FUSA_Senior Engineer - Tower

FREQUENTIS Deutschland GmbH; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

Competitive 401(k) Plan with company匹 

Life Insurance & AD&D

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Generous holidays including Dec 25–Jan

PTO and sick leave

Team-building activities

Bonus Plan

Job summary

Frequentis USA, Inc. in Maryland seeks an experienced security-focused systems engineer to configure and commission IT and network components in safety-critical settings.

You will own engineering deliverables, ensure compliance, and collaborate with FAA to document requirements. You will also create sighting documents for airport cameras, perform acceptance tests, and bring a safety mindset to the project team.

Qualifications

• Video technologies and protocols experience.
• Proficient with RHEL and Windows operating systems.
• Strong networking knowledge (Layer2/Layer3, UDP/TCP/Multicast).
• Experience with security tooling (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE).
• Familiar with ELK/OpenSearch and Splunk for log aggregation.
• Knowledge of Wireshark and network analysis.
• Docker container experience.
• Systems monitoring with Zabbix/SNMP.
• DBs (PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB) knowledge.
• Scripting in Bash/PowerShell/Perl/Python.

Responsibilities

• Configure and commission IT/network components in security-critical environments.
• Own engineering deliverables, ensuring design compliance and quality.
• Create sighting documents from LOS calculations for airport cameras.
• Collaborate with FAA and stakeholders to capture requirements.
• Ensure requirements are defined, documented, and agreed.
• Coordinate with internal/external suppliers across the Frequentis Group.
• Conduct acceptance tests with customers and project teams.
• Serve as safety engineer, driving safety mindset in projects.
• Investigate and apply innovative technologies to improve outcomes.

Skills

Video technologies

RHEL

Windows OS

Network protocols

Scripting

FAA/clearance awareness

Tools

Docker

ELK/OpenSearch

Splunk

Wireshark

Zabbix

SNMP

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

RHCSA

Job description

Maryland, Columbia FREQUENTIS USA, Inc. From now on Full time

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

• Configure and commission commercially available IT and network components in a security-critical environment.
• Take ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance and quality (design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, …).
• Create sighting documents based on line-of-sight calculations for different camera positions at the airport
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including FAA, to gather and document requirements.
• Ensure all requirements are clearly defined, documented, and agreed upon by all relevant parties.
• Collaborate and coordinate with internal and external suppliers, e.g., from the areas of documentation, test department, and software/product development across the Frequentis Group.
• Conduct acceptance tests with the customers, the project team, and other important stakeholders.
• You will be the safety engineer in a projects, responsible for requirements, analysis, and deliverables and bring the safety mindset to the project team.
• Bring a learning mindset, investigate, and apply innovative technologies or methodologies to improve project outcomes, efficiency, or sustainability.
• Adhere to industry standards, regulations, and best practices.

Key Qualifications

• Video technologies and protocols.
• Proficient in RHEL operating system. Knowledgeable in Windows operating system.
• Comprehensive experience with networks (Layer2 + Layer3) and ideally protocol knowledge (UDP, TCP, Multicast)
• System security management and intrusion detection tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE)
• Log aggregation and reporting (ELK/Opensearch, Splunk)
• Network analysis tools (Wireshark)
• Containers (Docker)
• System monitoring tools (Zabbix, SNMP)
• Data replication and storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN)
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python).
• Certifications such as Red Hat Certified System Administrator etc. are an advantage.
• Candidates should meet the requirements for a Public Trust Clearance FAA Suitability determination.

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work-life-balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long-term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know-how of our employees stable.

Benefits

We are committed to supporting our mission through the following employee benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Employee Life Insurance & AD&D
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous holidays, including a full week off from December 25 to January 1
• PTO that scales with tenure and sick leave
• Company-sponsored team-building activities to boost morale and productivity.
• Bonus Plan

"Frequentis stands for safe, open & family-friendly corporate culture, we hire for personality & train skills. People & their values matter to us. That's why I'm not only interested in your skills, but also in your personal passion and commitment."

At Frequentis we don't just create innovations, we create a kind of wonder to make the world a safer place.