IT Integration Communications Specialist II, III, Senior

APS•Phoenix, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Integration Communications Specialist is responsible for ensuring proper installation, testing, and turn-up of technical assets; addressing design deficiencies in the field; and producing redesigns or modifications to proposed designs. The role coordinates and directs third-party vendor support when escalation is required. Positions are offered at Specialist II, Specialist III, and Specialist Senior levels, with experience requirements varying by level. The work involves installing, assembling, repairing, adjusting, testing, and turning up telecommunications equipment and systems, including wired and wireless communications, microwave, RF, IP networks, voice and data communications, VoIP, cameras, Wi-Fi, fiber optics, and WAN/FAN/LAN technologies. The specialist troubleshoots and designs repairs for telecommunications and computer-aided equipment, uses diagnostic and testing tools, manages systems remotely, and performs end-to-end circuit testing across fiber, microwave, and copper media. The position may lead significant construction projects, track milestones, report project status, recommend plan changes, and represent the assigned unit in cross-unit initiatives. This is an onsite field and/or APS-facility role. Employees are expected to reside in Arizona, except Four Corners-based employees may reside in New Mexico. The role requires statewide travel, outdoor work, and overtime. Work may involve primitive roads and extreme desert heat or high-altitude snow and ice. Applicants must confirm whether they are a U.S. person or non-U.S. person; certain positions may require U.S.-person status under applicable export-control laws.

Requirements

Specialist II: Equivalent to a high school diploma, experience troubleshooting and repairing metering and control systems, and two years of related experience.
Specialist III: Equivalent to a high school diploma, experience troubleshooting and repairing metering and control systems, and five years of related experience.
Specialist Senior: Equivalent to a high school diploma, experience troubleshooting and repairing metering and control systems, and seven years of related experience.
Ability to work on all types of supervisory equipment used by APS.
Understand the functionality of control schematics.
Ability to travel statewide, work outdoors, and work overtime.
Demonstrated experience in substation design concepts and practices relating to substation control and communication equipment used to backhaul substation telemetry.
Thorough understanding of protection, metering, and control concepts.
Ability to apply and solve mathematical formulas using algebra and trigonometry.
Familiarity with electronic circuit fundamentals.
Demonstrated personal computer skills, including working knowledge of hardware fundamentals and software applications.

Nice To Haves

Experience installing, testing, repairing, and commissioning telecommunications equipment.
Knowledge of microwave, RF communications, IP networks, VoIP, Wi-Fi, fiber optics, and WAN/FAN/LAN technologies.
Experience with SCADA, telemetry, DWDM, radio repeaters, dispatch consoles, and network equipment.
Proficiency with diagnostic and testing equipment, including spectrum analyzers, OTDRs, multimeters, power meters, and cable testers.
Ability to operate four-wheel-drive vehicles in remote areas and extreme weather conditions.

Responsibilities

Install, assemble, repair, adjust, test, and turn up telecommunications equipment and systems, including wired and wireless devices, microwave, RF communications, IP networks, voice and data communications, VoIP, cameras, Wi-Fi, fiber optics, and WAN/FAN/LAN technologies.
Troubleshoot telecommunications devices and design repairs for portable and mobile radios, radio repeaters, dispatch consoles, electronic and electromechanical equipment, SCADA systems, fiber, DWDM, telemetry, GPS systems, and wired and wireless network equipment.
Use diagnostic software and specialized testing equipment to locate equipment and system problems.
Perform remote or centralized system management using management software, including Telenium, NSP, and Harris.
Install, test, and turn up Carrier Class Digital Microwave and RF Data Link equipment.
Perform end-to-end circuit testing and verification across fiber, microwave, and copper media.
Coordinate and direct third-party vendor support when escalation is required.
Address field design deficiencies and produce redesigns or modifications to proposed designs.
Act as project lead on construction projects of significant design and scope.
Ensure project milestones are met, provide project-status updates, and recommend project-plan modifications as needed.
Represent the assigned unit in projects or initiatives involving other units.
Operate four-wheel-drive vehicles on primitive roads and work in remote locations and extreme weather conditions.