Looking for Cable Tech for Turkey

Interested in finding some wire dawgs getting off active duty and looking to spend a year or 2 at various location in Turkey. The pay is between $55K and $70K. This might be a great opportunity for a junior to mid-grade technician looking for some added experience in a pretty great location. Some of the requirements are listed below. If you don't fully qualify but are still interested please respond and we can see what we can do to provide training to get you hitting the ground running. Respond to jdougherty@drs-ds.com


• Operate and maintain the Nortel Meridian Telephone Switch system.
• Evaluate and provide service requests; perform programming changes for telephone numbers and class of service, and activate special features.
• Carry out day to day processes within the communications infrastructure to include the pulling, testing, toning, labeling, troubleshooting, and repairing inside and outside plant wiring
• Physically install Category 3, Category 5, Enhanced Category 5, Category 6 and Fiber Optic Structured Cable Distribution Systems
• Accurately test copper and fiber (multimode and single mode) cables to required certification parameters utilizing appropriate test equipment
• Diagnose and correct copper and optical fiber problems
• Splice and repair copper cable in accordance with (IAW) Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Alliance (TIA/EIA) standards.
• Splice, and repair fiber optic cables. Fiber optic splices will use fusion splice and/or mechanical splice techniques IAW TIA/EIA standards.
• Maintain accurate and readable cable pair assignment records in electronic format as prescribed in local procedures.
• Determine closet and equipment layouts and install closet hardware including
backboards, connecting blocks, racks, patch panels and fiber enclosures
• Install entrance facility grounding infrastructure and perform grounding tests
• Maintain, repair, install, and relocate telephone instruments, to include ISDN telephone equipment, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone equipment, telephone key system equipment, CM-8 and PG-Flex multiplexers, Local Area Network (LAN) cabling, modems, facsimile, fiber-optic and other similar or associated communications materials and equipment.
• Inspect all communication house cables and associated connectors according to best commercial practices.
• Install, upgrade, replace, maintain, relocate, and remove all terminal boards, cross connect boxes, fiber optic couplers, and fiber media converters.
• Install telephone premise wire from the outside cable plant terminal protector to the telephone instrument, IAW TIA/EIA standards.
• Locate and connect underground communication utilities
• Perform site surveys, read and use blueprints and floor plan and conduct visual site
inspections
• Review and update inside and outside cable plant drawings
• Perform administrative tasks including, but not limited to, documenting test results and as-builts, completing safety reports, keeping safety meeting minutes, maintaining log books, providing labor summary reports, etc.
• Maintain and reference industry standards including American National Standards Institute (ANSI), EIA/TIA, and local US Air Force telecommunication and electrical standards.

Basic Qualifications
• High School diploma, or equivalent
• Technical training equivalent to a technical Associate degree
• At least 3 years experience working as a cable technician
• Extensive knowledge of inside and outside cable plant infrastructure, engineering, installation, and testing
• Extensive knowledge of digital telephone switch operations and maintenance.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
• Must meet overseas medical deployment qualifications
• Applicant must be a US citizen.
• Must also possess at a minimum a currently active SECRET clearance or higher, meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to a government security investigation.
• Employment will be contingent upon favorable results of a company background investigation and drug screening.
• Must demonstrate the ability to work independently or under only general direction.
• Excellent customer service skills and demeanor
• Demonstrated self-starter and demonstrated ability to independently resolve problems
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast paced environment with short timelines
• Ability to maintain a professional and courteous manner in difficult situations
• Ability to maintain high quality work to manage multiple critical projects
• Ability to perform and participate in a team oriented environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of customers
• Ability to work extended hours (overtime) as needed.
• Ability to be on call after normal work hours.