Field Technician II - Public Sector (Fiber Optic Networking)

Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; onsite field role with 24x7 rotational on-call, standby, dispatch, and overtime requirements.

Base salary: $52,212–$69,615 annually in North Carolina.

Company

hirify.global provides fiber-network connectivity and related infrastructure for enterprises, governments, and communities, including cloud, edge, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Install, change, decommission, test, and troubleshoot fiber, transport, Ethernet, SONET, IP, wavelength, edge-compute, and customer-premises equipment.
• Diagnose network faults, replace defective equipment, isolate issues, and restore service across metro and long-haul fiber networks.
• Install DC power systems, perform limited AC power work, and conduct preventive maintenance on HVAC, high-voltage electrical systems, and DC power plants.
• Locate, mark, and protect underground outside-plant facilities; manage fiber infrastructure, materials, tools, test equipment, and inventory.
• Support large network-build project-management duties and maintain accurate system records, activity updates, time logs, status reports, and escalations.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience installing, testing, and turning up telecommunications equipment, including SONET, DCS, DWDM, routers, and switches.
• Strong technical and mechanical background with transport gear, critical infrastructure, HVAC, high-voltage electrical systems, DC power plants, fiber locating, right-of-way, and as-built documentation.
• High degree of experience or knowledge in at least two of four disciplines: transmission, switching, TCP/IP, and outside plant, including fiber locating, OTDR, or mass-fusion splicing.
• PC skills and proficiency with Microsoft Windows and Office; ability to quickly learn corporate databases.
• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Attention to detail, organizational ability, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to maintain site security and cleanliness and perform technical evaluation and fundamental judgment during network construction.
• Ability to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; lift up to 50 pounds; and work in all weather conditions.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment in a high-accountability environment focused on secure, high-performance, resilient connectivity.
• Health, life, voluntary lifestyle, and other wellbeing benefits.
• Compensation may also include short-term incentives, long-term incentives, and/or sales compensation depending on the position.
• Employment is subject to background screening, which may include criminal-record, motor-vehicle, and drug checks according to job requirements.