Traveling Fiber Technician
LINX is hiring Fiber Technicians for its travel-based team that deploys to enterprise, hyperscale, and hyperscale data center builds across the country. This is a 100% travel role where you will work project to project, splicing, testing, and installing fiber infrastructure alongside experienced technicians.
About the role
The Fiber Team is a parallel specialist track within LINX’s low voltage field structure, sitting alongside the standard Technician through Superintendent ladder. Every role on the Fiber Team specializes in fiber splicing.
- Fiber Technician → Fiber Specialist → Sr. Fiber Specialist
Responsibilities
Fiber Fundamentals and Installation
- Identify fiber optic color codes, ribbon numbering, and cable types including ribbon, loose tube, armored, distribution, and micro cable
- Handle fiber optic cable while maintaining bend radius and cable integrity
- Install fiber raceway, basket tray, ladder rack, Unistrut, and cable supports
- Assist with fiber termination, panel installation, and splice enclosure installation
- Label cables, panels, and splice trays accurately
Cable Preparation, Splicing, and Testing
- Prepare fiber cables, closures, and enclosures for splicing, including ribbon separation and loose tube access
- Perform ribbon and single fiber fusion splicing under the direction of experienced technicians
- Clean and prepare fibers for splicing using proper fiber preparation hand tools
- Use inspection scopes and Visual Fault Locators to verify splice quality
- Assist with fiber testing, basic troubleshooting, and restoration activities under supervision
Documentation
- Complete daily paperwork and production reports accurately for each project site
- Document splice results, test data, and as-built information
- Maintain accurate labeling and organization of fiber infrastructure records
Safety and Professionalism
- Follow company safety policies, client site procedures, and direction from crew leadership at every project location
- Maintain accountability for company tools, materials, and equipment across multiple job sites
- Keep work areas organized and properly dispose of fiber shards and jobsite waste
- Represent LINX professionally at every customer site nationwide, including sites with strict client access and conduct standards
Requirements
- 1-2+ years experience with telecommunications, structured cabling, electrical, or low-voltage commercial construction
- 6 months fiber splicing experience
- Familiarity with fiber optic cable types and color codes
- Exposure to fiber optic testing utilizing OTDRs
- 1+ year experience working in commercial facilities or data centers
- 1+ year experience with cable tray, ladder rack, raceway, Unistrut, or other cable support systems
- 1+ year experience using basic fiber optic hand and preparation tools
- Willingness and ability to travel nationally on a continuous basis
- Valid driver's license and current auto insurance
- Ability to work effectively as part of a traveling field crew, including with crew members and leadership you have not worked with before
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in hyperscale data centers
- High-density ribbon fiber splicing experience of 864 strand or higher
- Prior hyperscale or enterprise ISP fiber deployment experience
Pay
$30.00 to $40.00/hour
Benefits
- 401(k) with 50% employer match on the first 5% contributed
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with FSA and HSA options
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- 3 weeks PTO (vacation and sick combined)
- 8 paid holidays
- Manufacturer training and certification support
- Meals & Incidental Per Diem paid for all travel
About LINX
Founded in 2003 by working industry practitioners, LINX has grown into a national commercial low voltage contractor with completed projects in all 50 states. LINX's dedicated fiber deployment team is built to meet the accelerating demand for high-density fiber infrastructure across enterprise and hyperscale data center construction. As data center buildouts continue to scale nationally, the Fiber Specialist track is becoming one of the fastest-growing technical career paths inside LINX, with a direct line into technical leadership and training roles within the company.