Socket Fiber

NOC Technician

Socket Fiber  •  Columbia, MO (Onsite)  •  20 hours ago
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Job Description

With over 25 years of experience, Socket Fiber is one of the fastest growing fiber internet providers in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Tennessee and is dedicated to building and expanding high-speed fiber optic networks that connect communities. We are committed to innovation, quality, and delivering exceptional service to our customers. Join our dynamic team and be a part of shaping the future of connectivity!

Are you passionate about technology, troubleshooting, and keeping customers connected? As a Network Operations Center (NOC) Technician, you'll monitor our fiber network, support FTTH services, investigate alarms and outages, and help provision business customer solutions in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

This is an in-office position.

What You’ll Do

Key responsibilities include:

  • Monitor network management, alarm, and monitoring systems for network and service-impacting events.
  • Monitor FTTH/PON infrastructure including OLTs, PON ports, ONTs/ONUs, uplinks, interfaces, and associated network equipment.
  • Monitor network availability, alarms, utilization, packet loss, latency, and other performance indicators.
  • Identify and respond to network outages, degraded services, and equipment alarms.
  • Acknowledge, document, and track network alarms and incidents according to NOC procedures.
  • Perform initial troubleshooting and determine the scope and potential impact of network events.
  • Identify common network conditions such as:
  • OLT or PON port outages
  • Multiple ONTs offline
  • Individual ONT/customer outages
  • Fiber or optical signal issues
  • Interface or uplink failures
  • Equipment alarms
  • Power-related outages
  • Network congestion or high utilization
  • Correlate alarms and events to determine whether an issue is isolated to a single customer, PON, OLT, site, or larger portion of the network.
  • Escalate network issues appropriately based on established NOC procedures.

PON / FTTH Support

  • Provide Tier 1 support for FTTH services utilizing primarily Adtran TA5K and related PON platforms, with additional Calix systems.
  • Perform basic troubleshooting of OLTs, PON ports, ONTs/ONUs, and customer connectivity.
  • Review ONT status, optical levels, alarms, registration status, and service configuration.
  • Assist with identifying potential fiber, optical, equipment, or configuration problems.
  • Verify customer service status and determine whether issues are network-related or customer-premises-related.
  • Support field technicians by providing remote diagnostics and network information.
  • Perform approved basic service actions such as ONT reprovisioning, service resets, or port/service validation when authorized.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of troubleshooting activities.

Business Customer Provisioning

  • Assist with provisioning and activation of business customer services.
  • Process approved service orders and provisioning requests according to established procedures.
  • Assist with provisioning Internet, Ethernet, voice, and other supported business services.
  • Validate service configuration and connectivity following provisioning.
  • Coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, Field Operations, and other departments when required.
  • Verify service parameters, VLANs, bandwidth profiles, IP assignments, and other configuration elements as applicable to the service.
  • Document provisioning activities and configuration changes.
  • Escalate provisioning issues that require advanced network engineering or configuration expertise.

What We’re Looking For

To be considered for this role, you'll need the following required qualifications:

  • Basic understanding of networking concepts including:
  • TCP/IP
  • Ethernet
  • VLANs
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • IPv4
  • Basic routing and switching concepts
  • Basic understanding of fiber-optic and PON/FTTH technologies.
  • Ability to understand basic network topology and identify affected network elements.
  • Basic understanding of VoIP/hosted voice concepts.
  • Ability to use network monitoring, ticketing, provisioning, and management systems.
  • Basic troubleshooting skills using ping, traceroute, and other standard network tools.

Desired Attributes

Beyond the qualifications, these attributes are what make someone a great fit for our team:

  • 1–2 years of experience in an ISP, telecommunications, NOC, help desk, technical support, or network environment.
  • Experience with FTTH/PON networks.
  • Experience with Adtran or Calix equipment.
  • Experience with hosted voice/VoIP.
  • Experience with business Internet or telecommunications provisioning.
  • Experience with network monitoring systems such as SolarWinds, Nagios, Grafana, or similar platforms.

Why Join Socket Fiber?

At Socket Fiber, we're redefining what it means to connect communities. We share a mission-driven culture focused on bringing high-speed internet to areas that need it most. We're not just selling a service—we're providing access, opportunity, and real change. Socket Fiber offers a culture where employee strengths are highlighted and recognized.

A few of the key ways we strive to make employees feel valued include:

  • Competitive pay + bonus potential or performance-based commission
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and 401k with match
  • Free coaching/counseling for employees & families
  • Free fiber service (if available in your area)
  • Tuition reimbursement for personal and professional growth
  • Community engagement opportunities
  • Culture that values results, effort, and integrity

Our Core Values

  • Respect: Toward all customers, communities, property, and coworkers.
  • Advocacy: In-person, online, or by phone—we go beyond support to serve as customer advocates.
  • Transparency: In our commitments, service experiences, and business relationships.
  • Progress: Growth is proof of our dedication to improving lives and communities.
  • Winning: Every conversation is a chance to gain a customer for life.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re ready to make an impact and grow your career with Socket Fiber, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

This role is not eligible for relocation.

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

This employer uses E-Verify.

Socket Fiber

About Socket Fiber

In 1994, our founders saw a need for a local Missouri internet provider. They ignored some initial skepticism from friends and family – the internet was, after all “just a fad” - and started Socket, providing basic dial-up internet service out of a small office in Columbia.

Demand for internet access grew rapidly. By 1999, Socket had more than 30,000 customers and relocated to two office spaces on Cherry Street in downtown Columbia. (Those spaces are now Glenn's Cafe and studio apartments!)

As dial-up internet peaked, Socket looked to ways to keep its business moving forward. The company began offering high-speed internet and later became a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier). With the expansion of business telephone and other advanced services, rapid growth ensued, and Socket was named one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine.

Socket continued to expand, moving in 2007 to an office on Clark Lane in Columbia. Residential telephone service and Naked DSL internet were introduced, resulting in more expansion.

Socket began work in 2011 on a brand new fiber-optic network to reach homes and businesses in rural Callaway County and Fulton. Socket has been expanding this fiber network ever since, now reaching several Missouri cities. Thousands of customers enjoy reliable, high-speed internet as a result.

Today, Socket employs approximately 200 people and is proud to be Missouri's local fiber internet provider, and we plan on bringing state-of-the-art technology and friendly, local support to as many homes and businesses as possible.

We look forward to serving you!

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Columbia, MO
Year Founded
1994
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