Senior Telecommunication Engineer

The Senior Telecommunications Engineer position provides advanced technical support and coordination for successful designing, planning and implementation and ongoing operational support of District’s telecommunication infrastructure in full compliance with NRC, FERC/NERC, PCI, FCC and other regulatory entities. The Senior Telecommunications Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining complex enterprise scale operational networks and the monitoring of network performance. This position provides technical leadership, expertise and guidance for front-end devices, SONET and MPLS fiber transport and microwave radio transport and other components comprising client’s Enterprise Operational Technology infrastructure. Position Specific Responsibilities/Accountabilities:1. Solution Design and Engineering: Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze current state environments, identify solutions to existing issues and/or design new technology solutions Assignments would typically require anywhere from 6-9 months of independent discretion. Identifies, develops and/or recommends design principles, frameworks, models, standards, and processes based on industry best practices and solution requirements Create telecommunication system designs, traffic engineering and equipment baseline configurations based on best practices both internal and external to client. Identify technology solutions and design for telecommunication technologies such as fiber and microwave radio based SONET and MPLS transport systems Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the operational network’s infrastructure design, integration, and operations which include procurement activities, engineering analysis and quality evaluations and consideration of outsourcing or vended solutions Provide thought leadership in the development of technical roadmaps Perform quality reviews and approval of Engineer designs and solutions2. Project Management: Participate as a SME and/or lead assigned projects/work efforts to deliver life cycle management programs, enhancements to existing systems or implementation of entirely new technology solutions. Lead project initiatives as assigned by Manager, which include the creation of work breakdown structures, schedules, resource estimations, implementation plans and the coordination of personnel during execution. It may also include participation in BURC/RPC meetings to champion T&S telecommunication initiatives. Complete project assignments as a project participant in alignment with defined schedule. Prepare financial reports or provide input to existing reports with accurate, timely data. Create Bills of Material (BOM), Statements of Work (SOW), Requests for proposals (RFPs) and costing of activities and projects23. Systems Administration: Monitor, analyze performance and maintain the functionality and effectiveness of assigned systems, applications, programs and infrastructure. The scope includes TDM SONET and MPLS transport equipment, enterprise monitoring tools and other components comprising the enterprise operational networks. Provide technical support, leadership of personnel and the coordination of resources for the delivery of operational services Identify and implement lifecycle management programs of systems. Identify preventative maintenance schedules, create appropriate procedures and oversee activities per defined schedules. Ensure configuration standards, templates and normal operational system parameters are implemented Create procedures and defined processes to facilitate the execution of daily work tasks Create and maintain system-level documentation and reference architecture of systems4. Operations Support: Fulfil system requests, execute change management activities and respond to system incidents within established service level agreements. Ensure Business Partner requests are being completed and incidents are being resolved within established target completion dates and with high quality Ensure systems are running efficiently and optimally. Set system appropriate performance thresholds to monitor and alert on aberrant conditions. Champion change management activities requiring Change Advisory Board (CAB) approvals Coordinate and communicate planned maintenance activities with Technology teams and District Business Partners Provide 24x7 rotational on-call support General Responsibilities/Accountabilities: 1. Safety: Promotes and adheres with the District’s Safety Manual. Performs all work in the safest manner and stops work if safety related issues exist to people, equipment and plant/department. Analyze, report, and recommend solutions for all safety concerns to appropriate leadership. 2. Compliance: Understands, maintains knowledge, and complies with all client policies, procedures, and applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. 3. Communication: Promptly review and apply Corporate, Business Unit, departmental and team specific communications. Design, deliver and reinforce effective communications as required by role. 4. Continuous Improvement: Research and identify improvement opportunities related to work practices, procedures, documentation, tools or equipment. Applies improved work methods in the execution of work. 5. Fiscal Accountability: Adheres to all budget and expense policies and procedures. Provide input to Manager on budget design as necessary. Effectively cares for all corporate property, tools and equipment in order to minimize cost. 6. Cross Functional Working Relationships (CFWR): Identify opportunities to work collaboratively with peers and other work groups, exhibit professional behavior, and promote positive working relationships. 7. Work Assignment: Nothing in this job description restricts management’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Minimum Qualifications:Required: Bachelor degree in a related engineering or information technology discipline (ABET-accredited degree) and a minimum of six (6) years of related work experience; OR a 4-year BS degree plus a MS degree in a related engineering or information technology discipline plus four (4) years of related work experience: OR 8+ years of experience in the design, configuration and operation of enterprise telecommunications infrastructure Advanced knowledge and implementation of complex telecommunication systems comprising the Technology and Security infrastructure platforms Demonstrate the ability to perform research and evaluate the ongoing changes in technology and continued evaluation of best practices in support of telecommunication services Ability to communicate with technical and management staff Must qualify to obtain unescorted NERC AccessDesired: Experience, education or certification in service management (ITSM and ITIL) In-depth knowledge of and design experience supporting, communication platforms that enable energy utility objectives such as Demand Management, Distribution Automation, Distributed Energy Resources and Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI)3 Project Management experience overseeing multiple, concurrent projects. Professional certifications and/or licenses such as CCNA, CCDA, CISSP or PE Time Demands:1. This role is considered a “non-essential” role, however, this role may be required to report to work to support the restoration of normal business operations.2. Maintain regular and predictable attendance in alignment with Departmental policy.3. Must be available for off hours work as required to ensure continuance of efficient operation. Environment:Office/Field: Work will be performed both in a modern office environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, and noises and outside in a variety of weather conditions (snow, rain, heat, cold, wind, etc.), terrain, and other natural environmental hazards as well as pollen and other airborne allergens.Physical Demands:Must have the ability to: work on multiple tasks at one time; work under stressful situations; operate a computer and other office equipment; sit at a desk for more than one hour at a time; move about the Company and interact with all levels of the Company.Frequent requirements of this position: sitting, speaking, hearing, ability to see information in print and/or electronically, keyboarding, and handling objects with hands. Occasional requirements of this position: standing, walking, reaching, bending, lifting and carrying at least 10 pounds, and driving. Leadership FrameworkNO THIRD PARTIES NO SUB-CONTRACTORS NO 1099’s NO CORP to CORP Data Resource Technologies Inc. is an Information Technology Staffing Firm serving the markets of the United States of America; the greatest country in the world. We work with