Job Description

**Job Title:

** Data Center Fiber Technician

**Location:

** San Antonio, TX

**Pay:

** $29-$41/hr. based on experience and project requirements.

**Schedule:

**50-60+ hours per week. Overtime may be available based on project needs.

**Assignment Type

**: W2 contract, project-based assignment, or contract-to-hire depending on client/project.

**Role Summary

**

Pacer Data Center Solutions is hiring Data Center Fiber Technicians to support fiber optic infrastructure installation, routing, termination, testing, and troubleshooting on mission-critical data center projects. Fiber Technicians help build the high-speed connectivity backbone that supports cloud, AI, network, storage, and communication systems.

This role may include working with single-mode and multimode fiber, fiber trunks, patch panels, MPO/MTP connectors, fusion splicing, labeling, testing, and documentation.

**Levels Considered

**

• Fiber Installer

• Fiber Technician

• Senior Fiber Technician

• Lead Fiber Technician

**Key Responsibilities

**

• Pull, route, dress, and label fiber optic cable

• Terminate and/or splice fiber optic connections

• Install fiber panels, cassettes, enclosures, and patching systems

• Test fiber using OTDR, power meter, light source, or related equipment

• Maintain proper bend radius and cable management standards

• Read fiber diagrams, port maps, cable schedules, and drawings

• Troubleshoot fiber connectivity and performance issues

• Support documentation of test results and as-built information

• Follow data center cleanliness, safety, and quality standards

**Required Experience

**

• Fiber installation, testing, splicing, or termination experience

• Familiarity with single-mode and multimode fiber

• Experience with OTDR or power meter testing preferred

• Data center, telecom, carrier, or enterprise network experience preferred

• Fiber certifications preferred

• Ability to pass client onboarding requirements, which may include background check, drug screen, and site badging

**Preferred Experience

**

• Fusion splicing experience

• MPO/MTP connector and data center backbone experience

• Experience reading fiber diagrams, port maps, and test documentation

**Work Environment and Physical Requirements

**

• Active data center construction, mission-critical facility, industrial, or technical infrastructure environment

• Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods in active construction or facility environments

• May require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling materials, tools, equipment, ladders, cable, components, or job-site materials; specific lifting requirements vary by role and assignment

• May require bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching overhead, climbing stairs or ladders, and working from scissor lifts, boom lifts, or other approved lift equipment when authorized

• May require working around active construction activities, moving equipment, elevated work areas, noise, dust, temperature changes, and other job-site conditions

• May require use of PPE, tools, and site-specific safety equipment

• May require overtime, weekends, nights, or rotating schedules depending on project needs

**Application Process

**

Apply with an updated resume and your current availability for recruiter review. A Pacer recruiter will contact qualified candidates to review the role, compensation, schedule, project details, travel package, and onboarding requirements.

**EEOC Compliance

**

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

**Reasonable Accommodation

**

Reasonable accommodations may be available to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process, where required by applicable law.

**Pay Transparency

**

Pay Transparency: Where required by state or local law, the posted pay range reflects the reasonably expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on experience, skills, certifications, location, shift, schedule, assignment type, and client/project requirements.

**Fraud/Scam Warning

**

Fraud/Scam Warning: Pacer will not ask candidates to pay fees or purchase equipment from a specific vendor as a condition of employment.

**Disclaimer

**

AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.

You should be proficient in:

• Backbone fiber
• Fiber distribution
• Fiber trunks
• Multimode (MM) fiber
• Patch panels
• Single-mode (SM) fiber
• Fiber enclosures