Job Description
Put your technical and problem-solving skills to work assessing, troubleshooting and refining installed energy monitoring systems at Navy installations to help optimize performance and reduce government costs while increasing reliability.
As a small business, we provide exceptional opportunities for professional growth, continuous learning, and responsibility over new projects and initiatives. Our organization operates efficiently with ambitious objectives and high expectations, seeking team members who excel in a dynamic and progressive environment. You will have the opportunity to build and maintain strong relationships with global operational technology (OT) clients and customers throughout the enterprise by bringing their systems online.
Role Description: Bowler Pons Solutions Consultants, LLC (Bowler Pons) is looking for a Smart Meter Systems Engineer to join our team supporting our military customer base. The position will include the sustainment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation points made up of a combination of Electro Industries (EI) smart meters (Nexus/Shark) dispersed over the following Navy Regions: Hawaii, Mid-Atlantic, and Naval District Washington (NDW).
This position will be based in either the Norfolk or Washington D.C. metropolitan areas. Travel between the regions listed above will be required for regular sustainment responsibilities. The estimated travel percentage required will be between 75 and 85%.
Job Responsibilities: - Sustain the Navy’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) field installation points
- Interface and coordinate as needed with the Navy’s AMI team to make sure the meters are fully operational and report back to their assigned systems
- Ensure that all existing and new AMI installations adhere to the current Metering Guidelines
- Program, test, and troubleshoot the components of the AMI system to include EI smart meters, wireless radios, Cisco field switches and 2.4/5.8 GHz wireless antennas
- Terminate all necessary cabling to include LMR400 coax and CAT5/6
Typical Daily Activities: - Coordinate with customer to arrange system survey
- Make travel arrangements (routing, hotel, airline) as required
- Perform On-site survey of installed systems, assess system operational status
- Troubleshoot system to determine root causes of any outage discovered
- Assess switch, wireless radio and smart power meter functional status
- Make onsite repairs if possible (equipment configuration, cable replacements, power supply replacement)
- Write assessment report detailing all activities to include findings, repairs, remaining outages and remaining requirements to bring the system to an operational status to include equipment/parts required
Required Qualifications: - U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain/maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance
- Wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi 2.5/5.8Ghz) experience
- Cisco switch familiarity
- Security + Certification
- Experience with wireless systems (e.g., antennas/LMR cable)
- TCP/IP networking familiarity
- Knowledge of basic networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP)
- Knowledge and experience with basic serial protocols (e.g., RS-232, RS-485)
- Ability to collaborate well with team members, take ownership of projects and initiatives, and work effectively with limited supervision in a broad range of customer-oriented environments
Additional Desired Qualifications: - Familiarity with the Navy’s AMI Metering Program
- Experience designing, installing, or troubleshooting various wireless sensor networks
- Electric meter (socket type) programming/replacement
About Bowler Pons: Bowler Pons Solutions Consultants, LLC is a fast-growing Minority-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned 8(a)-certified Small Business based in Annapolis, MD. As a solutions provider, we deliver cutting-edge technology and comprehensive support for our client's toughest challenges in the fields of physical and cyber security, IT and network administration, and systems engineering. As an employer, we pride ourselves on offering best-in-class benefits – including generous tuition reimbursement, paid leave, 401(k), profit sharing, 100% employer-paid group healthcare plan option, and opportunities for mentorship and professional development – in combination with the personal connections of a small business. Find out more at
.
Job Tags
Full time,