Network Installation Technician Intermediate (NIT 3)

Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Position Overview

Level 3 (Lead) Network Installation Technician employees are assigned responsibilities involving the supervision of others in the installation, test and turn-up of telecommunication equipment and related components. This includes assignment and review of work, assessment of performance, insuring completion of assigned projects or activities, and providing training or assistance as needed. Leads are responsible for coordination and communication with team members to coordinate dispatches, assure quality control of installation efforts, and delegation of responsibilities for completion of final customer deliverables including documentation. No supervision is necessary to complete installation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Direct, task, and organize a team of 1 to 2 Network Installation Technicians from deployment to installation close-out.
• Infrastructure installation and de-installation (racks, ironwork)
• Cable management to include cable terminations, cleaning and testing
• Grounding
• Utilize baseline equipment connectivity diagrams to resolve site specific connectivity challenges.
• Communicate with Test and Acceptance staff to ensure remote access to network devices.
• Hardware/software installation of networking components including pre-commissioning hardware with base configurations.
• Circuit wiring, inspection, testing, and activation.
• Network node decommissioning and de-installation.
• Manage completion reports and status reports providing detailed documentation of network configuration.
• Equipment installations that include network routers, servers, patch panels, cryptographic material, switches, firewalls, and timing and synchronization.
• Conduct Optical Testing
• Fiber optic characterization
  • Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
  • Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)
  • Chromatic Dispersion (CD)
    • Review results, identify issues and provide recommended solutions.
    • Train and mentor more junior personnel in all the above.
• Perform small to large sized installations with minimal oversight.

Required Experience/Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Requirements at this level consist of at least six years of experience in the installation, maintenance, repair or construction of various types of telecommunications or other electronic equipment or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting completion of an accredited vocational or technical curriculum in telecommunications or a related discipline for the required or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 6+ years of experience including network infrastructure build-out, mounting telecommunication hardware, cable/fiber installation, cable/fiber terminations and cable/fiber testing.
• 6 + years of experience installing network routers, servers, patch panels, cryptographic material, switches, firewalls, timing and synchronization and communications devices.
• Prior hands-on experience with Juniper/Cisco/Ciena 6500/Ciena RLS/Ciena Wave Server products.
• Must be familiar with ANSI/TIA standards.
• Preference for candidates that have worked in DOD/DISA IT network environment.
• Strong preference for candidates with background with Juniper, Cisco, and Ciena devices.
• Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles and ability to supervise and direct the work of others.
• Must have the ability to work independently or as a leader of a team.
• Must possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint, Excel, VISIO, and Word) as necessary for reporting, redlining, and communicating with upper management.

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher is desired but not required.
• BICSI Certification.
• OEM networking certifications (Specifically, Ciena 6500, RLS, Waveserver)

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

• Active Secret clearance; or ability to obtain and maintain
• Candidates may be based anywhere in the US but must be open to at least 70% travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations as necessary.

Physical Demands

• Ability to type, communicate via telephone and sit for extended periods of time. 
• Ability to raise or lower an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) more than 50lbs.