About the position
Do you have an engineering background in network design? Do you thrive in collaboration and solving problems? We are seeking a dedicated and driven individual to join our Telecommunications Engineering Team! LCRA manages a substantial private Wide Area Network (WAN) in Texas, crucial for its ongoing business activities and meeting customer needs. Through initiatives like powering Texas, managing the Colorado River, and expanding Broadband Internet access in rural areas, LCRA plays a pivotal role in the region. This role involves shaping network routing, designing network architecture, creating upgrade plans, and impacting the technological trajectory of LCRA's communication infrastructure. Join us in shaping the future of telecommunications at LCRA!
Responsibilities
- Propose and design moderately complex to complex Layer 2 and 3 network systems that carry critical data including topology diagrams and detailed configuration scripts for implementation.
- Work independently as lead on capital projects and acts as a project consultant and specialist.
- Maintain a strategic outlook and product road map for industry trends, technology changes, developments, and obsolescence within the LCRA Telecom Network.
- Identify actual or potential problems, investigates, analyzes, and develops corrective actions to be taken, and drafts mitigation strategies, including proposing capital projects to correct.
- Act as a resource and training asset for those less skilled in IP protocols and technologies.
- Maintain thorough knowledge of engineering principles, LCRA procedures, equipment, and systems.
Requirements
- Nine or more years of experience in designing and/or operating networks or relevant experience.
- A degree(s) in information technology, computer science or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science and/or Information Technology or relevant field.
- Experience with LAN, WAN, and WLAN design and implementation.
- Experience with TCP/IP technologies such as MPLS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, SD-WAN, VPLS and VPRN.
- Experience in Layer 2 and Layer 3 network systems.
- Experience with Juniper, Cisco, Nokia and other vendors.
- Ability to take complex technical concepts and present them to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- Competitive salary & medical, dental, vision and legal insurance.
- Paid time off, including time for vacation, sick and family care leave.
- 401(k) match up to 8% that includes a student loan 401(k) contribution program option.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Wellness program including wellness incentive.
- Extensive learning & development programs.
