Job Summary
This position is funded through a fiveyear National Science Foundation NSF grant and reports to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network UETN Field Operations manager. Position will work with research support staff affiliated with the Nevada System of Higher Educations NevadaNet the Utah Education and Telehealth Network and Arizonas Sun Corridor Network as partners in creating a culture and developing experience for cyberinfrastructure support for the Last Mile of field science. Core activities include coordinated workforce development and team operations including new recruitment of field engineering and InternetofThings professionals. Install maintain and repair physical transport and/or wide area network equipment. Designs develops implements maintains and enhances telecommunication networks systems and equipment. Analyze existing networks and equipment and identifies opportunities for improvement. Identifies analyzes and repairs product failures orders and replaces parts as needed. Determine and recommend solutions and/or services that best fit the needs of specific field research. Responsible for the planning design deployment testing and system performance of a wireless network. Will create RF (radio frequency) plans and designs conduct radio propagation modeling and prediction values to determine cell site location and conduct cell site/antenna design activities. Position will assist in the development of standards relating to the RF design and operation of the network. Position will contribute to system growth plans to ensure smooth expansion of the network. Position will take part in field/site activities to assist in the approval and development of new private LTE /5G) cell sites and integrate new sites into the research network. Position must ensure compliance with network and engineering standards and guidelines. Position requires highly specialized skill set. Influences best practices within discipline. Conducts the most complex and vital work unsupervised and with complete latitude for independent judgment. UEN Specific Summary: Responsible for statewide provisioning and troubleshooting and repair of existing transport equipment for the Utah Education Network UEN . A sound working knowledge of ROADM DWDM SONET Cisco router/switch configuration and support is essential. Familiarity with large heterogeneous wide area networks and a demonstrated knowledge of networking circuits to include; gigabit Ethernet metro Ethernet OC3 DS3 and DS1 plus experience with TCP /IP OSPF EIGRP BGP and supporting network applications is required.
Responsibilities
Work on the preengineering of any new sites Configure and monitor any CBRS and EBS radios that are on the network. Troubleshoot radio issues with LCONs SAS Grants/Portal: Validate and verify grants received for the radios. Test new firmware releases and update radios once firmware has been approved to all radios. Update documentation on the Wiki (includes how to docs troubleshooting network designs etc. Update all of the gateways that are on the network Update any patches to the core Adding SIMS checking logs and troubleshooting Provide UE support for CPEs and UE devices. Cable termination all types (fiber coax ethernet and RF cables) AC/DC power systems Generators Tower work Site maintenance Proper cable management
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelors degree in area of specialty or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) and 46 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Qualification may vary depending on department utilizing position.