Network Engineer- SATCOM

Crimson Phoenix; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Crimson Phoenix seeks a Network Engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer's WAN/LAN/CAN networks across multiple security domains. The role involves designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and documenting network architectures, and ensuring QA standards and performance metrics are met through coordinated maintenance of WAN/LAN environments.

This position offers growth on complex telecommunications projects across government networks and requires research, risk assessment, and

Qualifications

• Formal training in networking concepts and protocols.
• Experience with complex telecommunication applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Focus will be on Network Engineering
• Coordinate maintenance, monitoring and installation of WAN/LAN environments
• Assist with enterprise network solutions to support business goals
• Troubleshoot and resolve network media and components
• Evaluate and monitor health and performance of the network
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for capabilities and technologies
• Assist with test plans and documentation for upgrades
• Support traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance capacity and reliability
• Recommend changes to address performance and best practices
• Follow customer security processes and government policies
• Represent customer requirements in exchanges with other agencies
• Perform site surveys for new installations and refreshes
• Install, maintain and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment
• Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams

Skills

Network Engineering

WAN

LAN

CAN

Security

Job description

The Opportunity

We have an exciting and challenging opportunity available for a Network Engineer supporting an Intelligence Community customer’s wide-area (WAN), local-area (LAN) and campus-area (CAN) networks across multiple security domains. Experience in complex telecommunications applications involving all phases of telecommunications network design, implementation, and analysis. Performs research, requirements analysis, design, installation, troubleshooting, and support of local- and wide-area network hardware, software and applications. Can install and configure WAN and LAN hardware to include voice, video, and data cable systems. Develops system specifications, architecture designs, integration and test plans, and all relevant documentation. Develops risk management and mitigation strategy. Maintain compliance with QA standards as well as ensuring service performance indicators are met or exceeded.

Responsibilities:

• Focus will be on Network Engineering


• Coordination of system maintenance, monitoring and installation of multiple WAN/LAN environments encompassing multiple specializations, platforms and technologies.


• Assist with research and implementation of enterprise system-wide network solutions/capabilities/enhancements to support customer business/mission goals and objectives.


• Troubleshoot and resolve network media and components.


• Evaluate and monitor health and performance of the network including hardware and management software.


• Develop and maintain a road map for capabilities, operations, and technologies.


• Assist with development and execution of test plans and supporting documentation of all network configuration upgrades, additions or revisions for customer approval before implementation.


• Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure attainment of performance and availability objectives.


• Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.


• Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices


• Follows all Customer network security processes and procedures, ensures compliance with all Government policies.


• Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.


• Perform site surveys to new installations and technology refresh.


• Installs, maintains and troubleshoots satellite communications equipment.


• Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams.