Senior Field Network & Systems Integration Engineer

VSE Aviation; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

VSE Aviation seeks a Sr. Integration Engineer, Network & Systems, to lead the infrastructure integration of acquired companies into the VSE enterprise environment.

This field-based role travels up to 75% domestically and internationally to coordinate site readiness, deployment, and post-implementation support. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in network and systems engineering, hands-on experience with enterprise networking, servers, and virtualization, and strong collaboration skills with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in network and systems engineering, including designing, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise IP networks.
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise switching, routing, VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, wireless networking, Windows Server, and virtualization technologies.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure deployments involving telecommunications carriers, structured cabling vendors, electrical contractors, and other third-party providers.
• Working knowledge of MDF/IDF infrastructure, copper and fiber cabling, server racks, UPS systems, electrical requirements, and physical infrastructure standards.
• Strong troubleshooting, project coordination, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to independently manage multiple technical activities, vendors, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 75% domestically and internationally, including extended onsite assignments when required.
• Ability to work flexible schedules, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as required for infrastructure integrations and cutovers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate infrastructure site assessments with the site survey vendor and other partners to evaluate network, systems, telecommunications, cabling, power, MDF/IDFs, server rooms, and overall site readiness.
• Develop and manage site readiness plans, identifying infrastructure requirements, dependencies, risks, remediation activities, and timelines required for successful integration.
• Coordinate with telecommunications providers, facilities teams, electrical contractors, and low-voltage vendors to provision internet circuits and ensure power, UPS, cabling, racks, and other physical infrastructure meet VSE requirements.
• Coordinate procurement and delivery of network and systems equipment and stage, configure, validate, and install equipment at acquired locations.
• Design, configure, and deploy LAN infrastructure, including switches, VLANs, routing, DHCP, DNS, and related network services in accordance with VSE architecture and security standards.
• Coordinate predictive wireless surveys, configure and deploy wireless access points, and conduct post-installation validation with wireless vendors to optimize coverage, capacity, and access point placement.
• Assess acquired-company server and systems infrastructure and migrate or integrate physical and virtual servers, applications, and infrastructure services into VSE data center, cloud, or other approved enterprise environments.
• Support migration and integration of services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file and print services, virtualization platforms, and network applications.
• Perform infrastructure cutovers and validate network connectivity, wireless coverage, system availability, redundancy, failover, data integrity, and business functionality.
• Integrate infrastructure into VSE monitoring and management platforms and maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations, circuit information, equipment inventories, and site documentation.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for vendors and internal stakeholders throughout the integration lifecycle, communicating risks, dependencies, issues, and schedule impacts while providing onsite and post-implementation support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Network engineering

Systems engineering

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

Wireless networking

Windows Server

Virtualization

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Azure

Cisco hardware

Job description

VSE Aviation seeks a Sr. Integration Engineer, Network & Systems, to lead the infrastructure integration of acquired companies into the VSE enterprise environment.

This field-based role travels up to 75% domestically and internationally to coordinate site readiness, deployment, and post-implementation support. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in network and systems engineering, hands-on experience with enterprise networking, servers, and virtualization, and strong collaboration skills with