Title:Sr. Telecommunications Engineer
KBR is looking for a
Sr.Telecommunications Engineer to lead the definition of the telecommunications and IT scope, from early conceptual through detail design, for medium, large and world-scale oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical projects.
Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:- Lead the definition of the telecommunications and IT scope, from early conceptual through detail design, for medium, large and world-scale oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical projects.
- Present to and coordinate with customers on telecommunication strategy.
- Develop telecommunication program strategy through all phases of the stage gate process
- Direct critical activities requiring knowledge and expertise in telecommunications, IT, and cyber security
- Direct the efforts of equipment suppliers and third-party design engineering and construction contractors
- Develop conceptual scopes and write specifications and requirements for telecommunications/IT/cyber security projects
- Prepare accurate and complete designs and calculations as required to meet project requirements.
- Conduct field investigations when needed; produce field reports with detailed sketches.
- Coordinate with other disciplines and assist engineers and/or designers to ensure an effective, quality product.
- Keep up to date on new engineering processes, techniques, and standards.
- Provide technical guidance to the design team.
- Engineer multi-vendor solutions that are fault resilient with integrations that span vendor platforms.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 15 years related work experience with a minimum of 10 years of experience in industry.
- Industry experience in oil and gas, refining and petrochemical facilities
- Experience and working knowledge related to the design, configuration, installation, and testing in all or most of the following systems: closed circuit television (CCTV), personnel access control, perimeter intrusion detection, public address/general alarm (PA/GA), wired and wireless network systems, telephony, digital radio, marine, microwave systems.
- Knowledge of cyber security implementation methods.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present, design, plan, and to build relationships with customers
- Experience developing specifications, system design, and component selection
- Experience leading initiatives and managing suppliers
- Knowledge of Instrument calculation computer applications.
- Experience working with other disciplines and understanding their interface requirements.
- Knowledge of NEC, IEC , ISA, & IEEE standards, methods and practices.
- Management of virtualization technology
- Deployment and operation of servers, network devices, and/or storage arrays
- Architect telecom networks and solutions, at multiple hierarchical levels
- Documentation of network configurations, traffic formats and associated theory of operations
- Network equipment and configuring related protocol layers including high-capacity transport (e.g., DWDM), multi-layered traffic (IP, Ethernet/VLAN, MPLS) and edge routing/switching
- Network capture/recording, analysis and replay, including both LAN packets and broadband bitstreams
- Crafting of network traffic (protocol layers and content)
- Implementation and troubleshooting long-haul telecommunication links
Preferred Education & Skills:- Experience computer aided drawing package
- Construction support experience
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