Senior Radio Systems Analyst

The City of Santa Maria is accepting applications for Senior Radio Systems Analyst. Under general supervision of assigned supervisor, the Senior Systems Analyst helps plan, direct, manage, and coordinate the City's Information Technology Division's efforts to meet the technological needs of the City and identified partners. This position supervises other technical support staff; and may work irregular shifts.

The City of Santa Maria is a full-service city with a City Council/City Manager form of government, over 700 employees, an annual budget of approximately $367 million, and serves approximately 113,041 constituents. Santa Maria is located on the beautiful central coast of California and covers over 23 square miles. The City harmoniously balances maintaining coastal and agricultural lands while promoting business.

The City of Santa Maria has been recognized nationally as an All-America City by the National Civic League and offers community festivals, reasonably priced housing, and quality schools. Santa Maria is in proximity to a local airport, beaches, cultural arts, institutions of higher education, and wineries.

The Information Technology Division provides comprehensive technology services to all City departments which include defining technology needs; assisting operating departments in planning, prioritizing, and managing the installation of new systems and applications, and; establishing long-range plans, policies, and standards for acquiring, maintaining, and achieving information technology resources.

Our ideal candidate will possess a strong technical and analytical background with experience in a broad range of digital and analog radio systems infrastructures. Radio communications for the City of Santa Maria consists of a two-site simulcast Motorola P25 Astro-trunked M-core, TDMA digital radio system on the 7/800MHz band. In addition, 3 more radio sites of conventional repeaters; 4 digital-UHF for PD backup, 4 Fire analog-VHF and other city departments standalone repeaters.

The city supports 1000 APX radio subscribers, including the City of Guadalupe and Alan Hancock College Police. Radios supported are the Motorola (portables); APX
4000, APX
7000, APX
7000XE, APX
8000, APX
8000XE, APX-NEXT, (mobiles); APX
4500, APX
7500, APX
8500LP, APX
8500HP and Bendix King. The Radio Team also supports an LTE-connect system called Wave that allows city departments to communicate on P25 channels from their smart phones anywhere there’s cell service.

The Senior Radio Analyst, under the direction of the Public Safety IT Manager, will oversee and perform highly skilled work involving the design, installation, maintenance, and repair of various complex RF Communications systems equipment and applications. This advanced journey-level position will ensure ongoing planning with city leadership to evaluate and optimize radio communications and infrastructure.

The Senior Radio Analyst position is a middle-management role that provides technical support, supervision, and mentoring. Their role enables City of Santa Maria employees "to provide the highest quality of service in the most efficient, cost-effective, and courteous manner possible" by means of a reliable radio system.

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In addition to the broad duties and responsibilities of the Senior System Analyst classification, the Senior Radio System Analyst shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Lead and participate in the design, installation and maintenance of various communications equipment including two-way radios, repeater equipment, simulcast equipment, licensed and unlicensed microwave links, support Access Control systems, CCTV systems, and all other city-related electronic equipment.
• Supports the 7/800MHz radio system and its components, including network and server equipment, security patching, and leveraging Motorola support when needed to troubleshoot and remedy issues.
• Support City Fire Department for annual communication plan revisions of statewide mutual aid changes on all fire radios. Identify, isolate, and correct intermittent issues reported. Maintain Locution automated station alerting equipment and Locution dispatch console.
• Use of Anritsu and RF site communications test equipment for testing and aligning radios and radio system components. Perform annual preventive maintenance on all RF sites to meet operational compliance with FCC regulations as well as make…