Sr Systems Engineer Hybrid Greater Chicago Area

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were a global close-knit community united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration thats critical for safer communities safer schools safer hospitals safer businesses and ultimately safer nations. Connect with a career that matters and help us build a safer future.

At Motorola Solutions we help people be their best in the moments that matter. We help firefighters see around buildings and police officers see around street corners. Our work is very meaningful impactful and cutting edge and we invite you to explore it.

Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of professional mobile communications systems with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. The groups main business is the upgrade of mission critical digital communication systems for Government & Public Safety Communications customers

NOTE: Candidate will need to be located in the Greater Chicago Illinois Area.

This position is a Hybrid work schedule

The Upgrade Team comprises Project Management System Engineering and Field Engineering personnel working together in a high-performance culture often with demanding cycle times and high customer expectations because we are working on mission critical communication systems. Our systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard. The System Engineer will take responsibility for and oversee all technical aspects of the assigned project.

This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justices Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.

This involves:

• Upgrade of the radio network including servers network and RF devices

• Customer presentations

• Complete system documentation

Qualifications

• Knowledge in radio communication systems radio propagation RF wireless or broadband/LTE

• Good understanding and working knowledge in IP networking network design methodologies; troubleshooting (Ethernet TCP/IP L2/L3 MPLS)

• Experience working with servers and virtualization such as ESXi Linux-based Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Linux Windows Server Active Directory and Windows Group Policy

• Direct customer-facing experience is highly preferred

• Excellent communications skills and the ability to present complex topics to non-technical audiences

• Willing and capable to lead a project to be a team player follow instructions and identify/manage risks in a project

• Comfortable delegating tasks to project team members

• Self-motivated able to collaborate with members from different organizations able to provide feedback by writing improved procedures and able to maintain focus in a pressured environment

Technical Requirements

• Multi-Vendor Hardware: Hands-on experience with Juniper Aviat Cisco Nokia/Alcatel Xtreme and Ceragon networking equipment as well as HPE/DELL PowerEdge servers and HP Z2/ZBook workstations

• Networking & Protocols: Deep understanding of switching and routing protocols including OSPF ISIS BGP (iBGP eBGP M-BGP) MPLS (RSVP-TE LDP) and IPSec

• Systems & Scripting: Proficiency in Windows (Registry) and Linux (Filesystem) environments; ability to read follow and automate workflows using Ansible Bash PowerShell and Python

• Operations & Security: Proven ability to configure and troubleshoot routers switches firewalls (ACLs/Policies) and remote access/file transfers (SSH SCP Telnet RDP SMB)

• Analysis & Diagnostics: Skilled in using Wireshark for network packet analysis and resolving complex issues like connectivity drops or crashed script executions

• Certifications: Preferred credentials include CompTIA Network Juniper JNCIA-Junos Nokia NRS1 CCNA or equivalent industry certifications

Work Arrangement & Travel

• This role will travel 20% of the time

• Travel to customer sites will be throughout North America

Target Base Salary Range: $95000 - $120000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge skills and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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• Bachelors Degree in an Engineering or Technical discipline with 3 years of Engineering or Technical experience

• OR 7 years of engineering or technical experience

• Must be able to obtain a background clearance as required by our government customers

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position

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Our :

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical Dental Visionbenefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• PaidParental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.

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