Central Office Technician – Telecom/ Pennsylvania

AV Staffing Solutions; Gettysburg (Adams County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AV Staffing Solutions is seeking an experienced Central Office Technician for a major telecom deployment across Pennsylvania, including Gettysburg area. Work inside active carrier Central Offices, performing surveys, installations and migrations.

You'll document field conditions, coordinate cutovers, and travel between project sites across PA, supporting network modernization while adhering to safety and engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in telecommunications Central Offices or carrier facilities.
• Ability to read engineering records and network documentation.
• Experience with rack, cabling, power and grounding installations.
• Willingness to travel between project sites.

Responsibilities

• Work inside active carrier Central Offices and wire centers.
• Survey and document existing telecom equipment, racks, bays, cabling, power and connectivity.
• Trace circuits, cables, cross‑connects and termination points.
• Verify equipment and network records against field conditions.
• Rack, mount, power, ground, cable and label new network equipment.
• Support network migrations, equipment swaps and cutovers.
• Travel between assigned Central Office locations in Pennsylvania.
• Follow customer engineering standards, MOPs, safety procedures and change‑control requirements.
• Perform post‑installation documentation and connectivity validation.

Skills

Central Office experience

Network documentation

Field installation

Travel flexibility

Tools

Excel

Job description

Central Office Technician – Telecom/ Pennsylvania

Gettysburg, United States | Posted on 09/09/2026

Our client is ramping up for alarge-scale telecommunications Central Office deployment and network migration project across Pennsylvania

We are seeking experienced Central Office Technicians with hands‑on carrier telecom experience to join the project. This is not a survey‑only position.

Technicians will support multiple phases of the deployment, including site surveys, migration readiness, equipment installation, cabling, integration and scheduled cut‑over activities.

What You’ll Do

• Work inside active carrier Central Offices and wire centers.
  
• Survey and document existing telecom equipment, racks, bays, cabling, power and connectivity.
  
• Trace circuits, cables, cross‑connects and termination points.
  
• Verify existing equipment and network records against actual field conditions.
  
• Assess rack space, power, grounding and cabling requirements for new equipment.
  
• Rack, mount, power, ground, cable and label new customer‑provided network equipment.
  
• Support network migrations, equipment swaps and cutovers.
  
• Perform post‑installation documentation and connectivity validation.
  
• Follow customer engineering standards, MOPs, safety procedures and change‑control requirements.
  
• Travel between assigned Central Office locations in Pennsylvania.
  

What We’re Looking For

• Hands‑on experience working in telecommunications Central Offices, carrier wire centers or similar carrier facilities.
  
• Strong knowledge of Central Office equipment, racks/bays, shelves, cards, ports, patch panels and cross‑connects.
  
• Experience tracing telecom circuits, cables and connections.
  
• Ability to read engineering records, equipment lists, rack elevations and network documentation.
  
• Experience working safely around live production telecom equipment.
  
• Central Office equipment installation experience including rack & stack, cabling, power and grounding.
  
• Ability to accurately document field conditions using Excel or electronic field tools.
  
• Willingness to travel among assigned project sites.
  

Highly Relevant Experience

Experience with any of the following is a strong plus:

• DACS/DCS and DSX environments.
  
• DS1/T1, DS3/T3 and SONET/OC-n.
  
• Legacy TDM and carrier transport equipment.
  
• Fiber/FDF and copper cross‑connect environments.
  
• Ethernet and network‑management connectivity.
  
• Circuit grooming, migration and decommissioning.
  
• Maintenance-window or hot‑cut activities.
  
• Cisco, Ciena, Nokia/Alcatel‑Lucent, Juniper, Adtran or other carrier‑grade telecom equipment.
  
• This is a multi‑site field deployment supporting Central Office locations throughout Pennsylvania
  
• Work schedules will vary by site and project phase, and some migration/cut‑over activities may take place during overnight maintenance windows.