Transport Technician

GCS Recruitment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Transport Technician / Telecom Field Engineer to support telecommunications network infrastructure across Long Island. The role focuses on installation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, and restoration of telecom transport, fiber, and critical infrastructure equipment.

The ideal candidate has field experience in telecommunications, fiber, and carrier environments, is comfortable traveling between network sites, and can work with both legacy and modern

Qualifications

• Field-based telecommunications experience.
• Experience with fiber, telecom carriers, or utility networks.
• Hands-on troubleshooting with live network equipment.

Responsibilities

• Travel between telecom and network sites across Long Island.
• Install, maintain, test, troubleshoot, and repair telecom equipment.
• Support transport technologies including legacy and modern networks.
• Assist with provisioning, testing, and restoration of services.
• Troubleshoot issues and document field activity.

Skills

Fiber optic networks

Ethernet

IP networking

SONET

TDM

DS1 / T1

DS3 / T3

Optical transport

DWDM

Wavelength services

Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Transport Technician / Telecom Field Engineer / Network Field Technician to support telecommunications network infrastructure across Long Island.

This is a field-based role focused on the installation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, and restoration of telecom transport, fiber, and critical infrastructure equipment.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a carrier, fiber, cable, or telecommunications environment and be comfortable traveling between network sites, troubleshooting service issues, working with test equipment, and supporting both legacy and modern network technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Travel between telecom and network sites throughout the assigned Long Island territory.
• Install, maintain, test, troubleshoot, and repair telecommunications and network equipment.
• Support transport technologies including legacy TDM, SONET, Ethernet, IP, optical wavelength, and DWDM environments.
• Assist with provisioning, turn-up, testing, and restoration of network services.
• Troubleshoot service-impacting issues and isolate faults across transport, fiber, and network infrastructure.
• Replace defective cards, modules, optics, and other field equipment.
• Performfiber testing and inspection using tools such as:
  • OTDRs
  • Optical power meters
  • Fiber inspection scopes
  • EXFO
  • Viavi / JDSU equipment
• Support network outages, route monitoring, and service restoration activity.
• Perform basic maintenance around telecommunications critical infrastructure, including DC power and related site systems.
• Maintain field inventory, spare equipment, tools, test equipment, and truck stock.
• Document field activity, equipment changes, testing results, and service work.

Preferred Experience

• Previous field-based experience in telecommunications, networking, fiber, or carrier infrastructure.
• Experience supporting an ILEC, CLEC, MSO, fiber provider, telecom carrier, or similar environment.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
  • Fiber optic networks
  • Ethernet
  • IP networking
  • SONET
  • TDM
  • DS1 / T1
  • DS3 / T3
  • Optical transport
  • DWDM
  • Wavelength services
• Experience troubleshooting live network or telecom equipment in the field.
• Familiarity with fiber test equipment and network diagnostic tools.
• Exposure to telecom power, central office, outside plant, or critical infrastructure environments is beneficial.

Relevant Backgrounds

Candidates may come from backgrounds such as:

• Telecom Field Technician
• Network Field Technician
• Field Engineer
• Fiber Technician
• Transport Technician
• Central Office Technician
• Network Technician
• Field Service Technician
• Outside Plant Technician
• Transmission Technician
• Special Services Technician

Experience with telecommunications carriers, cable operators, fiber providers, utilities, or similar infrastructure organizations is highly relevant.

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