Leaco Rural Telephone is seeking qualified applicants to apply for Switch Engineer.  The Switch Engineer performs required work to maintain all Leaco switching facilities, including monitoring the performance and troubleshooting of our Lucent 5ESS and ECP switches, and Nortel DMS10 switch,  telephone and cellular switching centers, remote offices, tower sites, fiber optic light wave terminals, and paging terminals.  The switch engineer will design, build and troubleshoot transport circuits including SONET, OC12, DS3, DS1, and T1’s.  The switch engineer will implement translations for both landline and cellular switches and interconnecting trunks. The switch engineer is responsible for the necessary actions to correct all service outages.  

I. Education and /or Experience

Applicants are strongly preferred to have a Bachelors degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, Computer Maintenance, or a similar field of study from an accredited college or university and related industry certifications from Lucent or Nortel plus a minimum of 6 years applicable experience.

Applicants must have at least a minimum of H. S. Diploma or equivalent with six months vocational training in telecommunications and knowledge and skills acquired through industry training and certifications plus 6 or more years of applicable experience.

II.    CORE COMPETENCIES

1.  Ability to multi-task, and to work successfully with frequent interruptions;

2.  Ability to deal with a variety of personalities and maintain a good working relationship with employees;

3.  Ability to pay close attention to detail and to work accurately with figures in following step-by-step procedures and instructions.

5.  Excellent customer service and communications skills.

6.  The ability to train and supervise switch technicians.

7.  Skilled in switch translations in one or more of 5ESS, ECP, and DMS10 switches.

8.  Ability to analyze and execute vendor MOP’s for maintenance or deployments.

9.  Knowledge of switch hardware and ability to troubleshoot and maintain.

10. Ability to test, turn-up, and troubleshoot circuits including T1, DS1, DS3, OC12, and SONET.

11. Knowledge of CDMA optimization in the ECP switch.

Experience in Microwave Facilities and Transport, Cell site hardware would be a plus.

If you are interested in this position, please contact Eileen Hicks in Human Resources @ 433-4360 or e-mail to ehicks@leaco.org