Field Telecom Subject Matter Expert (Calgary)

Company Description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.

Job Description

Our Western Canada Team is looking to grow and expand, offering unique opportunities to engage with high-profile clients and drive transformative initiatives across diverse industries. We’re seeking a skilled Field Telecom Subject Matter Expert to help our client optimize their telecommunications infrastructure supporting field operations. This role will encompass a comprehensive assessment of current assets, risks, and opportunities, and drive the development of a resilient, cost-effective future-state telecom model aligned with business and regulatory needs.

Must be local to CALGARY and the surrounding area, as this position involves a hybrid work arrangement with some in-office presence required

Key Responsibilities:

• Inventorying existing field telecom assets, including private fiber, microwave links, satellite, cellular, and carrier-provided systems
• Gathering input from operations, IT/OT, engineering, and field teams to identify pain points, especially related to unplanned outages or service degradations
• Understanding relevant regulatory drivers affecting telecom operations
• Conducting risk assessments for single points of failure, limited coverage, and cyber vulnerabilities
• Benchmarking current systems and costs against industry best practices and peers
• Prioritizing risks by their impact on safety, operations, and compliance, and modeling disruption scenarios (fiber cuts, tower outages, satellite failures) to test system resilience
• Defining a future-state telecom architecture including redundancy models aligned with operational, safety, and regulatory objectives
• Developing a phased roadmap with detailed scope, sequencing, dependencies, resource needs, governance, ownership, and KPIs

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline
• Minimum 10 years of experience in field telecommunications infrastructure, including fiber optics, microwave, satellite, cellular, and carrier systems
• Proven expertise in inventorying, assessing, and optimizing telecom assets supporting field operations
• Strong knowledge of telecommunications risk assessment, including single points of failure, coverage limitations, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities
• Experience conducting stakeholder engagement across operations, IT/OT, engineering, and field teams to identify pain points and operational challenges
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory drivers and compliance requirements affecting field telecom operations
• Skilled in benchmarking telecom systems and costs against industry best practices and peers
• Ability to develop future-state telecom architectures with redundancy and resilience models aligned to operational, safety, and regulatory objectives
• Experience creating phased roadmaps, governance models, KPIs, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration, including supply chain and change management
• Excellent analytical, strategic planning, and communication skills to drive modernization initiatives

Other Skills & Experience:

• Certifications in telecom technologies or project management (e.g., PMP, CCNA, Fiber Optic Certification)
• Strong understanding of operational technology (OT) networking and integration

Additional Information

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing team to serve some of the most exciting and highly respected companies in the world. You will have the opportunity to provide clients with pioneer mind-set thinking, customized solutions, and you will often have the satisfaction of seeing the impact of your work on their business. We are committed to a healthy work-life integration.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary with a clear and structured yearly salary increase and bonuses
• Healthcare that includes dental, vision, life insurance, and RRSP contributions
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving personal development goals through coaching, collaboration, and real-time feedback
• Robust learning and development platform through the Sia Institute, Working Groups and Training
• Reimbursement for continuing education and certifications
• Your team will consist of highly educated, specialised and entrepreneurial consultants within a company which is a successful player in the global consulting market
• Working in an environment which creates opportunities to share knowledge and work together on international projects with colleagues all over the world

DEIB

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are part of Sia’s DNA. Thanks to our expertise in several sectors and our international growth, our teams include a variety of experiences and cultures. We’re confident that promoting DEIB creates an environment in which everyone can reach their full potential.

Our global network, DEIB@Sia, brings together our people worldwide to facilitate local and global progress, focused on the following areas:

• Gender equality (global Gender Equality Index score of 91/100 for FY19-20)
• LGBTQ+
• Race & Ethnicity
• Working Parents
• Disabilities

To learn more about Sia, please visit:

https://www.sia-partners.com/en/join-us

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.

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