Fiber Cabling Engineer

• Being a key part of data centre migration projects
• Installation, termination and testing of both copper and fibre network cables
• Contributing to the design of data centre deployments as well as other client requirements
• Racking and stacking of servers, network devices and storage
• Pulling and terminating Cat5e/6/6a and various fibre structured cabling systems
• Auditing hardware and cabling in existing data centre environments

Experience Required

• Ability to read and understand patching schedules
• Excellent understanding of CAT5e, CAT6, CAT6A, OM3/OM4 and OS2 cabling systems
• Possesses excellent customer-facing skills
• Organised, detail-oriented and punctual
• Complete understanding of industry best practices in cabling installations and testing procedures for both copper and fibre solutions
• Able to contribute to and improve processes
• Demonstrable technical knowledge and experience in installation of copper, fibre, and general data centre infrastructure
• Must hold an appropriate cabling certification – CNCI, BTEC, City & Guilds or BICSI
• Patching to an extremely high standard
• Highly driven and motivated
• Thrives in high-pressure environments
• Proficient in the use of copper and fibre testing equipment, including OTDR, Fluke, network analyser and VFL
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in structured cabling and patching
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in data centre environments, ideally as part of a DC Ops team
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills using loss calculation equipment, VFL, etc.

Salary: £35,000–£38,000 (Increasing to 44k)

• Career progression opportunities to Project Manager
• Free on-site parking in Bracknell
• 25–30 days’ holiday, increasing annually
• Company-sponsored pension scheme
• Performance-based commission with strong OTE
• Overtime paid at 1.25x standard rate
• Optional European travel