Long Haul Technician – Portland to California
Zayo Group · via
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💰 $23 - $36/hr
🌎 Remote
📍 Remote, California
⏰ Full Time
Job Description:
- Assist with fiber network testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and installations
- Perform fiber testing using 10G–100G test sets, OTDR traces, and Layer 1–Layer 4 validation
- Install and support optics, patch cords, and Network Interface Devices
- Support fault isolation and escalate technical issues, damages, or risks
- Patrol long-haul fiber routes to identify risks, damage, or environmental threats
- Inspect cabinets, handholes, and buried cable routes
- Support utility locating using electrical, magnetic, GPS, and blueprint analysis techniques
- Read and interpret maps, prints, and construction drawings
- Monitor third-party activity near fiber routes at construction sites
- Document field activities, site conditions, and utility data using company systems
- Support damage investigations by collecting field data and documenting findings
- Maintain network security and site integrity through inspections and reporting
- Communicate with technicians, engineers, contractors, and internal teams
- Ensure compliance with OSHA guidelines and company safety policies
- Maintain company vehicles, tools, and equipment
- Operate independently and in team environments and perform other assigned duties
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant field or construction experience preferred
- Basic knowledge of telecommunications, underground utilities, or fiber optic systems preferred
- Familiarity with fiber testing equipment, including OTDR, light meters, and 10G–100G testers, is a plus
- Exposure to Layer 1–Layer 4 testing concepts and network troubleshooting preferred
- OSHA or other safety certifications preferred
- Ability to learn technical skills related to fiber installation, testing, and maintenance
- Ability to work outdoors in varying weather and environmental conditions
- Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn
- Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company vehicle requirements
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
- Position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, including OPT, TN, H1B, or other work visas
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
- Discretionary annual incentive plan eligibility may apply to non-sales roles