FIBER TECHNICIAN

About Company:

Swift Networks Limited is a facilities-based telecommunications services provider. The company was founded in 2002, since inception, Swift Networks has invested heavily in “next generation” networking technologies to build a multi-service network platform. Due to rapid expansion, we are looking for a qualified candidate to fill a creative technical position as we hope to maintain our status as the leading broadband connectivity services provider in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Description:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the installation, monitoring, testing, and maintenance of fiber optic cable links, ensuring adherence to established operational procedures within technical facilities.

• This role involves performing complex technical tasks, proactively identifying and resolving issues, and escalating when necessary. The employee will follow standard procedures and guidelines while applying technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve advanced system and network problems.

Responsibilities
You shall perform any of the following based on needs:

• Testing and diagnostic procedures on equipment according to published equipment standards
• Fibre optics cable installation/deployment projects.
• Supervise external fibre optics contractors to ensure they maintain maximum standards on the field and deliver projects according to specification.
• Locates fibre optics cable, monitors construction activities, fibre splicing and termination;
• Installation of routers, bridges, multiplexers, concentrators, etc.
• Periodic maintenance on the company transmission support equipment.
• Maintenance of new and existing fibre-optic link circuits through troubleshooting and fault isolation techniques
• Utilisation of local and remote test systems to isolate and resolve site circuit outages.
• Maintaining a database of new and existing fibre optics links and circuits.
• Coordination of testing and turn-up of service with all involved providers until the site/link is up and working.
• Fibre test procedures
  • OTDR
  • Power Loss
  • Reflectance
  • Connector Inspection
• Fiber Inventory Management system (FIMs)
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree / HND qualification with 3 - 4 years work experience.
• Experience with PC word processing and communications software.
• Extensive experience in splicing fibre optic cables using different fusion splicer machines
• Extensive experience in the use of the OTDR machine to locate faults on optical fibre cable
• Extensive experience in new fibre optics cable deployment projects.
• Extensive experience in understanding and analysing OTDR trace readings.
• Hands-on experience in using various software to draw as-built diagrams of a completed fibre optics cable deployment project.
• Extensive knowledge of fibre optics deployment and civil work standards.
• Working knowledge of plotting fibre optics routes on Google Earth to produce KMZ/KML
• Security background investigation for site access may be required.
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, including, but not limited to, perceiving differences in wire cable colors, moving, and/or lifting items such as ladders,
• Willingness to work odd shifts, day, night and weekends.
• A competent level of (site-specific) equipment knowledge, including, but not limited to, transmission equipment manufactured by Cisco, Siemens and Huawei.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings and providing as-built drawings to engineering.
• Working knowledge of Customer Premise/site Equipment installation and troubleshooting
• Fiber Splice and Cable Preparation procedure
• Aerial cable placement
• Underground cable placement procedure.

Salary

Application Closing Date: 31st July, 2025

Application Instructions:

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@swiftng.net using the job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: This job requires working weekends and various shifts, including holidays.