| Purpose: |
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Under the direction of management, this position integrates the Greater Austin-Travis County Regional Radio System (GATRRS) master site including planning, design, installation, maintenance, management, and coordination of wired and wireless local-area and wide-area networks, inter-radio frequency subsystem interfaces, gateways, antenna systems, security systems, databases, clients, and subscriber equipment. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Plans, designs, installs, maintains, manages, and coordinates wired and wireless local-area and wide-area networks, inter-radio frequency subsystem interfaces, gateways, antenna systems, security systems, databases, clients, and subscriber equipment.
- Provides local area and wide area network engineering, integration, and coordination services for a large regional integrated voice-and-data radio system.
- Provides engineering services for the design, construction, installation, testing, operation and maintenance of wireless communication technology.
- Integrates, coordinates, operates, and maintains system master site controllers.
- Develops design documents and plans.
- Develops and implements technology architecture standards, specifications, procedures, emergency response plans and criteria.
- Develops and maintains documentation of wireless communication systems.
- Assists in the preparation and evaluation of Requests for Proposals.
- Researches and recommends new communication network systems technologies.
- Manages project resources, schedules, quality, deliverables, teams, and methodologies.
- Communicates project status, issues, and/or concerns to management, team members, and stakeholders.
- Defines integration needs with other projects and legacy systems/processes.
- Reviews and/or selects vendors and monitors contract compliance.
- Prepares and delivers presentations.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of radio frequency engineering principles, practices, and methodologies.
- Knowledge of wireless communication technologies, including trunked radio.
- Knowledge of fiber-optic systems and technologies.
- Knowledge of information technology networking and network security best practices.
- Knowledge of Federal Communications Commission and Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
- Skills in troubleshooting wireless and wired communications systems.
- Skills in oral and written communication.
- Ability to manage and complete projects within the required time frame and within budget.
- Ability to exercise judgment, tact, and diplomacy in all public dealings.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in electrical engineering, information technology, computer science, or a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of related experience, two (2) of which were in a supervisory capacity of wireless radio technicians.
- Experience may be substituted for education up to a maximum of four (4) years.
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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None.
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