Fiber Optics Engineer

Cobranet Limited; a reputable organization incorporated in 2003 and provides internet solutions. Our footprint and range of products have grown immensely since incorporation and we are proud to provide every segment of society with a reliable link to the digital universe.

Our entire network topology is rugged, dynamic and fully redundant with negligible downtimes: content showing extremely high availability exceeding 99.5%. Our promise is to continue providing innovative solutions at the best feature-to-price and service-to-price ratio.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fiber Optics Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor, communicate and perform corrective actions to fix problems affecting any fiber or fiber related equipment.
• Perform installation of fiber optic equipment and patch and panels.
• Terminate, splice, bonds/grounds and tests fiber optic equipment to division standards.
• Perform ring cuts on live fiber without affecting existing services.
• Coordinate fiber activities with other departments and the Manager of OSP construction
• Must be well versed in modern fiber splicing techniques.
• Install demarcation enclosures and other telecom equipment.
• Assist Construction/Engineering departments in accepting and turning up the fiber network.
• Provide accurate equipment location, splicing and terminating records for the fiber database.
• Responsible for customer premise installations, including racking, cabling, bonding and grounding.
• OTDR, power meters, traffic identifiers, digital multimeters, cleavers, strippers, buffer tube splitters, cable ring tools, hand tools, toners, duct rodders, ladders, bucket trucks
• Perform fiber tests with OTDR’s, light source and meters.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision. And apply technical expertise to evaluate problems and implementing the best solutions.
• Will be required to work night shifts and overtime when needed.
• Work a variety of schedules including normal duty and on call duty.

Education and Qualifications

• Age: More than 25 years old.
• Good experience of multi-vendor telecommunication equipment
• 3+ years of technical experience in a telecommunications or network operations environment.
• BSc / HND in Electrical Electronic / Computer Engineering or other related Course.
• Knowledgeable in cisco switching and routing configuration and troubleshooting
• Good understanding of telecommunication equipment operation
• Independent problem solver combined with strong team orientation.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only qualified candidates should apply.