Sr. Electronic Engineer – Telecom (Onsite)

Sr. Electronic Engineer - Telecom (Onsite)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. Electronic Engineer - Telecom for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position supports the Control Center Communications Operations organization in the Information Services department. This position works within a team and provides engineering expertise for the integration, operation, and maintenance of mission critical Control Center systems, as well as the monitoring and management of systems required for ongoing support.

This onsite position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Sr. Electronic Engineer - Telecom:

• Support J-OT and JTO in the integrations and monitoring of existing and new project devices.
• Work with Power Systems Control (PSC) Lead Engineers and project managers (PMs) to identify network administrative tasks by assisting with coordination within the project and helping to execute tasks for assigned projects (i.e. timelines, device integration, running reports, generating step plans, creating documentation, etc.).
• Collaborate with Planning, Design, Construction, and field maintenance organizations to understand specific engineering tasks so the proper scope can be brought back to JTO management in developing and completing telecommunication projects.
• Participate and support the integration of new equipment and procedures into the CC environment; and assist with O&M standards development.
• Support technical team in configurations and integrations of wide area data networks with mission critical reliability requirements and the required support systems. Determine appropriate products or services with clients or customers to define project scope, requirements, and deliverables. Interpret functional and non-functional requirements of projects and recommend overall system configurations. Identifies project documentation requirements or procedures. Partition system configuration and integration tasks and provide recommendations to the manager, PM, team lead, or other appropriate personnel regarding team member assignments.
• Coordinate and assist with configuration and integration efforts for the implementation of projects for Field Sites and CC locations.
• Develop, validate, document, and execute test and O&M procedures to be published for compliance.
• Provide training, including training materials, as requested on newly integrated systems to staff.
• Report all project status updates to the Workload Coordinator, including reporting when job assignments are complete. Provide measurable goals, metrics, checklists, Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs), and punch lists for assigned project(s) to validate all in scope requirements are met.
• Represent JTO in internal technical work groups, related to equipment specifications, maintenance standards and procedures, and new systems/equipment requirements and evaluation, as requested.
• Represent and serve as the organization’s subject matter technical resource on technology teams involving assigned systems and equipment. 
• Serve as a system trouble-shooter and notify maintenance personnel of operational problems, the impact of those problems on power system operation, and the relative urgency for repair of the problem.
• Perform daily checks for health of the servers, trouble shoot device failures, synchronize servers, add/remove devices, ensure database integrity, and run reports.
• Generate and maintain network, North American Electric Reliability Corporation/Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC/CIP) and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) documentation, use layer 2 and layer 3 network concepts to deploy and maintain various networking equipment in large high availability LAN/WAN network environments and Packet Transport systems.
• Develop automated database scripting and Super Intelligence (SI)-driven analytics tools to evaluate equipment performance, integrating telemetry from SD-WAN, Automatic Fiber Management Systems (AFMS), and network management platforms (e.g., Telenium, SolarWinds, NSP/NFM-P) to enable predictive outage prevention and operational workflow optimization.
• Maintain Central Authentication Authorization & Account (AAA) systems, like Cisco Secure Access Control Server (CSACS) and ISE, (including daily checks for health of servers, trouble shoot servers, synchronization between servers, adding/removing devices, and database integrity), backend authentication one time password RSA (Remote Server Access) Key server, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Automatic Generation Control (AGC), and telemetry systems.

Requirements/Qualifications for Sr. Electronic Engineer - Telecom:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or electronics engineering (from an ABET accredited school) is required.
• 10 years of experience and knowledge of computer network and systems concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system is required.
• 5 years of experience on project teams developing computer and/or network systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Telecom/Network systems engineering principles and concepts with minimal guidance.
• Experience reviewing and evaluating design packages (including drawings, material certifications, and submittals) for conformance to the design specifications.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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Job ID: 14473