Title:  Senior Associate, Network Planning Engineer (Melbourne, FL)

Job Title: Senior Associate, Network Planning Engineer

Job Code: 40184

Job Location: Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

• Assist in the operation and maintenance of the Network Optical Backbone SONET equipment, RF Microwave radios, FTI Satellite equipment and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) circuits.
• Review network event data and determine causes of alarms and events to conduct efforts to resolve network event issues.
• Schedule, track, and perform maintenance on FTI Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and services.
• Submits Program Tracking Reports (PTR) for facility, equipment, and service changes.
• Partner with the Tier 1 team to help facilitate learning, technical direction, and the flow of operations, and assist in creating detailed documentation for technical and training purposes.
• Orders replacement parts for repair activities and tracks shipment.
• Periodically supports on-call responsibilities and work after-hours as required.
• Assist Operations Management with daily and monthly Metrics reporting.
• Engineer responsible for Satellite Gateway Moves and Satellite Flyaway Deployments.
• Ability to obtain a FAA Public Trust Clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with RF Microwave radios / hardware and waveguide.
• Experience with change management, network management, and network technology experience.
• Experience as a NOS working in the FTI PNOCC troubleshooting all aspects of the FTI/FAA communications network infrastructure.
• Knowledge FTI/FAA communications network infrastructure.
• General understanding of NAS Operations ticket management, maintenance processes and procedures, NAS Operations service types and service delivery methods.
• Experience creating and presenting training documents and technical procedures.
• Proficient with RF concepts (RF Transmission Theory, Line -of-Sight Communication, FTI Satellite Network Architecture)

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