Senior Specialist: Digital Infrastructure

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: Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Specialist – Digital Infrastructure to join our team! In this role you will support planning, design and delivery of city-wide fixed fiber, mobile, data center, MMR/POP, telecom room, smart city, ICT/ELV and network infrastructure. What You'll Be Doing Review fiber backbone, distribution and access designs, including routes, ducts, sub-ducts, splicing, ODFs, fiber counts, diversity and spare capacity. Support network architecture inputs covering IP/MPLS, DWDM/ROADM, GPON/XGS-PON, Ethernet, LAN/WAN, wireless, edge, cloud and operator interconnectivity. Review OSP/ISP designs including duct banks, manholes, cable routes, containment, risers, telecom rooms, structured cabling and building entry points. Support MMR, POP, MDC and data center connectivity planning, including racks, cross-connects, demarcation, resilience and operator access. Coordinate with MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, DC operators, consultants, EPC contractors and utilities on network rollout, access and operational interfaces. Review drawings, reports, shop drawings, RFIs, submittals, method statements, specifications and vendor proposals for digital infrastructure and networks. Support mobile network planning including tower siting, small cells, DAS, RF coverage, backhaul, EMF compliance and fixed-network integration. Support capacity planning and demand modelling for bandwidth, user growth, smart city use cases, DC demand, redundancy and future expansion. Maintain interface registers, issue logs, risk trackers, compliance matrices, design comment trackers and action logs Coordinate interfaces between ICT, civil, roads, power, utilities, security, smart systems, MEP, architecture and construction teams. Review compliance with CST, SBC, MOMRAH, TIA, BICSI, ISO 27001, Uptime, LEED, cybersecurity, resilience and O&M requirements. Provide operational readiness inputs covering O&M access, maintainability, spares, monitoring, NOC/SOC interfaces, asset data, as-builts and digital twin readiness. Prepare technical inputs for reports, dashboards, presentations, governance forums, workshops and stakeholder meetings. Identify design gaps, risks, clashes, capacity shortfalls and operational constraints, and propose mitigation actions for escalation. Support knowledge transfer between planning, design, engineering, construction and operations teams, ensuring decisions are documented and traceable. What Required Skills You'll Bring Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Digital Infrastructure or a related discipline. 8+ years’ experience in ICT, telecoms, digital infrastructure, smart city, data center, ELV/security, utilities or major infrastructure projects. Strong technical knowledge of digital infrastructure systems, including fiber networks, ducting, MMRs/POPs, telecom rooms, mobile infrastructure, data centers, smart systems, cybersecurity and operational interfaces. Good experience in design/planning review and multidisciplinary coordination, including consultants, contractors, utilities, authorities, MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, DC operators and internal project teams. Strong documentation, reporting and technical coordination capability, including design comments, compliance checks, issue logs, interface registers, risk tracking, progress reporting, testing support, handover inputs and operational readiness coordination. 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/. Founded in 1944, Parsons Corporation, a digitally enabled solutions provider, is focused on creating the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. From Earth to outer space, we deliver tomorrow’s solutions today. Equipped with the capabilities required to take on any defense, intelligence, or critical infrastructure challenge, our agile, innovative, and disruptive approach enables us to deliver solutions at the speed of relevance. Our people are our greatest asset. We strive to be an employer of choice that engages employees in the community and creates rewarding career paths to cultivate a resilient workforce that is ready for the future. For more about Parsons, visit parsons.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.