Network Transport Engineer

Position

We are searching for a Network Architect to join our Innovation and Technical Operations Department at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University.

Your work location is San Diego, CA
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ARL is an authorized DoD Skill Bridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

• Design and implement communications complex solutions (CI/CD) that can be deployed to field/remote locations to connect secure facilities and support the exchange of required data within a cloud environment.
• Participate in the design and implementation of approved networking and transport solutions to support long‑term information system management goals; install and configure network equipment, and provide support to systems administrators.
• Monitor computer systems to improve network performance; lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve networking issues between local and external sites.
• Manage and maintain a library of network engineering tools for system testing and diagnosis of network‑related issues, locally and abroad.
• Apply leading‑edge principles, theories, and concepts to develop, maintain, and implement network engineering standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Maintain current knowledge and implement best practices in networking security to provide the best solutions and protection to information systems.
• Produce documentation to support installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and operator use of systems.
• Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation.
• Work directly with customers to plan and strategize.

• Serve as the technical architect responsible for developing and maintaining technical architecture standards, principles, and processes.
• Establish a technical architecture discipline and lead enterprise implementation and collaboration.
• Lead and/or contribute to the development of technical architecture strategies for a broad range of core infrastructure and services.
• Lead the review of current and future system technical architecture designs to ensure they deliver required performance, availability, resiliency, and capacity to support business and mission‑critical activities.
• Research architectural best practices and collaborate to establish and implement best practices.
• Analyze, design, and plan the phases of technology systems.

• Implementation and understanding of engineering principles in a professional environment.
• Development, implementation, and maintenance of network architectures.
• Experience maintaining, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment.
• Active government Top Secret security clearance.
• Minimum IAT Level 2 (CompTIA Security+ and OS/Computing Environment certification).
• Working knowledge of DoD Information Assurance (IA) policies applied to the design and maintenance of communications solutions.
• Flexibility and comfort in a customer‑facing role, working within company and customer schedule requirements that may vary depending on criticality and necessity.
• Ability to work independently and implement technical solutions autonomously.
• Demonstrated ability to work through difficult problems, using proper steps to define and formulate ideas to reach a solution.
• Ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile management systems (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git Lab).

• CCNA/CCNP
• Palo Alto PCNSE
• Juniper JNCIS/JNCIP

Work is fully on‑site in San Diego, CA and will be in secure facilities approximately 75% of the time. Remote work may be available in a limited capacity. Up to 25% travel may be required to support distant installation or break‑fix actions at quick notice.

Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. No additional certifications required.

Employment requires successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Employees must be eligible to obtain a…