JourneymanNetwork Services Engineer

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Job Title:
Journeyman Network Services Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HBD), Theater Battle Control Division. The Theater Battle Control Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2

ISR), Tactical Air Control, Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2

ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities.

As the Network Services Engineer, you will perform work that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system network engineering to the full spectrum acquisition process with a focus on mission applications, support the development, acquisition, and accreditation efforts. In addition to collecting network topology information, device configurations, and cabling/infrastructure information; identifying technical requirements gaps and assisting project managers in the development of acquisitions documents;

evaluating/analyzing network designs for compliance with project and cyber security requirements; performing on-site cyber security fielding verifications; advising program managers on future technologies of systems/networks; identifying/recommending replacement for equipment obsolescence issues and designing/engineering/testing network baselines to meet current/future IA/cyber security requirements to including wired and wireless technologies, networking performance both wired and wireless system capabilities

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews on the program portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system-level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications
• Prepare technical documents which define, specify, and recommend system/subsystem characteristics. Prepares management reports and conducts technical presentations for planning, implementation and corrective action using the application of engineering economy principles
• Perform validation of systems, including the development of criteria and procedures. Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems with a concentration on end-to-end communications from sensor/source through C2 node(s) to end users
• Provide system engineering, technical support and technical training to support programs/initiatives including, but not limited to, acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, continued evolution, deployment/fielding and installation, and operations oversight.
• Advise and ensure high-quality work that involves the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation, implementation, integration, maintenance, and/or management of networked Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) C2 systems across all levels of the mission environment (day to day through scintillation). Functions in this area may include, but are not limited to:
  • Analyzing and recommending network requirements
  • Recommending and maintaining network architecture and infrastructure
  • Analyzing network workload
  • Monitoring network capacity and performance
  • Diagnosing and resolving network problems
  • Recommending network backup and recovery procedures
  • Installing, testing, maintaining, and upgrading network operating systems software; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/ cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of network services
  • Supporting implementation and execution of Agile software execution in concert with the Government and prime contractors.
  • Supporting and advising on the development of service-oriented architectures for software development
  • Provide life cycle network engineering support required for sustainment efforts
  • Able to understand, explain, troubleshoot, and configure networks, and network security technologies (Virtual Private Networks, Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Networks, Generic Routing Encapsulation, Internet Protocol Security, Media Access Control Security/Cisco Trust Sec, access lists, traffic flows, Layer 2/Layer 3 separations, fragmentation), performance parameters (Quality of Service, load-balance, multi- chassis ether channel, state-full switchover, non-stop routing, non-stop forwarding, graceful restarts, Maximum Transmission Unit, policing) and networking protocols (Unicast/Multicast, Border Gateway Protocol, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Intermediate System to Intermediate System, Open Shortest Path First,…