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Description Astound Broadband, the sixth-largest telecommunications provider in the United States, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge technology and communications services-and applicants like you make it all possible. To develop your career, we provide one-on-one training and coaching, a supportive work environment and the opportunity to represent a superior telecommunications company. Additionally, we offer a robust benefits package, including rewards, recognition and employee discounts to ensure your continued success. With us, you'll stay empowered to do your best work by creating astounding possibilities for local communities and beyond. Position Overview: Astound Broadband is currently searching for a Commercial Technician based out of Port Orchard, Sequim, Port Angeles, Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, Federal Way. The position will report to Seattle, WA, but will perform installs throughout the state. This position is responsible for performing work involving installation, test, configuration, and maintenance of communications systems in Customer Premise Locations, Point of Presence (POP) and outside enclosure cabinet environments. Systems involve SONET and ETHERNET network elements including transmission, transport and distribution systems to provide advance services and other high capacity services for commercial business customers. Use of various fiber and copper TDM and ETHERNET test equipment such as the BUTT Set, Optical Light meters, fiber scopes, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), JDSU-3000 ETHERNET test set with the ability to setup and test to RFC-2544 standards. This will be more of a remote position through our home start, and the Commercial Technician I will occasionally come into the office for meetings and inventory restocking. Responsibilities: Perform installation and testing of CAT-5 and Fiber cross connects in an MTC environment as well as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) including ETHERNET Network Interface Devices (NID), Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) and Integrated Access Devices (IAD) for IP voice, switches, routers and media converters for data services, channel banks, 66 blocks, and RJ-48x TDM access devices Terminate and test CAT-3, CAT-5 and CAT-6 and test fiber cabling Use of various fiber and copper TDM and ETHERNET test equipment such as the BUTT Set, Optical Light meters, fiber scopes, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), JDSU-3000 ETHERNET test set with the ability to setup and test to RFC-2544 standards Installs, configures, provisions, checks, maintains, and adjusts a wide variety of -48V DC Power, SONET and ETHERNET transport and CPE equipment to provide voice, METRO ETHERNET, and Optical Internet services, advance services, as well as alternate access through transmission, transport, and distribution equipment Verifies, validates, and authenticates the operational performance of DC Power, SONET, ETHERNET and Telephony transport and CPE equipment for compliance to design specifications and quality of service targets by utilizing appropriate test equipment and craft analysis management platforms 3-Responds to alarms or outage notification; analyzes and troubleshoots problems for quick resolution in conjunction with Network Operations Center and/or local SOC and on-call engineering staff; restores service Responsible for ensuring installation, documentation, and turn-up of circuits and equipment conforms to engineering standards Acts as a primary liaison with other departments, vendors, customers, and interconnection activities to correct error conditions Ensures transmission and distribution equipment meets Astound Broadband Powered by Wave, franchise, and FCC standards Implements work orders and coordinates installation, test, and acceptance with field systems technicians to ensure customer acceptance of circuits and services Applies engineering standards, for equipment installation, cable routing, ter