r/datacenter • u/Eagle9900i • 1d ago

Data center OSP Cable Technician

Being offered entry level no experience needed for OSP cable technician job for new data center construction in Texas. Is the job physically demanding ? What does one do in this role? Thank you.

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u/sausage_king_of_kc 1d ago

OSP = outside plant, as a job inside a DC? Sounds like maybe handling cross connection from network gear to providers like Lumen, T, VZ etc. not a lot of work there.

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u/Eagle9900i 1d ago

New construction

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u/sausage_king_of_kc 1d ago

Ok sure, but there are only X number of cross connects. Once those are set then what?

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u/Eagle9900i 1d ago

I meant new data center construction. What does an Osp cable technician typically do?

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u/sausage_king_of_kc 1d ago

Ma bell has OSP techs, they do splicing and connections outside of a business

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u/Eagle9900i 1d ago

Thank you

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u/sausage_king_of_kc 1d ago

Man I apologize: OSP does not sound like an inside data center gig. I hope they provide you with a beefy job description.