Principal Systems Engineer #628

US SENATE; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Senate seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead enterprise IT/telecom initiatives. The role emphasizes long-range strategic planning, advanced technical support, and project management across hardware, software, storage, and networking systems.

Candidates should demonstrate expertise with Cisco contact centers, IPT solutions, SIP, and Windows Server environments. Expect on-site work with on-call rotations and readiness for security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Contributes long-range strategic planning for IT/telecom for the Senate.
• Provides expert-level technical support on hardware, software, storage, and networking systems; resolves complex performance problems.
• Serves as project manager on assigned projects with plans, timetables, and staff assignments.
• Customizes, tests, and configures operating and network systems; evaluates performance; recommends third-party software.

Responsibilities

• Participates in on-site and on-call rotation.
• Support essential Senate services; be available during lapse in appropriations, inclement weather, and holidays.

Skills

Skills assessment

Strategic planning

Technical support

Project management

Systems configuration

Education

GED

Associates

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Tools

Cisco CUCM

Cisco Unity Connection

UCCE

Voice Gateways

SIP protocol

Job description

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer. This vacancy announcement closes at 11:59pm EST on the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted.

Other Duties/ Responsibilities

• Participates in on-site and on-call rotation.

Required Work Experience

• Eight to ten years of relevant work experience(GED), six to eight years (Associates), four to six years(Bachelor’s), two to four years (Master’s).

Required Special Skills/ Knowledge

• As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role.
• Provides long-range strategic planning activities for the Senate in the areas of information technology or telecommunications hardware, software, storage solutions, and networking systems; monitors the impact of technological developments; identifies emerging technologies.
• Provides expert-level technical support on Senate hardware, software, storage solutions, and network systems to vendors, other technical staff, and other divisions and departments; resolves critical and complex systems, applications, storage or communications performance problems.
• Serves as project manager on assigned projects; plans, assigns, directs and coordinates work efforts; develops project plans, timetables and staff assignments.
• Customizes, tests, recommends and configures operating and network systems and software platforms; monitors, evaluates and resolves hardware/software configuration system performance problems; recommends third party software on other operating systems.

Desired Qualifications

• Expert-level experience managing enterprise Cisco contact centers and telephony applications.
• Expert-level implementation and support of complex Cisco IPT solutions with CUCM, Cisco Unity Connection, UCCE, and Voice Gateways using SIP protocol.
• Extensive knowledge and troubleshooting ability of the SIP Protocol. Applicants should be confident in their ability to design and configure technologies using the SIP Protocol, as well as troubleshoot SIP logs regardless of the application.
• Integration experience for third-party call recording applications.
• Strong knowledge and experience managing and maintaining Windows Servers.
• Call Center and Contact Center knowledge and experience.

Working Conditions

• The U.S. Senate network cannot be taken offline for maintenance during the workday, or while theSenate is in session. As such, maintenance windows may only occur at night, on weekends, and occasionally on holidays. Employees who perform systems upgrades, maintenance, wiring, backups, support our alternate data centers will have schedules that include working nights, weekends, and holidays.
• This position directly supports essential services of the U.S. Senate. As such, this position requires the employee be available and prepared to work during a lapse in appropriations, in inclement weather, on holidays, weekends, and during late nights to ensure essential services to the Senate continue without interruption. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted.

Security Clearance

• This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance.