Long Haul Network Engineer

SAIC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,001 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Long-Haul Network Engineer to oversee optical circuit design, provisioning, and performance across a large-scale infrastructure. You will collaborate with SETAs to manage cost, schedule, and risk, ensuring timely delivery of circuits and services.

Travel is required to support multiple locations and deployments. Candidates with extensive high-speed telecom experience and TS/SCI clearance will excel in this role, contributing to certification, testing, and operations support across

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in high-speed terrestrial telecom systems.
• Ability to perform requirements analysis and cost estimations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with poly.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, delivery, and recapitalization of large-scale optical circuits.
• Lead cost, schedule, and performance activities for procurement.
• Provide engineering for optical circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Interact with network providers to resolve anomalies.
• Serve as Transport Services site liaison.
• Maintain the CMDB for the transport network.
• Travel as required.

Skills

Optical networks

SONET/Carrier Ethernet

Fiber optics

Requirements analysis

Cost estimation

Vendor evaluation

Network performance

Travel readiness

Clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CMDB

Job description

Description

SAIC has an immediate opening for a Long-Haul Network Engineer with a background in Information Technology (IT) Network Engineering and Project Management to oversee the cost, schedule, and performance activities associated with procurement of Commercial Carrier long-haul circuits. The successful applicant will participate within a team of Systems Engineers and Technical Advisors (SETAs) overseeing the design, delivery, enhancement, and recapitalization of a large-scale, physical layer infrastructure. Ability to travel is a requirement of this position.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Demonstrate a working level knowledge of high-speed, high-capacity optical communications systems and equipment
• Demonstrate a working level knowledge of high-speed switching layer (SONET, Carrier Ethernet) technologies and architectures
• Demonstrate a working level knowledge of installation and integration of fiber optic telecommunications systems
• Demonstrate the ability to perform requirements analysis, schedule reviews, and cost estimations
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct risk assessments and analysis of current and proposed architectures
• Develop circuit specifications, test methodologies, and exercise testing techniques to verify that circuits meet all required specifications
• Provide engineering for optical circuit design, integration, testing, and troubleshooting efforts
• Perform technical evaluation of vendor documentation, including network designs and technical details
• Review daily assessment reports of network health and performance, and provide technical guidance to operations personnel and vendors as necessary to resolve network performance issues
• Independently interact with network and transport services providers to resolve network anomalies and performance issues
• Serve as Transport Services site liaison for various locations
• Update the configuration management database for the customer's transport network
• Successfully work independently, as well as within team dynamics

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Work experience in the areas detailed in the Description of Duties of more than eleven (11) years in lieu of a degree may be considered
• 10-years’ experience with high-speed Terrestrial Telecommunications systems
• PMP certification is a plus, but not required
• ITIL certification is a plus, but not required
• Active Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance with current poly

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2614407

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