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Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.\nPosition Overview\nLevel 4 (Principal) Network Installation Technician position will effectively interface with customer points of contact, perform highly detailed technical tasks, and lead Network Installation Technician field teams in the performance of site activities. Provide the focused leadership necessary to ensure project completion and to assess, guide and mentor Network Installation Technicians to improve the quality of their workmanship as well as their progress along the technical learning curve.\nResponsibilities\nResponsible for the planning and completion of the most complex and detailed technical projects from survey and engineering to site implementation.\nDevelop and maintain high standards of installation and service, and assist with leading, training, and counsel network installation technicians toward high performance.\nServe as a technical knowledge resource and company interface to the customer base\nProvide proactive and responsive customer focused leadership, reaching back to corporate resources where necessary, to communicate status, mitigate risks and resolve any issues that may arise in the field.\nWork directly with Project Managers as the first line of communication for the field installation teams supporting the PM’s project(s).\nWork with Master Scheduler to recommend and assign appropriate personnel to specific projects.\nTake responsibility for the development and assessment of all field deliverables prior to being formally submitted to the Project Manager.\nMaintain accountability for the task-oriented work efforts of project assigned personnel\nHelp ensure production schedules are met or exceeded.\nWorking with Field Support leadership, helping to set employee objectives, assess performance, contribute to annual reviews, and provide guidance to assist in improving areas of technical weakness.\nLead by example.\nTechnical Training:\nHelp to assess employee skill levels and abilities.\nProvide feedback to improve individual and team productivity.\nProvide input to the Training/QA Group to assist with the formation of procedural documentation for field tasks - BER testing, platform configurations, deliverables, procedures, etc.\nWork closely with the Training/QA Group to develop training for installation standards, general telecom skills, Telcordia installation techniques, safe power procedures, site safety, and best industry practices.\nProvide training on completing site surveys to create detailed and accurate site survey reports\nFocus on skill set development specific to high profile projects such as Ciena 6500, RLS and Waveserver, as well as Cisco DWDM, and other specialized platforms.\nHelp ensure that team members are adequately trained and equipped with the tools necessary to succeed.\nPrepare and provide complex site reports, documents, diagrams and VISIO drawings as required to meet customer deliverable requirements. Train and certify others to develop proficiency at same.\nHelp instill operational and field quality expectations within the base of network installation technicians such that the overall perception of and confidence in By Light site work continues to trend upward. \nField Assistance:\nIn coordination with Engineering, provide project design support where needed and requested to meet customer objectives.\nJoin in with joint Engineering-Field Service teams in the field to accomplish high-priority tasking\nMaintain high standards of installation services and help instill in assigned field techs.\nProvide onsite and remote technical directions, in support of system's deployment, configuration, commissioning, and testing.\nMonitor assigned project and task issues, developing resolutions to meet the schedule, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives\nProvide onsite direction at the start of complex or large tasks to get the teams started properly\nProvide a single point of contact for all field related issues\nHelp establish more effective remote support solutions to allow junior technicians to develop essential system deployment skills with direct and immediate support.\nIn coordination with the Training/QA group, conduct in-process and final job quality assurance inspections to ensure quality customer deliverables.\nCoordinate with Logistics and outside vendors to resolve equipment delivery issues, shortages and shipment of additional supplies and materials.\nAdministration:\nHelp with assessment, monitoring and facilitation of team member professional growth.\nAssist with quarterly and annual personnel evaluations.\nAssist with development of objectives and goals for each team member.\nEvaluate team members and make recommendations for realignment of teams to increase productivity and efficiency.\nHelp with the review of Site Completion Reports and Daily Status Reports.\nCoordinate with Engineering Management on changes and updates to engineering and technical documents.\nPlanning:\nParticipate in the bi-weekly scheduling meetings and coordinate with Project Managers to meet company and customer objectives.\nEvaluate and help align scheduling priorities in concurrence with Project Managers based on project timelines and customer requirements.\nAssist with the scheduling of assignments and activities of appropriate individual team members.\nHelp to coordinate logistical requirements including equipment, test sets, travel arrangements.\nRequired Experience/Qualifications\n6+ years experience directly related to Ciena 6500 and/or RLS,Waverserver platforms.\nPrevious experience leading and implementation team or teams\nSpecial Requirements/Security Clearance\nActive Secret clearance; 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