IT Product Specialist, Expert

Requisition ID# 167634

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Ramon; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakland; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively to deliver high quality technology solutions. Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively to deliver high quality technology solutions. This team is a 24x7 third tier Support group that works between IT, third party entities and the transmission and distribution substation departments.

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to develop a comprehensive standard criterion and provide expert level guidance for the successful implementation of FAN (Field Area Network) along with 220Mhz Narrowband radio system. This consists of field design, field deployment, and testing of field devices utilizing test RTU's and applicable testing software. Strong troubleshooting and testing skills will be required.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location.The decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Bay Area: $132,000 - 196,900

OR

California: $125,000 - 187,000

Job Responsibilities

• Works closely with other IT and Business groups and third-party vendors to ensure systems are deployed and maintained in an efficient manner. Communicates all issues, changes, outages, maintenance, etc. in accordance with established policies and procedures. Provides support in analyzing, diagnosing problems from statistical data and reports. Reports out on various leadership updates.
• Utilize appropriate RF tools (Spectrum Analyzer, etc.) and approved RF software to conduct RF interference mitigation along with detecting and mitigating noise floor interference. Be able to work with all antenna technologies to build out successful signal propagation.
• Create and oversee training class curriculum, via field and classroom training. This position will support the needs of the OTS supervisor and other OTS specialist in their daily roles with procedures documentation and standards. This position will include 24x7 call-out support, and occasional system-wide travel to support installation, O&M work, and systems acceptance. All employees are responsible for performing their jobs in accordance with PG&E's vision and values.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience in IT-Information Technology products, operational processes or utility industry, 8 years

Desired:

• Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Job-related technical experience, 10 years
• Utility industry experience, regulated
• CCNA-Cisco Certified Network Associate certification