Fiber Design Engineer
About this role
Description
The Fiber Design Engineer is responsible for creating fiber circuits within 3GIS, preparing detailed splicing packages for field teams, and ensuring accurate updates to the system based on redlines and corrections returned from the field. This role plays a critical part in maintaining the integrity of network design data and supporting efficient field execution.
This position ensures the timely and precise management of map-based network support, including network footprints, facility inventories, and routing boundary files. Responsibilities also include supporting GIS data exports, performing GIS-related data conversions, and managing inventory updates received from engineering vendors.
Additionally, the Fiber Design Engineer provides mapping and reporting support to sales, marketing, operations, and corporate teams, delivering accurate visualizations and documentation for existing and proposed network assets.
Essential Job Functions
- Maintain and create map files in primary formats required by FBL users.
- Manage spatial data supporting online server applications used across FBL teams.
- Perform daily data entry and maintenance of fiber plant inventory while responding promptly to internal customer needs.
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in Telecommunications in GIS designing fiber circuits.
- Mapping
- ESRI Training/Experience
- Experience working in 3GIS
- Previous fiber splicing experience
- Understanding of Underground Construction Techniques
- Understanding of Outside and Inside Plant Cabling and Routing
- Engineering and process design methodology
- Ability to work across multiple time zones
Company at a glance
FiberLight builds and operates mission-critical high-bandwidth networks to ignite our clients' digital transformation. With approximately 22,000 route miles of fiber networks and 300,000 pre-qualified near-net buildings, our service portfolio includes high-capacity Ethernet and Wavelength Services, Dedicated Internet Access, Dark Fiber, and Wireless Backhaul serving domestic and international telecom companies, wireless, wireline, cable, and cloud providers, as well as key players across enterprise, government, and education. For more information, visit www.fiberlight.com.
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