Network Controller (Secret)

Federal Staffing Solutions Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking a Network Controller to support operations at Scott AFB, Illinois. The role involves monitoring and maintaining network integrity, triaging incidents, and ensuring SLA commitments are met in a high-security environment.

Ideal candidates will hold a DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 certification, possess a Secret clearance, and be available for 24/7 operations. You will collaborate with network engineers and government stakeholders to sustain mission-critical

Qualifications

• DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification required.
• Ability to work in a 24/7 operation.
• Experience with alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN/WAN maintenance.
• Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret.
• Knowledge of DISN networking and NOC operations.

Responsibilities

• Create and optimize tickets using Remedy.
• Triages and manages tickets in assigned technology; provide guidance.
• Analyze network-event data to identify patterns and potential faults.
• Perform incident correlation and fault analysis to resolve alarms.
• Notify contacts and coordinate incident responses.
• Troubleshoot fault isolation across network elements; document findings.
• Support customers with global situational awareness.
• Design corrective action plans to remediate faults.
• Engineer restoration and reroute strategies to meet SLA.
• Document reroutes in CMDB and update stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing analytical oversight for mission-critical operations.
• Serve as technical authority on routing and performance.

Skills

IAT Level 2 Certification

Secret clearance

24/7 Operations

Alarm surveillance

Fault management

LAN/WAN maintenance

Performance management

Routers

Switches

CISCO devices

Juniper devices

DWDM/Optical Switching

DSN/DRSN

Video Services

Promina

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Full time | Federal Staffing Solutions Inc. | United States

Job Information

Technology

City Scott Air Force Base

State/Province Illinois

62225

Job Description

We connect our employees with some of the best opportunities around.

Time and again, our employees tell us that the most important thing we offer is respect. Federal Staffing Solutions puts people to work in all types of jobs. When you work with us, you build a relationship with a team of employment professionals in your community who have, in turn, built professional relationships with the businesses that are hiring.

We are looking for a Network Controller to work in Scott AFB, IL supporting our client.

Clearance: Secret

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and optimize tickets utilizing Remedy.
• Independently triages and manages ticket que in respective technology, and provides feedback and guidance for tickets of concern
• Analyze network-event data and element-management telemetry to identify patterns and predict potential faults.
• Incident Correlation and Fault Analysis:Proactively analyze alarms; provide detailed analyses leading to resolution of the alarm conditions, including filtering and correlating fault information; identifying the fault condition and its impacts; isolating root causes; coordinating correction of fault situations regardless of the fault in the infrastructure; Assist in developing and maintaining a centralized, known error database containing defects, failures, causes, and repair actions including workarounds taken to resolve these failures in support of incident and problem resolution.
• Notify necessary points of contacts based on essential or heightened awareness networks, circuits or location of incidents
• Incident Analysis (Fault Isolation): Support the fault isolation process; diagnoses and troubleshoot utilizing procedures to isolate where the fault occurs; identify failed network element(s) i.e. systems, hardware, software, circuits, or facilities; Activities include: testing, fault troubleshooting, fault localization, fault logging and assignment
• Support all customers to include providing global situational awareness support.
• Design and implement corrective-action plans to remediate and prevent recurrence of network element faults.
• Engineer network restoration and service-reroute strategies to maintain SLA compliance.
• Reroute routine circuits within 24 hours of notification; Documenting reroute in the configuration management database (CMDB); Provide updates on outages from technicians and/or government incident tickets until a resolution or path to resolution is identified and documented in ticket
• Provide continuous analytical oversight and engineering support for mission-critical network operations including
• and Tier 1/Tier 2 support
• Provide timely situational awareness to leadership and the impacted community within discovery and ticket creation using approved communication methods as outlined
• works directly with leadership to evaluate and provide feedback for training, standard operating procedures, and tools capabilities.
• Incident Escalation: Fault escalation, customer coordination and communications, and ticket system updates and status reporting utilizing procedures between Tier I and Tier II; Record, assess, track, and monitor incident tickets escalated to operational infrastructure.
• Demonstrated knowledge of training, standard operating procedures, and tools within O&M: Evaluates and provides feedback for training, standard operating procedures, and tools; Assist in monitoring training Network controllers within O&M; assist in training junior-level Network controllers within O&M; Effectively communicates with the O&M team and the customer; Effectively communicates with the O&M team, the customer and outside leadership to obtain or provide information on significant events or changes within the DISN; Provide technical advice and insight to peers, leadership, other NOCs within O&M, and customers.
• Serve as a technical authority, providing analytical guidance on network architecture, routing, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of networking and has a broad understanding of other related specialty areas.
• Provide advanced level technical support of the DISN customer.
• Independently works on projects or assignments for future operations within O&M and impacting the DISN
• Resolve multi-layer complex issues that cross several NOC or domain within O&M
• Demonstrate extensive proficiency in specialized functions within the DISN: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching, etc.
• Demonstrate proficiency of several functions within the DISN: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching, etc.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE, or equivalent) at start date.
• Ability to work in a 24/7 operation.
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN/WAN maintenance, performance management.
• Advanced Knowledge in four or more of the following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching.
• General understanding of network topologies, both transport and IP.
• Currently possess an active Secret security clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Tech control facility or cyber transport experience
• Circuit actions and vendor experience
• Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience.
• Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management, change management.
• Any additional certifications to include: CCNA, CYSA+, CASP, CCNP, JNCIE-ENT, JNCIA-Junos, WCNA, CCIE, F5 Networks Certified Technical Specialist, ITILv4, CCA-N, CCA-V, SolarWinds Certified Professional Program

Equal Opportunity Employer

Federal Staffing Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.