Fiber Infrastructure Analyst

GCS Recruitment; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 59,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a remote Fiber Infrastructure Analyst to support field teams on large-scale fiber deployment projects. You will review fiber-test results, diagnose issues, and guide technicians through troubleshooting steps to resolve problems.

Experience with OTDR testing and fiber infrastructure is essential. Applicants should understand fiber loss, connectors, splices, terminations, and have familiarity with EXFO equipment or FastReporter.

Qualifications

• Experience testing or troubleshooting fiber-optic networks.
• Ability to interpret OTDR traces and fiber loss metrics.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and ability to guide field technicians.

Responsibilities

• Review field data and determine if fiber is performing correctly.
• Identify likely problem areas and guide technicians through next steps.
• Coordinate with field teams to diagnose issues across multiple projects.

Skills

Fiber testing

Troubleshooting

OTDR interpretation

Clear communication

Project coordination

Tools

EXFO equipment

FastReporter

Job description

Fiber Infrastructure Analyst / Fiber Troubleshooting Specialist

Remote | $43-$45/hr

Are you an experienced fiber technician, tester, splicer, or network professional who understands what fiber-test results actually mean?

We are hiring a remote Fiber Infrastructure Analyst to support field teams working on large-scale fiber deployment projects.

Rather than spending every day physically installing fiber, you will act as the technical resource helping field engineers diagnose problems. Field teams perform testing and send the results back to you. You will review the data, determine whether the fiber is performing correctly, identify likely problem areas, and guide the technician through the next troubleshooting steps.

Typical issues may involve:

• Excessive optical loss
• Fiber distance discrepancies
• Dirty or damaged connectors
• Faulty splices
• Incorrect terminations
• Routing issues
• Patch-panel or rack connectivity
• Testing setup problems

You may ask the technician to clean and retest a connector, check a splice, test from another point, verify a termination, or investigate a specific distance along the fiber route.

What we're looking for

• Experience testing or troubleshooting fiber-optic networks
• Familiarity with OTDR testing and trace interpretation
• Knowledge of fiber loss, distance, connectors, splices, and terminations
• Experience with EXFO equipment or FastReporter is highly desirable
• Understanding of ISP and/or OSP fiber infrastructure
• Experience with racks, patch panels, ODFs, or network fiber routes
• Strong troubleshooting instincts
• Ability to communicate technical instructions clearly to field technicians
• Ability to manage several projects or issues at the same time
• Telecom, carrier, long-haul, metro-fiber, data-center, or fiber-construction backgrounds are all relevant

Experience with OLTS, power meters, VFL, CD/PMD, fiber characterization, DWDM, dark fiber, or backbone networks is highly valuable but not mandatory.

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