Network Engineer

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: ¿ Serve as lead project manager during the installation of new communication and data systems. ¿ Interface with Amtrak departments, customers, and contractor/vendor team members. ¿ Provide operational support for engineering communications systems and serve as a lead engineer for new communication and data systems installations. Verify all work on related systems fully match the corporate standards and system requirements. ¿ Provide system design and configuration requirements that are within the Engineering Standards for all communication systems and engineering supported IP networks. ¿ Ensures network designs and configuration files, databases, software, etc. are current and properly maintained. ¿ Review and maintain operational service level agreements, maintenance support issues, warranties, and support contracts for engineering communication and data systems. ¿ Must be capable of developing solutions to individual network design problems, providing direction to network design staff, and reviewing staff and consultant developed network designs. ¿ Develops and reviews test plans and procedures for all necessary testing, provides support for network system installation and modifications to ensure that systems are properly tested before being placed into service and any field changes are documented in as in service documentation. ¿ Provide indirect supervision of force account during the installation and periodic maintenance engineering communication systems. ¿ Serve as a member of the Engineering Department¿s Systems Stakeholder/Steering Committees responsible to define the department¿s management information and decision support system goals and objectives. ¿ Assist in the development of the C&S department¿s annual capital and maintenance programs. ¿ Assist in ensuring all network assets are inventoried in Amtrak¿s asset management program