Senior Communications Engineer

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. 

Team Description: 

The Network Facilities Architecture and Design team (NFAD) is responsible for the cabling systems that link the various Walt Disney Company businesses together.  The Communications Engineer position designs and implements physical infrastructure services that support global network services. 
 
This key technology position works closely with Real Estate and Disney Segments as well as the various network services teams to contribute to design, technology selection, and deployment of solutions for small to medium size projects that meet business requirements.  Responsibilities include collecting requirements, identifying technologies / vendors, network facilities design, prioritizing activities, implementation, vendor oversight and transitioning solutions to Operations. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Acts as single point of contact to Real Estate Design & Delivery organization for small to medium size construction projects.  Develops ROM costs for design and delivery of a complete turn-key network infrastructure for a defined project.  Determines equipment, materials and labor costs for each project and manages project expenses to estimates. 

• Develops office building physical layer design documents and BOMs.  Performs site audits and assessments needed to develop design documents and plans.  Produces Telecom Room layouts, rack elevation plans, optical riser backbone drawings, labeling schemes, detailed materials BOMs, Division 27 documents, cutover plans, runlists and any other documents required to define project design. 

• Designs horizontal cabling systems & supporting components, optical riser backbone systems, OSP optical campus backbones & pathways, cable pathways, cable tray conveyance systems, conduits, pull-boxes, outlets, workstation feeds-devices, floor termination devices, etc.  Programs and designs Telecom Rooms including overall room layouts, power, HVAC, grounding, racks, runways, HCM, VCM, etc. 

• Manage new copper and fiber cable pulls.  Update CAD drawings, Patch Manager, and Layer 1 documentation. 

• Engages and collaborates with the Network Engineering and Wireless teams in defining required equipment and related costs.  Develops switch port requirements based on floor / occupancy plans, specifies UPS needed to support network equipment, reviews WIFI AP plans and proposes adjustments to coordinate with ceiling design, programs pathways to support final AP plans, specifies AP mounting brackets-kits for various ceiling types & mounting scenarios. 

• Coordinates with the Architect as a member of the design team to ensure Construction Documents (CDs) accurately reflect the required physical layer design.  Reviews floor plans and provides mark-ups to Architect to incorporate into CDs for General and MEP contractor scope. 

• Collaborates with Strategic Sourcing to obtain competitive bids for implementation of the physical layer design.  Identifies bidders, definines bid milestones, attends bid conferences, presents design to bidders, responds to RFIs, evaluates bid responses, conducts post bid interviews, contractor selection. 

• Provides Construction Administation for each project.  Conducts frequent site walks and onsite reviews.  Participates in weekly OAC meetings.  Reviews applicable submittals, responds to RFIs, coordinates closly with General, Electrical and Cabling Contractors to ensure project implementation is consistent with design.  Attends site meetings to evaluate and recommend solution when field conditions dictate deviation from proposed design.  Coordinate Service Provider / Carrier builds into new and existing facilites. 

• Provides schedule milestones with estimated completion times to General Contractors to incorporate into overall construction project schedule.  Tracks timelines and financial forecasts against stated objectives, ensures proper transition to operations and completion of close-out as-built floor plans-documentation & test reports. 

• Supports Business Unit requests for cabling MAC and small projects. 

• Provides operational support for 7 Hudson and Bristol Connecticut Technology Rooms.  Coordinate equipment installations and connectivity to ensure proper installation.  Specify rack mount locations for equipment, extend Carrier circuits, coordinate cabling and power adds, coordinate Service Provider/Carrier builds. 

• Implement NFAD projects.  Telecom Room remodels & clean ups, Campus fiber-optic capacity adds, building horizontal cable and optical backbone upgrades, etc. 

• Researches technologies and products and meets with vendor, addresses technical issues/deficiencies and influence new products and services to meet growing and changing requirements. 

• Contribute to NFAD group including researching and recommending new technologies, developing formats for designs and scope-of-work documents, updated/creating strategy & standards documents. 

• Demonstrate technical acumen, business acumen, strong communication skills and professional maturity in representing the department in business discussions. 

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Minimum of 5+ years of direct experience in building construction, electrical, and communications infrastructure design & implementation. 

• Knowledge of EIA/TIA standards and building codes. 

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• Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize multiple small to medium size projects of various complexity with successful and timely completion. 

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• Excellent communication and relationship skills, with emphasis in the ability to articulate technical topics to both technical and non-technical staff; ability to articulate business issues/concerns with staff, peers, manager, and outside parties. 

• MS Office, Bluebeam and AutoCAD proficiency 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Optical network design and planning experience. 

• BISCI certified RCDD or Professional Engineer 

• PMP – Project Management Professional 

• PE - Professional Engineer license 

• Regional AHJ experience 

• Cisco Certified 

• Automation training 

• TOGAF training 

• Six Sigma Lean certified 

Required Education: 

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Electrical Engineering or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience 

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