Sr Electrical Network Engineer - 90388600 - Philadelphia

About the position

As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage large-scale voice and data communications systems and networks for Amtrak Engineering and other departments.
• Provide operational support for engineering communications systems and serve as a lead engineer for new communication and data systems installations.
• Installing, configuring, securing, hardening, remediating, testing, troubleshooting, upgrading, and decommissioning of network switches, virtual servers, physical servers, client workstations and network-attached storage equipment.
• 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.
• Review and maintain operational service level agreements, maintenance support issues, warranties, and support contracts for engineering communication and data systems.
• Serve as lead project manager during the installation of new communication and data systems.
• Provide indirect supervision of force account during the installation and periodic maintenance engineering communication systems.
• Interface with Amtrak departments, customers and contractor/vendor team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience in IP network administration.
• Experience working with diverse voice and data communications technologies and protocols.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with eight years relevant experience or twelve years equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with six years relevant experience or ten years equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• 5 years experience in IP network administration.
• Cisco CCNA or higher certification.
• Experience with fiber optic distribution systems.
• Thorough understanding of Microsoft Windows workstation and server operating systems. MS certifications are an asset.
• Demonstrated ability in IP network architecture design.
• Experience with SNMP-based network management servers and software.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision plans
• Health savings accounts
• Wellness programs
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Back-up care
• Adoption assistance
• Surrogacy assistance
• Reimbursement of education expenses
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
• Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits
• Rail pass privileges