Senior Network Engineer

Saic; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a highly experienced Network Engineer in Colorado Springs to support US Space Force missions, performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radar networks critical to surveillance and defense. The role requires translating operational requirements into system requirements and delivering coherent planning, development, and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar network maintenance.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, has

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience; Security+, Network+ and/or higher-level certifications. Experience may be substituted for degree.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert knowledge for maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and telecom equipment.
• Maintains network integrity and connectivity while ensuring policy compliance and system backup/recovery capabilities.
• Develops advanced engineering ideas and guides their development into final products.
• Performs highly advanced network/systems design, development, and integration from project start to end.
• Applies advanced engineering to complex infrastructures including installing/configuring/testing maintaining network devices, telecom equipment, OS, software, and system management tools.

Skills

Security+

Network+

Certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Description

SAICseeksa highly experiencedand energeticNetworkEngineerto support the USSpace Force,Space Systems Command,inperformingoperational maintenance and sustainment ofground-based radarscritical to US and Alliedstrategic missilesurveillance,warning, defense, and space surveillance missions in Colorado Springs, Colorado.In support of the government customer,theSAICProgramManager,andthe Chief Engineer,theNetworkEngineerisresponsibleforresponsive and coherentplanning,developmentand delivery of PARCSand UEWRradarnetwork maintenance andmodifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports.

Job Duties

• Provides expert knowledge for maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and telecom equipment.


• Provides expert knowledge formaintainingnetwork integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies andmaintainssystem backup and recovery capability.


• Develop advanced engineering ideas and guides their development into a final product.


• Perform highly advanced network/systems design, development, and integration from the start of a project life cycle to the end.


• Provides and applies advanced engineering tohighly complexinfrastructures including installing, configuring, testing, andmaintainingnetwork devices, telecom equipment, radio equipment, operating systems, application software, and system management tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degreeand five (5) or more years’ relevant experience and Security+, Network+, and/or higher-level certifications. Experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.


• Must have an active Secret security clearance to qualify for this position.


• Experiencewith a broad range of systemtypes: custom developed HW/SW, COTS/GOTS HW/SW, and specialty engineering of exotic material/limited supply items.


• Experience with implementing and sustaining distributed systems, virtual operating system environments, and virtual/augmented reality technologies.


• Experience translating operational requirements into system requirements; and system requirements into technical requirements/performance standards.

Desired

• Experiencesustaining PARCS, or otherStrategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as PAVE PAWS andUEWR.


• Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment mission and associated enterprise.


• Experiencemaintainingnational security mission networks.


• Managing large-scale Agile orSecDevOpsteams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performancemonitoringand reporting.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.