Defense Red Switch Network; DRSN Support Technician III

Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) Support Technician III

Salary Range: $52,000.00 To $56,000.00 Annually

Location:

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Category:
Network Administration and Ops
Schedule (FT/PT):
Full Time

Travel Required:

No

Shift: Rotating
Remote Type:
No Remote

Required:

Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Our customer, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations.

We are seeking a Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) Support Technician III at Scott AFB, IL to support the DISA-provided GIG capabilities and services in the 24x7 DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC). Shift work to include nights and weekend duty is required. Position may include extended periods of sitting while on a computer or phone and speaking with customers.

• Create/update/resolve unclear problems and issues faced, utilizing a broad knowledge of the network architect, utilizing the Service Now platform
• Notify necessary points of contacts based on essential or heightened awareness networks, circuits or location incidents
• Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) trunks
• Work directly with customers, UC stakeholders, and leaders internal and external to the organization across multiple areas to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact
• Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools
• Support all customers to include providing global situational awareness support
• Verify that service has been restored upon resolution of all customer-initiated tickets
• Provide timely situational awareness to leadership and the impacted community within discovery and ticket creation using approved communication methods as outlined
• Record, assess, track, and monitor incident tickets escalated to operational infrastructure
• Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolation, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident
• Perform configuration maintenance on route plans, route lists device profiles, calling search spaces, and route partitions
• Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or configuration deficiencies
• Develop and/or recommend solutions and processes pertaining to UC and DRSN operations

• High school diploma or equivalent and 2 – 4 years of prior relevant experience
• Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date
• Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret security clearance
• Requires general understanding of both voice infrastructure and IP network topologies

Tech control facility or cyber transport experience

Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs

Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, call routing, session initiated protocol, media call flow, packet capture analysis, Juniper IP technologies

Knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, CISCO, Juniper, video teleconferencing (VTC), voice services, EVoIP/ECVoIP, VoSIP, fly-away kits, Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN), DSN Core