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R00048324
Professional and Technical
SER-DIS-Infrastructure-Networks
Main Campus Jackson
Telecom Design Engineer __ Division of Information Systems
The Telecom Design Engineer is responsible for design engineering, planning, and execution of telecommunications and data center network projects in support of UMMC’s enterprise environment. This role supports UMMC hospitals and remote clinics throughout the state and ensures network cabling and fiber infrastructure, standards, protocols, and systems are designed and implemented to meet performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
Education and Experience Required:
Degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) and three (3) years work experience in communications systems, data center networking design and implementation, cabling/fiber, project management or information technology infrastructure.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) must obtain post-hire within twelve (12) months.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of telecommunications, telephone and fiber standards and best practices. Repair and troubleshooting skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Customer service skills. Ability to resolve complex telecommunication problems or escalate as necessary. Ability to design, test, maintain, monitor, document/map campus fiber and troubleshoot end user telecommunications hardware, telephony devices, voice/data hardware products. Ability to distinguish colors. Ability to perform preventative maintenance. Ability to maintain inventories and documentation. Ability to determine the methodology for installing telecommunications equipment, splice and terminate fiber. Ability to train and mentor subordinate personnel. Experience with patch manager software, termination and troubleshooting of fiber optics, experience with fluke devices including certifiber pro, OTDRS, experience with fiber fusion splicer.
Responsibilities:
Physical and Environmental Demands:
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Full time
Yes
Salary
100
Day
No
02/9/2026
