Network Communications Engineer - EADGE-T UAE Tech Refresh Security Clearance

Position: Network Communications Engineer - EADGE-T UAE Tech Refresh with Security Clearance
Job Number 734716

Description:

WHAT WE'RE DOING Join the EADGE-T team and help modernize one of the world's most advanced integrated air and missile defense systems. EADGE-T delivers an integrated air and missile defense and air battle management capability for the United Arab Emirates by connecting existing sensors, weapons, and emerging technologies into a unified defense solution. As part of the UAE Tech Refresh, you'll help deliver hardware modernization and foundational cybersecurity enhancements that will shape the next generation of the EADGE-T system.

This is an opportunity to design and deploy mission-critical capabilities while partnering directly with an international customer. THE WORK As a Network Communications Engineer, you'll design, integrate, secure, and optimize the communications infrastructure that enables mission-critical air and missile defense operations. Working closely with systems, software, cybersecurity, hardware, and integration engineers, you'll develop resilient network architectures supporting multiple security domains while ensuring exceptional performance, reliability, and security.

From system design through integration, testing, and deployment, you'll play a key role in delivering operational capability to the customer. PLEASE NOTE
* This position requires a government security clearance at the Secret level; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.
* This position may require travel to customer sites throughout the United Arab Emirates.
* This position may occasionally support integration and test events during overnight or weekend hours.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Design and develop secure, resilient network architectures by decomposing system requirements into functional, logical, and physical network designs supporting mission-critical air and missile defense capabilities.
* Develop and implement network infrastructure solutions, including LAN/WAN architecture, firewall policies, IP addressing, Quality of Service (QoS), encryption, authentication, network continuity, and monitoring strategies.
* Install, configure, and integrate routers, switches, firewalls, and supporting infrastructure with mission systems, server environments, data links, and WAN networks while ensuring compliance with DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
* Optimize network performance through capacity planning, latency analysis, bandwidth optimization, and traffic engineering using technologies such as MPLS, segment routing, policing, and traffic shaping.
* Troubleshoot complex network and cybersecurity issues by performing root cause analysis and utilizing tools such as Wireshark, Net Flow, telemetry platforms, and commercial network monitoring solutions.
* Implement Zero Trust networking principles and support cybersecurity compliance through NIST 800-53 controls, firewall rule management, zone segmentation, centralized security management, and network automation using Ansible, Python, and scripting tools.
* Create technical documentation, network diagrams, and operational procedures while collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentoring junior engineers to support successful system delivery. WHO WE ARE EADGE-T is a geographically dispersed engineering team delivering the UAE Tech Refresh through an Agile Scrum development environment. Our team works across systems, software, hardware, cybersecurity, networking, and integration disciplines to deliver next-generation air and missile defense capabilities.

Working on EADGE-T provides the opportunity to collaborate directly with an international customer, solve complex engineering challenges, and see your work transition from development into operational deployment. WHY JOIN US Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life
- At Lockheed Martin, we invest in our people by offering competitive compensation, compreh

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Network Communications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Cyber Security, or a related technical discipline.

- 5+ years of hands-on network engineering experience, including at least 3 years supporting complex,…