Manager, Fiber/GIS

REPORTS TO: Senior Director, Infrastructure and Planning
DEPARTMENT: Infrastructure & Planning

STATUS: Full-time FLSA STATUS: Exempt

LOCATION: Remote

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: Yes

POSITION SUMMARY
The Manager, Fiber/GIS at GoldenStateNet is primarily responsible for the end-to-end solutions and designs of physical fiber paths across the California Department Technology’s Middle-Mile Broadband Network to support fiber-based services. This role involves managing the fiber engineering staff and long-term, high-volume projects such as customer laterals, ring designs, and greenfield projects.

EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Network Design: Create detailed routes for point-to-point, ring, and path diverse fiber services.
• Technical Documentation: Deliver complex splicing schematics and design solutions for large-scale projects and relocations.
• Inventory Management: Maintain the physical fiber plant database (specifically GE Smallworld, IQGeo, Vetro and Salesforce) by inputting asset data, fiber enclosures, and circuit assignments.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interface with Outside Plant (OSP) teams, Sales Engineering, and Network Inventory Specialists to validate project specs and delivery timelines.
• Project Planning: Work with large datasets to plan long-term network growth and capacity augments over months or years

DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

Network Planning, Fiber Management Systems and Support to OSP/ISP Organization

• Responsible for developing and managing the organization overseeing fiber optic interconnects, partner builds, hub site access and growing and developing methods and procedures for the California Dept of Technology and Caltrans and other State Gov’t agencies, in response to the State agencies’ requirements.
• Provide department leaders with recommendations and best practices to achieve the goals of GoldenStateNet and the mission to deliver advanced networks to meet the State’s fiber network requirements
• Recommend strategies and best practices to accomplish the goals of growing GoldenStateNet’s business model and ability to meet the network needs of community-based organizations in collaboration with GoldenStateNet’s executive team
• Responsible for guiding multiple projects, including planning and implementing processes for the Golden State Network fiber deployment projects

• Work with internal departments to ensure best practices and methods are used to accomplish organizational goals

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Proficiency:

• Expertise in GE Smallworld, IQGeo, Vetro, Salesforce, and GIS-based platforms.
• Advanced skills in Google Earth (producing and interpreting detailed KMZ files).
• Proficiency in MS Office, specifically Visio and Excel; familiarity with Salesforce and GIS platforms is a plus

Knowledge Base: Deep understanding of telecom and fiber plant installations, including ring configurations and high-volume site deliveries

Requirements:

OTHER SKILLS

Typical Work Environment

Remote Flexibility: Many current Fiber Engineering roles at GSN are listed as remote-eligible within the United States

WORK HOURS:

The regular workweek is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening and weekend work may be required based on GSN business demands

WORK AUTHORIZATION:

Documented Proof of identity and legal eligibility to work in the United States.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.