Network Engineer – Intermediate

Role: Network Engineer – Intermediate

Location: McConnell AFB, KS (on-site)

Education/Certifications: BA/BS (desired)

Years of Experience: 5+

Clearance Level & Investigation: Secret

IA Cert Level (DoD 8570.01): IAM II or III, IAT II, or IASE II

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Complete tasks assigned by Senior Network Engineer, and under the general direction of the government.
• Under direct supervision will install, configure, and support an organization’s local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), Agency Internet Network (AIN), Intranet and Internet and other data communications systems or a segment of a network system; maintain network hardware and software; monitors network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability; provides support to projects that involve networks; and provides support in the translation of business requirements into telecommunications (e.g. LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Document current processes or procedures for recurrent day to day tasks where they do not exist.  Recommend and implement Process Improvement (PI) with the concurrence of the government and IAW coordination procedures provided by Customer. Identify areas for improvement through the Integrated Project Teams (IPT) and working groups for consideration and implementation across the enterprise.
• Coordinate project task development and completion for projects as well as review and technical oversight of developed projects to support the Customer and stakeholders.
• Provide technical support in IPTs to support functional areas in requirement of development and planning.
• Provide subject matter expertise and technical support to the Customer network segment of the enterprise network that requires Systems Integration Engineering and Staff Support Services to support programs, projects, initiatives, and transitions that ensure effective design, deployment, and maintenance of the worldwide, fixed-base, high-speed, high-capacity, reliable and secure digital communications infrastructure.
• Analyze and provide technical support in defining requirements, design, develop, install, configure, implement, and monitor the Customer segment of the enterprise LAN. Work in coordination onsite with the Customer NOS operational service areas (i.e., Directory Services, Storage & Virtualization Services, Collaboration Services, and Infrastructure Services).
• Conduct evaluation and analysis of the existing data infrastructure to include LAN topologies, IP addressing plans, optimal positioning of servers and gateways, protocol configuration, device analysis, and determination of appropriate software versions to deploy.
• Analyze and provide technical support in defining requirements, design, develop, install, configure, implement, and monitor the Customer segment of the enterprise WAN. Work in coordination with the Customer NOS operational service areas (i.e., Directory Services, Storage & Virtualization Services, Collaboration Services, and Infrastructure Services).
• Provide security management services, ensuring adequate security safeguards are provided to prevent deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized disclosure, denial of services, and unauthorized manipulation of information and unauthorized use of the enterprise network.
• Review and analyze the implementation and migration of new technologies and develop recommendations for supporting the integration of Customer services into an integrated baseline and forward the recommendations to the COR and the government body for review.
• Provide technical support with regards to requirement analysis planning in support of the migration and integration of current legacy systems.
• Examine, evaluate, and monitor baseline hardware and software Configuration Items (CI) to support version control.
• Develop, write, update, revise, maintain and test plans, procedures and reports for IT Systems and computers.
• Provide technical support in the fielding of IT Systems by defining the sequence of fielding tasks for planned IT deployments and employments (including activities required to plan, pilot, deploy, test, and handover an IT system).
• Provide technical integration support for stakeholders (i.e., coordinate with headquarters and installation personnel) within the 50 U.S. states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
• Provide technical and operational support to include network administration services, documentation maintenance, and routine system problem identification and correction.
• Provide Technical, Administrative, Engineering and Integration support for short-term duration projects. Coordinate with Customer agencies and Project Stakeholders.
• Support additional functional area requirements for Cyber & Space Systems Integration staff.
• Provide technical support for integration support in the infrastructure service area.
• Support the development and submission of the bi-annual Network Engineering (LAN) Project Progress Report; the LAN Weekly Status Report; the bi-annual Network Integration Project Progress Report; the bi-annual Network Engineering (WAN) Project Progress Report; the as-needed Routers Project Progress Report; and the as-needed System Synchronization Efforts Meeting Minutes.
• Attend meetings, conferences, in-progress reviews (IPR) and working groups that are scheduled for the purpose of developing, reviewing, or coordinating IT IPT project related documents, procuring planning hardware/software procurement, software and system fielding.