Field Technician (Optical Network Migration Support) - Texas

Entegro; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Entegro is seeking experienced Field Technicians to support a large-scale optical network migration programme in the United States. You will provide on-site support during migration activities, assisting with installation, cabling, testing and commissioning to ensure seamless service migrations.

The role demands prior experience in live telecommunications environments, ability to work with remote engineering teams, and willingness to travel to site locations as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience working within telecommunications or optical transport networks.
• Experience working in live network environments.
• Ability to interpret rack layouts, cable schedules and implementation plans.
• Experience handling and testing fibre optic cabling.
• Familiarity with optical power meters, VFLs and fibre cleaning procedures.
• Strong health and safety awareness.
• Willingness to travel and work flexible maintenance windows

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site support during planned migration activities.
• Assist remote engineers during implementation and service cutovers.
• Carry out pre- and post-migration physical inspections.
• Support equipment replacement and hardware swaps where required.
• Verify equipment status, alarms and LED indications.
• Record test results and provide implementation updates.

Skills

On-site field work

Travel readiness

Live telecom networks

Rack & patching

Tools

Power meters

VFLs

Fibre cleaners

Patch panel installation

Job description

Entegro is at the forefront of Telecommunications technology, designing and deploying gigabit networks for future generations. We are proud to be industry leaders, working with communities, industry and service providers, to empower and connect people, homes and businesses, in urban and rural areas.

Echoing our values, clients are at the heart of what we do both locally and internationally. They know they can depend on our expertise, experience, innovation and standard of service. With this our ambition is to build strong long-term client partnerships, where Entegro are a partner of choice, where we are trusted and understand our clients KPIs.

Why You Will Love It Here:

• Earn a competitive salary that reflects your experience and dedication in our innovative workplace.
• Collaborate with supportive colleagues in a professional and welcoming environment.
• Community connection, we frequently sponsor fundraisers, teams and causes that are close to our hearts.
• And finally, we recognise our teammates and celebrate our wins.
• Join our team and be part of shaping the future of network innovation!

Please Note: Only candidates permitted to work in the US will be considered for this role.

We are seeking experienced Field Technicians to support a large-scale optical network migration programme. Working alongside remote engineering and project teams, the successful candidates will provide on-site support during migration activities, assisting with equipment installation, cabling, fibre management, testing and commissioning to ensure successful service migrations.

The role requires experience working within live telecommunications environments and the ability to support planned maintenance windows with minimal disruption to customer services.

Responsibilities

Migration Support

• Provide on-site support during planned migration activities.
• Assist remote engineers during implementation and service cutovers.
• Carry out pre- and post-migration physical inspections.
• Support equipment replacement and hardware swaps where required.
• Verify equipment status, alarms and LED indications.
• Perform physical rollback activities if required.

Fibre & Cabling

• Install, remove and manage fibre patching.
• Verify fibre routing and connectivity.
• Clean and inspect fibre connectors.
• Perform fibre tracing and labelling.
• Maintain cable management to industry standards.

Testing & Commissioning

• Support pre-implementation testing.
• Perform optical power measurements.
• Validate fibre continuity.
• Assist with service verification and acceptance testing.
• Record test results and provide implementation updates.

Documentation

• Update rack layouts and patch records.
• Record equipment serial numbers and asset information.
• Produce site implementation reports.
• Capture installation photographs where required.

Skills Required

Required Technical Experience

• Infinera optical platforms
• DWDM transmission equipment
• Optical fibre infrastructure
• Telecom racks and cabinet installations
• Fibre patch panels
• Optical amplifiers
• Carrier-grade telecommunications equipment

Educational Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3 years' experience working within telecommunications or optical transport networks.
• Experience working in live network environments.
• Ability to interpret rack layouts, cable schedules and implementation plans.
• Experience handling and testing fibre optic cabling.
• Familiarity with optical power meters, Visual Fault Locators (VFLs) and fibre cleaning procedures.
• Strong health and safety awareness.
• Willingness to travel and work flexible maintenance windows