Smart City Systems Specialist

Parsons Corporation

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

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.