENS / Green Card Holders / EAD ONLY

NO THIRD PARTIES PLEASE

Note: The position is part-time and requires traveling to resolve tickets as per the client's requirements

Job Responsibilities:

• OTDR, LSPM, BER, OSA (Optical Spectrum Analysis) & other fiber testing/cleaning tools (testing, configuration, reporting), provisioning, install cables or optics for new circuits. physical cabling, cable management, northbound cabling(Fiber/Copper/Power).
• Support network and server teams by assisting with rack and stack and running cables. Planned/Predictive maintenance or circuit migration support.
• Labelling, patching, and asset tagging activities, perform installation as needed either through physical or network medium.
• Follow specific task instructions and provision necessary reporting as necessary and support either through phone, remote tools, or in person at onsite.
• Conduct failure analysis, perform functional testing of entire system/Identify failed component, planned maintenance or circuit migration support.
• Testing of fiber, high loss/break fiber Identification by OTDR/LSPM/VFL. Cleaning fibers, replace the faulty optical cable. Installing loop backs, Optical Spectrum Analysis, BER testing/MPO fiber testing etc.
• Inserting/removing media, replacing defective components, assist with fault diagnosis and investigation with RMA Processing.
• Configuring remote access, basic storage array configuration, replacing faulty cables.
• Rebooting routers, servers, storage devices or other equipment, tape management and Maintenance
• Providing loop-back cables to test circuits remotely, re-seating or replacing components or cables
• Power cycling, running diagnostics commands, conducting whole unit replacement.

Deployment/In scope Configuration activities:

• Servers (virtual & physical), storage & backup devices, server/routers appliances.
• Hyper converged infrastructure, tape storage units.
• Power distribution units up to 3KVA, UPS, earthing system, HVAC,
• Network switches, SAN fabric switches, KVM Units, WAN optimization devices.
• Firewalls, access points, routers, physical cabling, cable management with remoteassistance to team.
• Site Survey, Site Inspection and Site audit services with site maintenance & vendor meet services.Travel/Different Site coverage
• Depending on the client's requirement, the selected candidate should be willing to travel and provide 24/7 support
• Proficient in CLI/Linus based interfaces. Able to apply basic configs to Servers and assistin troubleshooting and testing
• Fiber/Data/Copper cable installation, maintaining & Testing of both wired, wireless andFiber networks include working with MPO fibers.
• Infrastructure (Data center and network) hardware architecture as to understand the procedure shared by L3 teams during troubleshooting
• Knowledge of router/server/client operations in a domain environment including active directory.
• Understanding of current and legacy hardware Infrastructure platforms.
• hands-on experience in installation and troubleshooting Infrastructure (DC & Network)equipment's, rack and stack of the equipment/cable.
• Hands-on experience in IMAC and break-fix activities related to infrastructureenvironment.
• Ability to identify defective spares and replace them with provided good spares asinstructed and by physical observations.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP standards and networking. Experience with Tape management activities.

Work Experience:

• Years - 3-5 years of Data center infrastructure, enterprise IT infrastructure or equivalent.
• Years - 3 Years of experience in Server provisioning, troubleshooting and testing. Must be proficient in Linux/CLI interfaces. (HP, Dell, IBM)
• Years - 3 Years of experience in fiber cabling, and testing of Optical fiber cable by OTDR, LSPM, and other fiber test tool, BER test, OSA(Optical Spectrum Analysis),Traffic detector, installation, configuration and troubleshooting of low-voltage electrical system AC/DC power, ethernet cabling,

Qualifications:

• Education - BSc. degree in computer science or related field or equivalent associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from three-year college or technical school with an emphasis in electronics required, bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Certification - CCNA, Network , CCNP or equivalent with fiber testing certification.