Fiber Technician at Swift Networks Limited

Swift Networks Limited is a facilities-based telecommunications services provider. The company was founded in 2002, since inception, Swift Networks has invested heavily in “next generation” networking technologies to build a multi-service network platform. Due to rapid expansion, we are looking for a qualified candidate to fill a creative technical position as we hope to maintain our status as the leading broadband connectivity services provider in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fiber Technician

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Contract

 Job Description

• Successful employee(s) will be responsible for installation, monitoring, testing and maintenance of fibre optics cable links and follow operational procedures, both in technical facilities.
• Performs complex technical duties and escalates issues as needed.
• Follows standard procedures and guidelines. Uses individual expertise to solve difficult technical and system problems. NB: This job requires working weekends and various shifts, including holidays.

You shall perform any of the following based on needs:

• Testing and diagnostic procedures on equipment according to published equipment standards
• Fibre optics cable installation/deployment projects.
• Supervise external fibre optics contractors to ensure they maintain maximum standards on the field and deliver projects according to specification.
• Locates fibre optics cable, monitors construction activities, fibre splicing and termination;
• Installation of routers, bridges, multiplexers, concentrators, etc.
• Periodic maintenance on the company transmission support equipment.
• Maintenance of new and existing fibre-optic link circuits through troubleshooting and fault isolation techniques
• Utilisation of local and remote test systems to isolate and resolve site circuit outages.
• Maintaining a database of new and existing fibre optics links and circuits.
• Coordination of testing and turn-up of service with all involved providers until the site/link is up and working.
• Fibre test procedures
  • OTDR
  • Power Loss
  • Reflectance
  • Connector Inspection
• Fiber Inventory Management system (FIMs)
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements

• The job holder must have a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of Second Class Upper from a reputable institution or HND (Upper Credit). The candidate must possess a minimum of 2 years’ working experience with a reputable company. Telecom Companies added an advantage.

You will need to have:

• Experience with PC word processing and communications software.
• Extensive experience in splicing fibre optic cables using different fusion splicer machines
• Extensive experience in the use of the OTDR machine to locate faults on optical fibre cable
• Extensive experience in new fibre optics cable deployment projects.
• Extensive experience in understanding and analysing OTDR trace readings.
• Hands-on experience in using various software to draw as-built diagrams of a completed fibre optics cable deployment project.
• Extensive knowledge of fibre optics deployment and civil work standards.
• Working knowledge of plotting fibre optics routes on Google Earth to produce KMZ/KML
• Security background investigation for site access may be required.
• Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, including, but not limited to, perceiving differences in wire cable colors, moving and/or lifting items such as ladders,
• Willingness to work odd shifts, day, night and weekends.

Even better if you have experience with the following:

• A competent level of (site-specific) equipment knowledge, including, but not limited to, transmission equipment manufactured by Cisco, Siemens and Huawei.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings and providing as-built drawings to engineering.
• Working knowledge of Customer Premise/site Equipment installation and troubleshooting
• Fiber Splice and Cable Preparation procedure
• Aerial cable placement
• Underground cable placement procedure.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2025.