Description
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Network Engineer onsite at Ford Island, Hawaii. In this Integration Services role, you will lead a team of engineers, perform project engineering support, brief customers on project status, provide technical engineering support for the development, test, deployment, and sustainment of a complex telecommunication system.
As a Senior Network Engineer on this program, you will be a member of a team that interacts with technical and non-technical teammates, including customers and vendors. You will be looked at as a subject matter expert in all things related to the IP and Optical networks - including the WAN and LAN in multiple environments (DEV/TEST and Production).
Responsibilities
- Manage a small team of engineers and support customer briefings
- Provide engineering and technical expertise on all issues relating to the specified telecommunications networks/information systems within the DISN
- Research, analyze and/or develop reports that provide engineering and recommendations across a broad range of specialized network/system functional areas
- Collaborate with DISN government engineers and leadership, project managers, and GSM-O Task Managers for coordination, implementation, and testing of new projects
- Evaluate system network requirements and make appropriate technical recommendations
- Provide engineering to establish remote management connectivity, oversee performance verification testing and configuring alarm and system profiles
- Support installation test and acceptance (IT&A) of network components
- Support project deployments
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of overall related experience or Master with 10+ years
- Must possess an active Secret security clearance
- Must possess a current DoD 8140 certification
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, strong customer relation and leadership abilities
- Experience in remotely configuring networking or transport devices
- Familiar with SONET, TDM, DWDM, IP, and MPLS networks
- Expertise in one or more of the following: IP routing, QoS, traffic engineering, DNS; TDM switching; Optical Transport; Crypto; Network appliances
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with Juniper IOS, CISCO IOS, or other IP/transport specific management tools
- Expertise in IP technologies, i.e., Networking architectures and methodologies, and Voice Services
- Expert knowledge of IP principles and protocols
- Proficiency on at least two or more of the following devices: Juniper MX routers, Ciena 6500/5160 Optical Platforms, Cisco 42XX series
- Basic Linux Administration or command line interface (CLI) and scripting skills
- General knowledge RADIUS, SNMP, NTP, TLS and PKI protocols