Job Details

Job Description
Position Title: Deployment Engineer I

$16.83 to $28.85 hourly DOE

Comprehensive health benefits include - medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid

sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and

education reimbursement programs.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are

delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by

mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT,

so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide

customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

Genuinely Caring: Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put

ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and

we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and

coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers -

and each other - better.

Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a

corporation.

Job Summary

The Deployment Engineer position plays a vital role in ensuring quality and timely deployment of our

services to customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee

and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
Perform power connections to telecommunications equipment to top of rack power.
Perform installation and installation commissioning, troubleshooting, and handling optical

transmission systems.
Responsible for installation and testing of fiber optic patch cords.
Perform OTDR testing for troubleshooting and fiber acceptance.
Monitor contractor, vendor and customer co-location installations, equipment placement and

testing.
Proactively seek and identify potential network problems and address these issues before

becoming service affecting events. This includes action to resolve issues identified during routine

preventative maintenance inspections conducted during defined timelines.
Participate in local on-call schedule rotation.
Perform site surveys, identify build pathways, and provide solutions for deployment.
Communicate the needs of inside plant and outside plant builds to relevant department.
Update all equipment records and interconnect as-builts into Net-box.
Perform other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Qualifications:
Minimum of one year of experience installing, testing, or turning up a variety of

telecommunications equipment including SONET, TDM, DWDM, IP and Ethernet preferred.
Strong technical, mechanical, and electrical background.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as OSHA/Company safety rules, MSDS, MOP's,

process, and procedure documents as well as vendor documentation related to equipment owned

by the company.
Ability to write routine reports, properly fill out documentation such as site surveys and audit

reports as well as effectively communicate with customers, management, peers, and contractors

as well as other members of the organization.
Ability to deal with issues involving several concrete variables in standardized situations as well

as possessing deductive reasoning skills utilized to improve customer experience and network

performance.
Knowledge of telecommunications design, installation practices and principals.
Proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents such as vendor deployment guidelines,

white papers, and configuration manuals.
Ability to communicate and interact effectively with customers, team members and other

stakeholders in a professional and courteous manner.
Highly skilled in problem identification and resolution.
Must have and maintain a valid driver's license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
Must complete a pre-employment drug screening.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to operate various office equipment such as personal computer, various software programs

including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Visio), and telephone systems.
Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
Ability to provide excellent customer service.
Ambitious and goal oriented, with initiative to work until job is complete.
Strong attention to detail is required.
Ability to work independently and make sound decisions using information at hand.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Ability to work flexible hours including nights and weekends, as well as on call rotation.
Ability to drive on behalf of the company in a safe and responsible manner.
Ability to travel to project sites and areas in all weather conditions.
Ability to perform job from high places (i.e. towers and roofs).
Ability to be exposed to dust, dirt, noise, insects, and cleaning solutions.
Ability to work in poorly ventilated during extreme heat.
Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth

perceptions and the ability to adjust focus.
Ability to work while standing 50 - 70% of the time.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available

for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for bending,

stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time is spent sitting in a

comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or

move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision,

color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a

computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office

setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees

may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply

Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation

does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO:

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of

race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the

presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may

require a pre-employment drug screening.

Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.