Job Description:

Position summary

As a Transport Engineer you will design efficient and cost-effective routes and electronics to meet the needs of current and potential customers and lead construction and installation projects.

Qualifications

You are required to have:

• 5 or more years of experience troubleshooting, testing, and evaluating optical transport networks using tools such as OTDRs, light meters, optical scopes, and other related transport tools


• 5 or more years of hands on configuration experience with optical transport networks (OTN), such as ROADM, DWDM, CWDM, Ciena 6500 series, and Z-Series equipment


• 5 or more years of experience installation experience with commissioning and integrating optical network devices, fiber and cable managements and AC/DC/fuse panels


• Knowledge of optical transport network engineering principles, guides, and standards


• Knowledge of change management, maintenance, window activities and rollback procedures as they relate to migration strategies


• Good documentation and writing skills


• Ability to work independently; scope engineering deliverable content; collaborate with a team

Additional preferred qualifications: 

• Associate or technician degree in telecommunications or related preferred


• Experience drawing complex system diagrams in Visio or Lucidchart


• Experience with PON technologies, G-PON, XGS-PON, and FTTP

Location

This position can be located in a variety of our work locations and could be a work-from-home opportunity for MN or ND residents.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM.

Benefits

Arvig offers a competitive wage and an excellent benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, PTO, holidays, education reimbursement, company service discounts and FREE internet*

Minnesota's Small Town, Employee-Owned Tech Giant

As one of the largest independent broadband service providers in the nation, Arvig serves residential and business customers throughout Minnesota and beyond. Headquartered in Perham, Minnesota, Arvig provides broadband and telecommunications services, including high-speed internet, TV, phone, home and farm security and business services.

With approximately 900 employees, we keep our quality standards of ownership, engagement, efficiency and knowledge top-of-mind as we conduct business every day. Our culture is built on leadership behaviors integral to our success, which include courage, humble, open-mindedness, integrity and respect. Having the best employees anywhere is what we consider to be the Arvig Advantage.

Drug screen

Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

We are unable to sponsor H1B visas.

*At your primary residence located in an Arvig service area.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Engineering - Networks (SS)

Apply Now