OT Network Engineer - Grant

City of Lake Worth Beach•Lake Worth, FL

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Lake Worth Beach invites qualified individuals to apply for the position of Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer. This is a Full Time, Non-Bargaining, Exempt position. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office has selected the City of Lake Worth Beach for investment via the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program to enhance grid flexibility, install more than 60 reclosers and other sectionalizing devices to autonomously rebalance the electrical system, integrate battery energy storage (BES) for community solar, new fiber optics connections, install advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and deploy a meter data management (MDM) system. Positions covered under this GRIP Grant will expire / terminate in accordance with the grant’s timeline: this position will expire on the same date that the grant expires. The regular work schedule for these positions is Monday through Friday. All positions are in-person and / or on-site. All candidates must be United States citizens.

Requirements

Must have been employed in the Network Engineer field for the past one to two years performing the duties outlined in this job description.
Valid Florida driver’s license, with vehicle available to get to other City locations.
Knowledge of Microsoft Server products.
Knowledge of networking, routing, and switching protocols and proper network design infrastructure.
Excellent working knowledge Windows network environments, including but not limited to: Windows Server OS and applications, Anti-Virus programs, TCP/IP connectivity, Internet, and MS Office Suite.
Skill in the installation, repair, and maintenance of information technology systems.
Skill in planning, organization, and decision making.
Able to produce written documents in the English language with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
Able to act independently and logically to implement policies of supervisor.
Able to comprehend and make inferences from written material.
Able to learn job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation. This learning takes place mainly in an on-the-job training setting.
Able to effectively manage multiple tasks at once.
Must be United States citizens.
Employees in this position will be required to complete the FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) Certification Levels 100, 200, 700 and 800 within the first six months of employment.

Nice To Haves

Strong analytical and critical thinking, with the ability to identify opportunities that can improve efficiency.
A clear understanding of client/server technology and network architecture.
Good communication skills, including writing, speaking and active listening.
Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities.
Certain positions may be required to attain additional ICS training as needed.

Responsibilities

Administer, maintain and improve all critical infrastructure industrial control systems supporting the City’s electric utility.
Installation, configuration and compliance of SCADA, Human Machine Interface, network switches, routers, firewalls, virtualized servers, security and applications.
Managing and maintaining operational technologies including SCADA systems, VMware, Windows server, switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless radio systems.
Document existing architectures, and update documentation as the modifications are made.
Manage backups, replication and a disaster recovery plan.
Implementing and maintaining best practices including compliance with government regulations.
Work collaboratively with other members of the City of Lake Worth Beach staff, technology providers and contractors.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team depending on the assignment or situation.
Take a leadership role with the data networks.
Planning, installing, and maintaining physical and logical network and network infrastructure devices such as routers, switches, backup systems, security appliances, network security, server hardware, server operating systems, networked applications, and physical connectivity.
Manage and maintains network operations and associated equipment; remote access systems, cabling, VPN clients, Windows-based operating systems, and other networked and/or stand-alone applications.
Perform advanced server operations on Windows server platforms.
Responsible for backup, restore, and data/server replication and patching.
Keep current on updates and informs management and department members as changes may affect data and voice network operations.