Senior SATCOM Planner & MILSATCOM Systems Engineer

DRS Global; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

SES Space & Defense in Tampa, FL, seeks a SATCOM Planner at Engineer III level to provide planning for deployed SATCOM terminals across MILSATCOM and commercial networks. You will collaborate with SATCOM engineers to design, configure, and implement networks for SOF global satellite connections, including SAR reviews and SAA distribution.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 5+ years of information systems or network engineering experience, fluency in relevant technologies,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Fluency in technologies and application domain.
• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Performs network systems monitoring/management/troubleshooting, incident tracking, coordination, and reporting; escalate issues to admins/engineers and management; track SLA updates.
• Ensures full interoperability between internal and external systems (e.g., DISN Video Services-Global, NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWICS).
• Performs monitoring, management, troubleshooting, and reporting status of program-of-record systems (e.g., SDN-L/M/H, SCAMPI, SOFTACS, TACLAN).
• Real-time monitoring of bandwidth management on terrestrial and satellite links.
• Proactive tracking and reporting of protocol usage statistics (top talkers by protocol).
• Analyzes network topologies, traffic, and capacity requirements.
• Resolves interoperability problems to enable operations across platforms (email, file transfer, multimedia, teleconferencing).
• Configures systems to user environments and supports acquisition of hardware/software as needed.

Skills

SATCOM planning

Network systems engineering

DoD TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

iDirect

Job description

SES Space & Defense in Tampa, FL, seeks a SATCOM Planner at Engineer III level to provide planning for deployed SATCOM terminals across MILSATCOM and commercial networks. You will collaborate with SATCOM engineers to design, configure, and implement networks for SOF global satellite connections, including SAR reviews and SAA distribution.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 5+ years of information systems or network engineering experience, fluency in relevant technologies,