The ISP (Inside plant) Engineer is responsible for the development and design of intricate inside plant equipment installations, modifications, and upgrades. In the Telecom world, the term “inside plant” refers to all the cabling and equipment installed in the Telecommunication facility. This includes main distribution frames (MDF) and protectors. These engineers play an essential role, mainly in data centers, for the structured cabling of all on-site installations.
Inside Plant, Engineers collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders including capacity, network architecture and field engineers. Plant engineers ensure that requirements are met for all structured cabling inside the plant. Engineers support and maintain plant network elements and their connection requirements.
Inside Plant Engineers and field, personnel will take field notes and make design considerations at MDF and IDF locations.
Generally, the ISP Engineer is involved with overall maintenance of the inside plant installation as well as with new equipment. This includes network, data center, WAN, and LAN hardware in addition to systematic upgrades as required.
Out of several other duties, the standard job description of this position is as follows:
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