Fiber Engineer

GCS Recruitment; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Fiber Engineer to support installation, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and deployment of fiber‑optic network infrastructure across field, customer, data center, and enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include fiber installations, terminations, splicing, testing with industry equipment, fault isolation, and network documentation. You will coordinate with field and network teams and help ensure reliable service restoration and compliant safety practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with fiber‑optic network infrastructure.
• Experience performing fiber installations, termination, splicing, and testing.
• Ability to read network diagrams, fiber routes, and installation specs.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, troubleshoot, and maintain fiber-optic network infrastructure.
• Perform fiber installations, terminations, splicing, and network connectivity activities.
• Conduct fiber testing and certification using industry-standard testing equipment.
• Perform optical measurements, loss testing, and fault isolation.
• Troubleshoot fiber and connectivity issues and identify the root cause of network problems.
• Perform inspections and preventative maintenance on fiber infrastructure.
• Support fiber network deployments, upgrades, expansions, and service activations.
• Work with network and communications equipment connected to fiber infrastructure.
• Perform testing and validation following installation, repair, or network modifications.
• Support network restoration and emergency repair activities when required.
• Read and interpret fiber documentation, network diagrams, drawings, and installation specifications.
• Maintain accurate records of fiber routes, testing results, splicing activities, equipment, and maintenance work.
• Coordinate with field engineers, network engineers, contractors, customers, and operations teams.
• Follow established safety, installation, testing, and industry procedures.

Skills

Fiber-optic networking

Troubleshooting

Field installation

Documentation

Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking a Fiber Engineer to support the installation, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and deployment of fiber-optic network infrastructure.

The role focuses on the design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of fiber networks supporting telecommunications, enterprise, and network infrastructure services. The Fiber Engineer will work with fiber-optic systems, cabling, network equipment, and testing tools to ensure reliable network performance and connectivity.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with fiber-optic infrastructure, network installations, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance, with the ability to work in field, customer, data center, and communications environments.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, troubleshoot, and maintain fiber-optic network infrastructure.

• Perform fiber installations, terminations, splicing, and network connectivity activities.

• Conduct fiber testing and certification using industry-standard testing equipment.

• Perform optical measurements, loss testing, and fault isolation.

• Troubleshoot fiber and connectivity issues and identify the root cause of network problems.

• Perform inspections and preventative maintenance on fiber infrastructure.

• Support fiber network deployments, upgrades, expansions, and service activations.

• Work with network and communications equipment connected to fiber infrastructure.

• Perform testing and validation following installation, repair, or network modifications.

• Support network restoration and emergency repair activities when required.

• Read and interpret fiber documentation, network diagrams, drawings, and installation specifications.

• Maintain accurate records of fiber routes, testing results, splicing activities, equipment, and maintenance work.

• Coordinate with field engineers, network engineers, contractors, customers, and operations teams.

• Follow established safety, installation, testing, and industry procedures.

What You Will Learn

• Hands-on experience with fiber-optic network infrastructure.

• Fiber installation, termination, splicing, testing, and maintenance techniques.

• Fiber troubleshooting and optical fault-isolation methods.

• How to use professional fiber testing and certification equipment.

• Optical loss, power-level, and fiber-performance testing.

• Fiber network documentation, diagrams, and infrastructure records.

• How fiber networks support telecommunications and enterprise services.

• Network restoration and emergency fiber-repair procedures.

• Best practices for working in field, data center, customer, and communications environments.

• Preventative maintenance and fiber network quality-control processes.

• Coordination between fiber, network, engineering, and field-service teams.

• Career development toward Senior Fiber Engineer, Fiber Optic Technician, Network Engineer, Optical Engineer, Transport Engineer, or Fiber Design Engineer roles.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.