Job Title: Communications Engineer

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Labor Category: Specialist 2

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Work schedule: Normal business hours Monday-Friday 35 hours/week (not including mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work).

Pay Rate: $70 to $80 per hour

Job Description / Justification:

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

• Oversight of vendors supporting emergency communications, telecommunications services, and infrastructure
• Coordinate with 911 Originating Service Providers, neighboring jurisdictions, and Emergency Communications Relay Centers
• Deployment of and support for Emergency Communications network infrastructure including racking and cabling equipment
• Configure and test Emergency Communications network infrastructure.
• Technical support for E911 and NG911 telephony and telecommunications systems and services associated with 911 call delivery to New York City’s Public Safety Answering Centers
• Technical support for Text-to-911 (TT911) services, including inbound and outbound SMS, MMS and RTT technology and services.
• Technical support and oversight for vendor managed ESInet services and systems
• Technical support for Public Safety Unified Communications systems and services
• Technical support for all emergency point-to-point, alarm relays, automated inbound 911 relays, telematics and third-party 911 communications
• Triage and investigate incidents involving communication, infrastructure and service failures, including identifying root cause and remediation.
• Technical support for 911 and TT911 test environments within the 911 lab, validate test cases and results.
• Provide Emergency Communication technology asset management support

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered.

• 8+ years of experience working in a data center or in the field supporting related work.
• 4+ years of experience in network support, LAN/WAN troubleshooting.
• 4+ years of experience in communications routing, transport, and delivery (Wireline, Wireless and VoIP)
• 4+ experience using documentation tools (MS Excel, MS Visio, MS Word, Etc.)
• Working knowledge of networking hardware and topologies
• Working knowledge of telecommunication cabling standards, ability to pull and terminate cabling in a variety of customer environments.
• Working Knowledge of computing systems and hardware
• Experience with LEC circuits termination and turn-up
• Ability to perform physical work related to the job.
• Ability to follow detailed job documents.
• Must be willing to travel within the NYC region to meet customer SLA’s.
• Must be willing to work on-call, after hours and weekends when required

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in computer science or related area of study
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills; ability to communicate in a credible and confident manner in clear, concise language.
• Experience with Emergency Communications infrastructure, systems, applications, and related technologies.
• Knowledge of E911 call routing, selective routing, trunking, and location-based routing.
• Knowledge of DMS and ACD systems
• Knowledge of ANI / ALI services and functionality
• Knowledge of 9-1-1 Call Handling Systems.
• Knowledge of Land-mobile-radio systems, P25 conventional and trunked networks
• Knowledge of NG9-1-1 ESINET call routing.
• Knowledge of SMS, RTT, TCC routing, SMS aggregation
• Knowledge of GIS and location-based identification systems