Operations Technician
TEKsystems
A complete application in a minute
Tailored resume and cover letter, ready to send.
Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
TEKsystems in Plain City, OH is seeking a Field Fiber Technician for hands-on construction, testing, and turn-up of long-haul fiber networks and data-center links. This contract-to-hire role focuses on underground installations, fiber splicing, and ensuring contractor quality and safety on live builds.
The ideal candidate has 3+ years of fiber experience, performs OTDR testing, and can read engineering drawings and route maps. Domestic travel and a valid driver's license are required.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of fiber optic experience in OSP construction, splicing, testing, or telecommunications infrastructure.
- Experience supporting underground fiber network deployments.
- Proficiency with fusion splicing and fiber termination techniques.
- Experience performing OTDR and fiber certification testing.
- Ability to read fiber route maps, splice packages, engineering drawings, and network documentation.
- Knowledge of long-haul, backbone, transport, dark fiber, or carrier network environments.
- Experience working in active construction environments.
- Ability to travel as required and perform field-based work.
- Valid driver's license and ability to operate company vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Support construction and deployment of long-haul, backbone, transport, and dark fiber networks.
- Perform and oversee underground fiber installations including conduit systems, vaults, handholes, manholes, directional boring, trenching, and cable placement.
- Monitor contractor performance and ensure compliance with engineering drawings, specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.
- Verify fiber route construction, material installation, and restoration activities.
- Review construction drawings, splice diagrams, route maps, and permit documentation.
- Conduct field inspections and ensure accurate as-built documentation, redlines, and project closeout packages. Fiber Splicing, Testing & troubleshooting
- Perform and oversee fusion splicing, ribbon splicing, fiber terminations, and splice enclosure installations.
- Conduct OTDR, OLTS, Optical Power Meter, VFL, continuity, and fiber certification testing.
- Analyze OTDR traces to identify splice loss, reflective events, damaged fibers, excessive attenuation, and network impairments.
- Troubleshoot fiber outages and perform emergency restoration activities.
- Verify fiber integrity, continuity, polarity, labeling, and documentation prior to network acceptance.
- Maintain testing records, certification reports, and turnover packages.
- Data Center & ISP Infrastructure
- Support data center to data center connectivity projects.
- Install and terminate single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic cabling within data center environments.
- Build out and maintain MDF and IDF rooms.
- Perform rack-and-stack activities including cabinets, fiber shelves, patch panels, cable management systems, and cross-connect infrastructure.
- Install and test structured cabling systems supporting transport, carrier, and network equipment.
- Coordinate turn-up and testing activities with network operations, carriers, and customer teams.
- Support cage buildouts, meet-me-room connectivity, and carrier interconnection infrastructure.
Skills
Tools
Job description
- Background Check
Position: Operations Technician
Opportunity: Full Time / W2 (Contract to Hire)
Industry: OSP/ISP / Data Center / Network Deployment / Fiber Deployment
Location: (Columbus, OH) Market
Pay Rate: ~ $34-40/hr.
- Drug Test
- Background Check
- DMV Check (Clean driving record)
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are seeking a Field Fiber Technician to support the construction, installation, testing, troubleshooting, and acceptance of long-haul fiber optic networks connecting data centers and carrier facilities. This position will oversee and perform field activities related to underground OSP fiber construction while also supporting ISP and data center infrastructure installations, including MDF/IDF buildouts, fiber terminations, rack-and-stack deployments, and network turn-up activities. The ideal candidate possesses hands-on experience with fiber optic splicing, testing, and troubleshooting; underground fiber construction; data center fiber infrastructure; and the ability to verify contractor quality and compliance while actively participating in field installation activities. Similar experience includes OTDR testing, fusion splicing, fiber characterization, underground cable placement, structured cabling, and data center interconnection projects.
- Support construction and deployment of long-haul, backbone, transport, and dark fiber networks.
- Perform and oversee underground fiber installations including conduit systems, vaults, handholes, manholes, directional boring, trenching, and cable placement.
- Monitor contractor performance and ensure compliance with engineering drawings, specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.
- Verify fiber route construction, material installation, and restoration activities.
- Review construction drawings, splice diagrams, route maps, and permit documentation.
- Conduct field inspections and ensure accurate as-built documentation, redlines, and project closeout packages. Fiber Splicing, Testing & troubleshooting
- Perform and oversee fusion splicing, ribbon splicing, fiber terminations, and splice enclosure installations.
- Conduct OTDR, OLTS, Optical Power Meter, VFL, continuity, and fiber certification testing.
- Analyze OTDR traces to identify splice loss, reflective events, damaged fibers, excessive attenuation, and network impairments.
- Troubleshoot fiber outages and perform emergency restoration activities.
- Verify fiber integrity, continuity, polarity, labeling, and documentation prior to network acceptance.
- Maintain testing records, certification reports, and turnover packages.
- Support data center to data center connectivity projects.
- Install and terminate single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic cabling within data center environments.
- Build out and maintain MDF and IDF rooms.
- Perform rack-and-stack activities including cabinets, fiber shelves, patch panels, cable management systems, and cross-connect infrastructure.
- Install and test structured cabling systems supporting transport, carrier, and network equipment.
- Coordinate turn-up and testing activities with network operations, carriers, and customer teams.
- Support cage buildouts, meet-me-room connectivity, and carrier interconnection infrastructure.
- Review engineering designs and verify field installations conform to project requirements.
- Track project milestones and deliverables.
- Document fiber counts, splice records, test results, photographs, and closeout documentation.
- Maintain accurate quality control records and acceptance documentation.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineers, contractors, customers, and operations teams.
- 3+ years of fiber optic experience in OSP construction, splicing, testing, or telecommunications infrastructure.
- Experience supporting underground fiber network deployments.
- Proficiency with fusion splicing and fiber termination techniques.
- Experience performing OTDR and fiber certification testing.
- Ability to read fiber route maps, splice packages, engineering drawings, and network documentation.
- Knowledge of long-haul, backbone, transport, dark fiber, or carrier network environments.
- Experience working in active construction environments.
- Ability to travel as required and perform field-based work.
- Valid driver's license and ability to operate company vehicles.
- Experience supporting data center infrastructure projects.
- Experience with MDF/IDF installations and structured cabling systems.
- Previous experience with hyperscale or colocation data centers.
- Experience with backbone transport networks and inter-data-center connectivity.
- Familiarity with carrier environments including Lumen, Zayo, Crown Castle, Google, CommScope, Equinix, Digital Realty, QTS, CoreSite, or CyrusOne.
- Knowledge of GIS, 3GIS, AutoCAD, or telecom design documentation.
Intermediate Level
This is a Contract position based out of Plain City, OH.
The pay range for this position is $34.00 - $40.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
This is a Contract position based out of Plain City, OH.
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 20, 2026.
This is a fully onsite position in Plain City,OH.
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M101.744%2012.4726L102.894%2016.1947L99.0021%2013.2201L101.744%2012.4726ZM105.3%208.40937H100.488L99.0026%203.59473L97.5116%208.41047L92.7%208.40385L96.5965%2011.3834L95.1055%2016.1942L99.0021%2013.2196L101.408%2011.3834L105.3%208.40992V8.40937Z'%20fill='white'/%3e%3cdefs%3e%3clinearGradient%20id='paint0_linear_5593_1381'%20x1='90'%20y1='9.44471'%20x2='99'%20y2='9.44471'%20gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'%3e%3cstop%20stop-color='%2300AD70'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='0.998594'%20stop-color='%2300B67A'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='1'%20stop-color='%23DCDCE6'/%3e%3c/linearGradient%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e){kind=small}
