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Premise Technician

Abacus Technology

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Charleston, SC
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
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Job Description

Overview

Abacus Technology is seeking a Premise Technician to repair, replace, install, and maintain wiring and switches for Joint Base Charleston.  This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and install connectors for use in local area networks (LAN) and automated communications systems. 
  • Utilize test equipment such as LAN testers, fiber testers, and other continuity testers. 
  • Perform full range of cable maintenance, splicing, termination, and transmission work on fiber and copper cables. 
  • Create and maintain database, and modify program contents to provide for new data preferred experience with office systems.  
  • Determine installation and maintenance methods using applicable Industry Standards, base facility standards, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, specification lists, engineered project drawings, building facility drawings, and communications system installation records. 
  • Coordinate with other departments as necessary to perform operational maintenance tests, interface with equipment, and change requirements affecting maintenance and installation activities. 
  • Review, update, and generate documents supporting the communication systems.


Qualifications

3+ years experience providing installation and maintenance for copper and fiber cables supporting voice and data networks.  Must hold the following BICSI certifications: Installer 2 Copper (INSTC) and Installer 2 Optical Fiber (INSTF).  Experience with LAN/WAN and telecommunication networks.  Experience in fault isolation and reconstitution of fixed cable and LAN/WAN.  Must possess the understanding and knowledge of basic electronic principles, fiber optics and light wave transmissions.  Capable of reading and interpreting technical drawings including infrastructure design and splicing diagrams.  Able to splice various sizes of fiber optic and copper cables.  Familiar with test equipment and cable testing procedures.  Knowledge of safety precautions related to cable splicing.  Knowledge LAN/WAN media distribution systems and cabling.  May be required to crawl under/behind customer work environments to gain access to client systems.  Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 30 pounds unassisted.  May be required to perform physical acts such climbing to obtain access to systems.  Must be comfortable working in an office environment and outside in a variety of conditions.  Must be a US citizen and hold a current Secret clearance.  

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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About Us
To succeed in today’s rapidly changing business and technology environment, you need an experienced and agile partner you can trust. Abacus Technology brings big-business expertise without big-business inefficiencies. As an independent company, we make decisions that exceed customer—not shareholder—expectations. Clients choose us first for our proven performance and value, and they return for reliable results. We are “just right”—the spirit of a small business with the resources, stability, and experience of something larger. In 1983, Microsoft Word and Lotus 1-2-3 debuted, the web didn’t exist, Sally Ride went to space, and Dennis Yee founded Abacus Technology. Then a one-person logistics consultancy, Abacus has grown into a communications and IT firm with hundreds of employees across the U.S. and abroad. For 40 years, we’ve delivered sustained growth and profitability through proven performance on contracts of all sizes.
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