Airborne SATCOM Network Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Usa, NE

About The Position

Airborne SATCOM Network Engineer The Opportunity: A well-designed network is critical to move data to achieve a mission, but how can an organization make sure their network will fit their evolving needs? Crafting the right network with the right equipment and sof tware requires a combination of technical skill and careful planning. That’s why we need you, someone who can use their ingenuity to maintain network uptime supporting SATCOM networks across the world. As an Airborne Satellite Communications ( SATCOM ) Network Engineer, you will be managing, monitoring, and enhancing local and wide-area network systems, including planning design, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites, and communications media with concentrators, bridges, and other network devices. Additionally, you will help resolve interoperability problems to obtain operations across all platforms. You will support performance testing and documentation, administration of networks, and configuration management, and provide input on acqui sit ions and design layout, as requested. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience supporting SATSTAR or SSHF networks, including engineering, planning, and testing end-to-end network connectivity
Experience coordinating with stakeholders and supporting organizations to c ond uct in-depth analyses of programmatic and engineering documentation related to SATCOM and baseband requirements
Experience configuring and establishing sit e-to- sit e VPN connectivity and VPN client sof tware
Experience with national airborne SATCOM systems ground operation, testing, and troubleshooting, including voice, data, or circuit analysis, to resolve network connectivity issues
Experience providing engineering or technical support, developing technical briefings, and advising senior management, as well as providing technical updates in various forums such as working groups, meetings, conferences, or panels
Ability to provide Information Assurance ( IA ) support to the ISSM essential for the successful development, deployment, and operation of the client’s network
Ability to travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations up to 10% of the time
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, or Engineering field

Nice To Haves

Experience with testing and deployment of DoD systems or solutions
Experience with the military
Knowledge of military organizational hierarchy and command and control structure
Knowledge of shipping and installation of sit e equipment
Ability to initiate, manage, execute, and report tasks independently
Master’s degree
Network+, Security+, CCNA, or CCNP Certification

Responsibilities

managing, monitoring, and enhancing local and wide-area network systems
planning design, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites, and communications media with concentrators, bridges, and other network devices
resolve interoperability problems to obtain operations across all platforms
support performance testing and documentation, administration of networks, and configuration management
provide input on acqui sit ions and design layout, as requested