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Data Center Optical Engineer
LanceSoft Inc
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
2 months ago
$30 – $32 / hour
- Android
- AWS
- iOS
2 months ago
Work Location: Richardson, TX 75081
Duration: 12+ months Contract
Offered Rate: $30.00-$32.00 USD per hour
Job Description:
- About this opportunity We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Data Center Optical Engineer to lead work in customer environments and co-locations.
- The person in this role is responsible for ensuring the reliable installation, maintenance, and operation of optical transport and infrastructure within customer data centers.
- The ideal candidate expects and maintains high-quality execution from the team across fiber installations, migrations, remediation, break/fix, and remote hands services, utilizing their strong hands‑on technical expertise.
- This person is able to travel to a non-home market site at a moment’s notice and work there for several weeks at a time up to 100% of the time.
- Assist with fiber installation, decommissioning, break/fix, remediation and migration activities across data center optical and transport environments.
- Conduct and/or supervise optical testing and troubleshooting using tools such as optical power meters, stabilized light sources, VFLs, OTDRs, and test sets.
- Deliver services by accurately, interpreting and executing Methods of Procedure (MoPs), engineering documents, vendor documentation, and network diagrams.
- Read and interpret cut sheets and physical network design documents to ensure accurate port connections and cable management.
- The skills you bring Team lead experience.
- Strong command of written and verbal English for customer-facing communications and relationship building.
- Excellent organizational, administrative, and documentation skills using customer applications and/or Microsoft Office suite of tools.
- 3–15 years of experience working in data center operations or a similar technical environment with direct customer interaction.
- Strong hands-on experience with connectorized fiber optic cabling, including single-mode and multi-mode fiber, LC, fan-outs, and structured cabling.
- Demonstrated experience with optical testing and transport troubleshooting.
- Ability to multitask, remain composed under pressure, and adapt in fast-paced, high-availability environments.
- Commitment to safety standards, quality requirements, and operational best practices. Physical requirements: Ability to lift and move equipment up to 50 lbs.
- Comfortable working at heights and in varying environmental conditions.
- Additional Information Device Requirements A personal Android device is preferred for work application enrollment; one that is not manufactured in China.
- Prior to hire, the device must meet the following requirements: Running on Android 15 or above Installed security patch level of September 2025 or newer Hotspot enabled with access to a reliable data plan Not manufactured by any of the following brands: Alldocube, CHUWI, CUBOT, DOOGEE, HONOR, HUAWEI, HXY, ITEL, IQOO, OnePlus, LENOVO, ONYX, OPPO, realme, TCL, TECLAST, TECNO, TINNO, Ulefone, vivo, Wingtech, Xiaomi, or ZTE Candidates who do not have a compliant device at the time of hire will not be eligible to begin onboarding.
- If the candidate does not have an Android phone and the work requires one, it is expected that one will be secured for their use during the time it is required.
- Android remains the preferred platform and is required for specific use cases, particularly: AWS Outposts activities IFS-related tasks, which are becoming a standard requirement across both break and fix and build projects While IFS is currently available on both operating systems, we are actively receiving vouchers to install IFS on iPhones.
- On the Android platform, the application is available at no cost.
- Operating System Requirements Android Devices Android 15 or later September 2025 security patch level or newer iOS/iPadOS Devices iOS/iPadOS 26.3 or later Supplier Personnel are expected to be in market and available to support on-site activities to meet pre-defined SLAs and appointments as required, i.e. 4 hours to be on site and arrival 30 minutes prior to appointment.
- Supplier is responsible for paying Personnel for all administrative time, for example, time spent setting up a computer, communicating with Supplier, completing paperwork or training required by Supplier, entering time into Supplier’s timekeeping system, etc.
Data Center Optical Engineer · LanceSoft Inc