Smart City Systems Specialist
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In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself.
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Overview
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities.
Imagine Next!
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself.
Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential.
Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. **Job Description:**
Dubai, UAE
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **Smart City Systems Specialist** to join our team!
In this role you will get **to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering technical designs and integrating smart city systems and digital infrastructure throughout the urban realm.**
Smart City Enablement
- Translate smart city solution requirements into performance and functional specifications.
- Ensure alignment between smart city platforms, applications, and field-level connectivity.
- Identify optimum locations for field sensors, gateways, and edge devices, ensuring reliable network integration.
- Coordinate, review and validate ICT designs to enable Smart City solutions.
- Ensure ICT and communication designs comply with GCC telecom regulatory authorities and national ICT policies.
- Coordinate with licensed telecom operators for connectivity approvals and integration.
- Support regulatory submissions, approvals, and compliance documentation.
Consulting & Stakeholder Management
- Act as a trusted systems advisor to Internal teams and clients
- Support technical workshops, design reviews, and stakeholder alignment sessions.
- Provide clear technical guidance to non-technical decision-makers.
- Coordinate with smart city solution architects, ICT & security designers and telecom operators.
Systems Design And Validation
- Work closely with Other Parsons Disciplines or on-ground field teams during design and implementation planning
- Define connectivity requirements for smart city use cases including IoT sensors, surveillance, mobility, utilities, environment, and public safety.
- Review and assure network designs covering fiber, wireless, and IoT connectivity.
- Ensure designs are scalable, resilient, secure, and future-ready.
- Ensure smooth transition from implementation to operations.
What Required Skills You'Ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering or related engineering field.
- More than 5 years of experience in systems engineering, ICT, communication networks or smart city–related roles.
- Experience supporting smart city, digital infrastructure or IoT-based projects.
- Understanding of ICT concepts, architectures and standards with the ability to collaborate effectively with ICT specialists
What Desired Skills You'Ll Bring
- Specialism in one of more related fields of ICT and communication networks: Fiber optic networks, Wireless networks (LTE/5G, Wi-Fi), IoT connectivity (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, cellular IoT), cybersecurity etc.
- Proven experience working on government or city authority projects within the GCC.
- Understanding of network security, resilience, and availability at a conceptual level.
- Familiarity with GCC telecom regulations and ICT compliance requirements.
- Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
- We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
- Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
- Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices.
- To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Financial Wellness
We care about your financial wellbeing.
Parsons offers competitive pay and retirement plans to help you build wealth for the future while giving you the flexibility to diversify your investments.
Work Life Harmony
Balance in life is important and time away from the office is imperative to allow you to refresh and focus your attention on the things that matter to you.
Parsons supports your time away by providing paid time off and paid flexible holidays.
Career Development
We are committed to fostering the personal and professional growth of our employees.
Develop and advance yourself though our comprehensive training, educational and mentorship programs.
Veteran Support
We provide Industry leading benefits to support veterans and active-duty members to provide security for you and your family by offering robust leave and benefits; including paid active-duty military leave and paid time off when transitioning back to civilian life.
Mind & Body
At Parsons we inspire healthier habits, heathier minds, and a healthier you through our wellness program.
Participate in our weekly Meditation Mondays and Wellness Wednesdays.
Wellness, at Parsons, is more than just your annual checkup.
Health
Health is not a one size fits all.
At Parsons, we offer a robust Employee Assistance Program as well as comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans through large, national carriers with the choice of regional PPO, HDHP, or HMO networks.
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