Central Office Technician – Telecom/ Virginia

AV Staffing Solutions; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

AV Staffing Solutions in Richmond, VA is seeking experienced Central Office Technicians with hands-on carrier telecom experience to support a large Virginia deployment. This role involves field work inside active carrier central offices, site surveys, equipment installation, cabling, and migration readiness.

You will travel between Virginia locations, verify equipment against records, document field conditions in Excel, and follow MOPs and safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in telecommunications Central Offices or carrier facilities.
• Knowledge of racks/bays, cabinets, patches, ports and cross-connects in CO environments.
• Ability to read engineering records, equipment lists and network diagrams.
• Experience documenting field conditions using Excel or similar tools.

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 against network records and field conditions.
• Assess rack space, power, grounding and cabling for new equipment.
• Rack, mount, power, ground, cable and label new network equipment.
• Support migrations, equipment swaps and cutovers.
• Document post-installation connectivity and validation.
• Follow engineering standards, MOPs, safety procedures and change-control requirements.
• Travel between Central Office locations in Virginia.

Skills

Central Office experience

Carrier telecom equipment

Cabling and installation

Documentation in Excel

Travel willingness

Tools

Excel

Job description

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

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

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 Virginia.
  

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 Virginia
  
• Work schedules will vary by site and project phase, and some migration/cut-over activities may take place during overnight maintenance windows.