Senior NMC Specialist

Avangrid; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Rochester Gas & Elec. Corp., an Avangrid Company, is seeking a Senior NMC Specialist in Rochester, NY.

You will lead the Network Activation and Deployment team, overseeing the deployment schedule, incident response, and coordination with project teams to implement and operate network technologies. The role requires 5+ years of telecom experience or an associates degree, plus at least one industry certification.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant telecom experience or an Associates degree.
• At least 1 industry certification in a telecom related field.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Senior NMC Manager.
• Assist in management and maintaining network and security documentation.
• Supervise the day‑to‑day functions of the assigned team, set schedule, handle staffing requests.
• Oversees activities related to Network Activation and Deployment including second tier support, upgrades, configuration changes, maintenance, lifecycle management, and security.
• Resolves conflicts on the team and with other teams or customers via smooth processes.
• Escalate issues to vendors and Engineering when further assistance is needed.
• Monitor trouble tickets and ensure timely resolution and SLA adherence.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure projects progress on schedule (Circuits, Security, Asset management, NMC projects).
• Responsible for change management and upgrades upgrades communication to production network.
• Receive reporting from projects and KPIs to management.
• Manage critical vendors for network hardware installation to ensure service continuity.
• Install, configure, and turn-up telecom hardware (routers, switches, microwave, wireless devices).
• Drive innovation and modernization of the OSG Telecom Network.

Skills

Telecom experience

Education

Associates degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company

Rochester Gas & Elec. Corp., an Avangrid Company

Department

Operational Smart Grids

Job Title

Senior NMC Specialist

Location

Rochester, NY

Work Model

Office

Salary

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $76,600 to $99,600.

Job Summary

The Senior NMC Specialist is responsible for the Network Activation and Deployment team. The responsibilities include maintaining organizational effectiveness and efficiency by leading the development of strategic plans for implementing and operating network technologies in a proactive manner. Senior NMC Specialist ensures the team maintains the network deployment schedule and promptly responds to escalations for break/fix issues to ensure timely resolution.

Key Responsibilities

• Reports to the Senior NMC Manager
• Assist in management and maintaining network and security documentation through collaborative teams and applications.
• Supervise the day‑to‑day functions of the assigned team, set schedule, handle staffing requests.
• Oversees activities directly related to Network Activation and Deployment which includes, but is not limited to: second tier support, software/firmware upgrades, configuration changes, maintenance, lifecycle management, and security.
• Resolves conflicts on the team, with other teams, and with customer through flow through process.
• Escalate issues to vendors and Engineering when further assistance is needed, or solution is not progressing.
• Monitor trouble tickets and ensure resolution and closure while assuring response time compliance to SLAs and expectations.
• Work with project teams to ensure projects are progressing at an expected pace. This includes Circuits, Security, Asset management and NMC developed projects.
• Responsible for change management and the socialization of upgrades and patch updates to the production network.
• Receive reporting from various projects as well as metric based KPIs and SLAs to be reported to upper management.
• Manage critical vendors for network hardware and equipment installation to ensure partnership and service continuity
• Responsible for the installation, configuration, and turn-up of telecom related hardware - including routers, ethernet switches, microwave and other wireless related devices.
• Drive innovation and modernization the OSG Telecom Network including hardware and protocols.
• Work Monday to Friday office hours, with availability overtime.
• Provides training and guidance to the Specialists team.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in telecom environment or Associates degree
• At least 1 Industry Certification in a telecom related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement
• Initiative & Change
• Focused on Results
• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Company

ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP

Mobility Information

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date

November-20-2026