Communications systems engineer vs network planner

Differences between communications systems engineer and network planner duties and responsibilities

Communications systems engineer example responsibilities.

• Manage the day-to-day operation of a large-scale military airfield RF communications-electronics planning, integration and maintenance facility.
• Develop and integrate software that drives flight control system hardware and achieves product requirements for an international avionics customer base.
• Lead person in evaluating, researching, and testing of LAN communications Software/Hardware.
• Design premise wiring to support both voice and data during new facilities installations and LAN upgrades.
• Conduct documentation, PBX cutover vendor coordination and initial site turnover and signoff of (UAT) user acceptance testing.
• Perform communications interference analyses involving various customer spacecraft and NASA assets, including characterization of communications degradation due to co-channel interferers.
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Network planner example responsibilities.

• Manage Ethernet LANs in high profile company buildings.
• Manage and analyze traffic backhaul for Ethernet and SONET circuits in between central offices.
• Develop and manage the plan for new technology deployment that convert network backbone to IP.
• Manage projects responsible for the customer turn ups of domestic and international customers on all BSLD switches in the network.
• Coordinate marketing brainstorming meetings, prepare minutes, manage project follow-up, and create summary PowerPoint presentations.
• Create and maintain broadband network trunk diagrams as switches and trunks are add and remove from the network.
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