Smart City Systems Specialist

Overview

Dubai, UAE

Smart City Systems Specialist

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.
• 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/.