Network Architect –

At Orange County Government, we are proud to serve the public with integrity, honesty, fairness, and professionalism. We develop innovative policies and services that impact Central Florida and shape the future of our community.

We are currently seeking dynamic and well-qualified candidate for a Network Architect role in the ISS Division. This is a professional technical position that performs planning and design of voice, data, and/or trunked radio network communications for all County departments and Elected Officials. A person in this classification establishes standards and methods for voice, data, and/or trunked radio network communications, defines the strategic direction for electronic communications, microwave systems, and provides consulting services to all County departments, Elected Officials and State agencies.

Work is performed with independence under the general supervision of the Enterprise IT Supervisor. Performance is reviewed through observations, conferences, reports and achievement of desired results.

• Develops network requirements from customer needs, defines functional and technical specifications and architects a suitable network infrastructure design. Obtains quotes for the procurement of these networks.

• Performs project management for networks planned and under construction. Acquires hardware and software to support the network requirements.

• Provides second tier support for problem resolution and interfaces with vendors, telephone companies and County departments, Elected Officials and State agencies.

• Analyses network performance and performs capacity planning to engineer the appropriate type and size circuits, bi-directional amplifier and distributed antennas systems.

• Researches, tests and evaluates cost benefits of emerging technologies to determine applicability to government requirements.

• May provide support in Radio Frequency (RF), multiple radio management systems, RF test equipment, antenna concepts, FCC licensing, radio dispatch consoles, repeater systems, transmission lines, and bulkheads.

• Develops and delivers technical training and seminars on network technologies used by the County.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other closely related field and four years experience supporting converged voice and data networks and/or trunked simulcast radio systems with multiple locations.

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Associate’s Degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other closely related field and six years experience supporting converged voice and data networks and/or trunked simulcast radio systems with multiple locations.

Ability to program and support voice and data networks, microwave systems and/or trunked radio systems and software.

• Seeking an individual as a Senior Telecom Engineer/Architect who supports our in-house phone system connected to 15,000 phones in 300 buildings throughout Orange County. We have a mixture of H.323, SIP, Digital, Analog, and 4 core PBXs.

• Knowledge and experience with maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading Avaya physical servers, G450 and G650 Gateways.

• Experience supporting Avaya products such as Avaya Communication Manager 8.x, Avaya Session Manager, System Manager, Session Border Controllers, Aura Messaging, Avaya CMS, One-X, Avaya Aura Conferencing, Contact Recorder, AADS, and Application Enablement Services (AES), VMware.

• Knowledge of tools such as traceSM and Wireshark.

• Experience with SIP Trunking.

• Position will act as an escalation point for Telecom Coordinators, who handle day-to-day communications service requests, moves, adds, changes, and handset installations.

Orange County Employment and Benefits Information:

All applicants selected for hire with Orange County Government must successfully complete a Criminal and Background check.

Posting Date: 1/13/2023

Closing Date: 1/27/2023 (Posting is subject to close without notice)

$77,168.00 – $97,905.60 Annually

If you are claiming Veterans’ Preference, you are responsible for providing the required eligibility documentation by the close date of the posting. Please submit a cover letter and copies of documents, not originals, to Orange County Human Resources Division, PO Box 1393, Orlando, FL 32801-1393 or fax to (407) 836-0098 (only Veterans’ Preference documentation will be accepted by fax). Your cover letter should include the position posting number you are applying for, the title of the position and the last 4 digits of your social security number.

If your education was obtained in the United States, the County recognizes degrees or diplomas which are accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). If you have obtained education from a country other than the United States, your degree or diploma must be evaluated to determine the United States equivalency by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Service (NACES) or the Association of International Credentials Evaluations (AICE) at your expense. #LI-OC1 #INDHP