Shipboard Fiber Optic Technician

GDIT
📍 Chesapeake, Virginia, United States 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 12, 2026

Job Description

Job Description:

We are looking for fiber optic technicians who will:

Install, remove, maintain, modify, troubleshoot, and repair telecommunication equipment . This includes running, pulling, terminating, and splicing cables; installing routers, switches, multiplexors, cable trays.

Provide reports, complete requests for new service, and determine methodology for installing telephone service or other telecommunication technology.

Under direct supervision, determine appropriateness of moderate equipment changes or modifications including call switches, test trunks and test links, and installs communication circuits.

Respond to emergency calls in the event of a system failure.

Make precision adjustments on switches, relays, and other electrical control devices for maximum operating efficiency.

Verify services by testing circuits, equipment, and alarms; and identifying, correcting, or escalating problems.

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Job Details

  • Location Chesapeake, Virginia
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians
  • Posted Date June 12, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 22, 2026