Microwave & Telecommunications Engineer

Job Purpose:

Meets customer demands by designing, implementing, and maintaining telecommunications networks.



Duties:

* Completes telecommunications projects by establishing project objectives, milestones, and standards for builds, upgrades, and expansions; completing feasibility, cost/benefit, and impact analyses of new network software and hardware; identifying short-term and long-range voice/data communications issues; collecting, evaluating, and communicating relevant information; identifying and evaluating options; choosing a course of action; reviewing open issues and action items; training and guiding technicians; expediting delivery of equipment and materials.



* Plans networks by monitoring growing communications requirements; developing design requirements; researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying telecommunications network engineering techniques, equipment, wiring, and criteria; adapting and modifying telecommunications network engineering approaches and options; developing and evaluating new telecommunications network engineering architectures and approaches; establishing network protocols, and transmission and protection standards; tracking and understanding emerging telecommunications network concepts, practices, equipment, regulations, and standards; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.



* Plans installations by developing blueprints, drawings, and schematics; preparing installation requirements; selecting telecommunications network equipment; identifying and evaluating contractors and vendors; evaluating bids; preparing budgets; preparing equipment and work orders; ordering equipment and materials.



* Completes installations by supervising contractors; inspecting sites; configuring, testing, validating, and approving systems, services, and equipment; resolving technical issues; guiding technicians to test, accept, and turn-up equipment installed by vendors and contractors; identifying and resolving integration/interface issues; programming software changes.



* Maintains and upgrades service by implementing and monitoring network management tools; creating schedules for testing and maintenance; performing remote access administration and connectivity; leading troubleshooting efforts; provides second-level support; writing networking environment policies and procedures; enforcing compliance to standards; training operators; preparing disaster recovery plans; evaluating new software and hardware; implementing upgrades; updating maps.



* Maintains engineering database by entering and monitoring data.



* Prepares technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.



* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.



* Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.



Skills/Qualifications:

Telecommunications Knowledge, Telecommunications Technologies, Customer Focus, Network Design and Implementation, Network Hardware Configuration, Routers, Hubs, and Switches, Load Balancing and Scalability, Documentation Skills, Dealing with Complexity, Decision Making, Innovation. Knowledgable in MW equipment such as ATT model DR6 and DR11, Northern Telecomm models RD4C, RD6C, RD11A and RD11C, Alcatel models MDR4106, DM6-45, and NEC model DMR 2000.