Network Engineer

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee‑owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As a Network Engineer 3 with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have an opportunity to do the following:

• Support a Department of Justice, FBI program, who designs, builds, and implements highly technical data collection systems.
• Support a technology lab who dynamically implements technology to meet their outside customers uniquely defined evidence collection needs.
• Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN) for mostly CISCO and Microsoft based environments.
• Administer servers, desktop computers, routers, switches, firewalls, and Active Directory.
• Configure and install software, servers, routers, and other network related devices.
• Perform the installation and administration of Video Management Software including but not limited to the Milestone Systems XProtect Enterprise and Corporate products.
• Build and implement automation scripts to manage and or update system configurations.
• Resolve tiers of support issues by troubleshooting network infrastructures.
• Lead and mentor team members on technical network issues.
• Create, oversee, and test network security measures (i.e., access authentication and disaster recovery).
• Suggest improvements to network performance, capacity, and scalability.

• Active Top‑Secret Clearance with the willingness to take an agency CI polygraph when requested.
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
• High School Diploma (HS) and 13+ years, Associate’s Degree (AS) and 10+ years, Bachelor’s Degree (BS) and 6+ years or a Master’s Degree (MS) and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN) for CISCO based environments.
• Administer servers, desktop computers, routers, switches, firewalls, and Active Directory.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work on own with minimal supervision.
• Ability to support up to 5% CONUS travel.