Senior Fiber Optic Technician - DoD Clearance, Night Shift

Tier4 Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Tier4 Group is seeking a Fiber Optic Technician in Washington, DC to support a federal telecom infrastructure refresh. The role covers inside and outside plant fiber, installation, splicing, testing, and documentation across secure campuses.

You will work nights onsite, read drawings, coordinate with engineers and government personnel, and ensure safety and compliance with DoD requirements. Strong fiber experience and DoD clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Hands-on fiber optic and structured cabling experience.
• Experience in enterprise, campus, or federal environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead installation, splicing, termination, testing, labeling, and troubleshooting of fiber optic cabling in accordance with BICSI and industry standards using OTDRs, optical loss test sets, power meters, and other certification tools.
• Support inside plant and outside plant fiber optic infrastructure, including campus backbone, building entrance, MDF, IDF, and telecommunications room connectivity.
• Install, route, pull, jet, or air‑blow fiber through conduit, innerduct, microduct, cable tray, ladder rack, sleeves, maintenance holes, handholes, and building entrance pathways.
• Perform fusion splicing, fiber preparation, splice tray management, fiber enclosure installation, and fiber distribution panel work.
• Support air‑blown fiber and microduct installation, including pathway preparation, tube identification, cable blowing, fiber routing, and related documentation.
• Perform telecommunications infrastructure installations including fiber enclosures, splice cases, patch panels, racks, cabinets, cable trays, ladder racks, sleeves, innerduct, microduct, and related hardware.
• Construct, repair, and validate pathways including conduit, tray, ladder rack, sleeves, fire‑stopping, and building entrance pathways.
• Familiar with working in confined spaces including maintenance holes, handholes, utility spaces, and restricted telecommunications environments.
• Support campus‑wide cabling refresh and modernization efforts across multiple buildings and secure environments.
• Read and interpret telecom drawings, fiber route maps, floor plans, splice diagrams, cable records, wiring schematics, and installation documentation.
• Conduct cable routing, dressing, bundling, slack storage, labeling, tagging, and documentation following customer standards and best practices.
• Support cutovers, migrations, fiber backbone upgrades, emergency restorations, telecommunications room buildouts, and MDF/IDF upgrades.
• Ensure all work complies with federal, security, safety, confined space, and site‑specific requirements.
• Maintain accurate installation documentation, splice records, fiber test results, redlines, and inventory tracking.
• Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and government personnel to support project execution and timelines.

Skills

Fiber optic installation

Fusion splicing

OTDR testing

Documentation

Tools

OTDRs

Optical loss test sets

Power meters

Cable certification tools

Job description

Tier4 Group is seeking a Fiber Optic Technician in Washington, DC to support a federal telecom infrastructure refresh. The role covers inside and outside plant fiber, installation, splicing, testing, and documentation across secure campuses.

You will work nights onsite, read drawings, coordinate with engineers and government personnel, and ensure safety and compliance with DoD requirements. Strong fiber experience and DoD clearance are required.