Lead, Network Systems Engineering

Job Title: Lead, Network Systems Engineering

Job Code: 38197

Job Location: Greenville, TX

Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Lead, Systems - Network Engineer (NE) performs technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation, and troubleshooting for total systems and/or subsystems. The Lead NE is part of a team that supports the requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne communication platforms. 

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.


• Assist in the design and development of physical and logical network architectures incorporating voice, video, and data capabilities across multiple security domains.


• Design robust and scalable network solutions to meet business requirements.


• Implement network changes and upgrades according to project plans.


• Maintain networks (both LAN, MAN & WAN) connecting airborne and ground systems via terrestrial and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) circuits.


• Translate the voice of the customer into system-level requirements.


• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, i.e., BGP flapping, .and network instability.


• Monitor network performance and ensure network reliability and availability.


• Perform requirement traceability methods and purposes, to reduce risk and improve project outcomes.


• Assist and/or perform systems engineering trade studies


• Assist in the evaluation of trade studies for accuracy and completeness


• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.


• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system design.


• Review and evaluate diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.


• Develop and execute network test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.


• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical network information to non-technical professionals.


• Collaborate with multiple engineering disciplines to design a cohesive, credible multi-security domain network and integrate the resulting design in a MIL-STD based development environment.


• Prepare and maintain detailed network documentation.


• Generate reports on network performance, issues, and project progress.


• Willingness to travel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience.


• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.


• In lieu of a degree, there is a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.


• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in network (LAN/WAN) design incorporating industry standard security best practices; NIST framework.


• Demonstrated network engineering experience including IP addressing, switching and routing, VLANs, VPNs, video teleconferencing, VoIP telephony, and LANs/WANs.


• Demonstrated knowledge of IP Multicast, Class of Service (CoS), Layer 3 VPNs, and Layer 2 VPNs.


• Demonstrated experience in routing protocols including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, PTP.


• Demonstrated experience with networking hardware interface control documents (ICDs).


• Demonstrated experience in configuring and troubleshooting routing equipment from major vendors (e.g., Cisco, Juniper).


• Demonstrated configuration, integration, and troubleshooting of routers, switches, voice, and video teleconferencing equipment.


• Demonstrated experience developing, authoring, and implementing software and system test plans in a team environment.


• Demonstrated experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead small test teams through an entire build cycle.


• Demonstrated experience with testing, integrating, verifying software and/or hardware.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Secret or TS/SCI strongly preferred.


• Demonstrated understanding of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and best practices.


• Demonstrated experience with open standards/interfaces such as components communicating through non-proprietary, consensus-based standards (e.g., VITA/VPX, SOSA, DDS).


• Demonstrated understanding of tactical data links, including beyond line of sight (BLOS) systems.


• Experience with digital backbone and nodal access units is a big plus.


• Current Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).


• Security +


• Network +


• Juniper Networks Certified Internet Provider – Router and Switching Professional (JNCIP-SP).


• Arista Certified Professional (ACE-P).


• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA).


• Experience with advanced networking such as software defined networking (SDN).


• Certification and Accreditation process and implementation of systems that achieved an Authorization to Operate on government networks.


• DODAF knowledge.

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