C5 Laboratory Technician

Booz Allen Hamilton•Suffolk, VA

2d•$55,200 - $126,000•Onsite

About The Position

A well-designed network is critical to move data, connect command and control systems, and enable networks to achieve their mission requirements. Supporting the crafting of the right network, with the right equipment, requires a combination of technical skill and careful planning. That’s why we need a C5 laboratory technician like you who knows how to design and deploy network infrastructure that can support dynamic tasking and meet varied requirements. As a C5 laboratory technician on our team, you’ll use your experience in network design and architecture to support the client’s multiple persistent and episodic networks that support Joint, Service, and Coalition experiments, demonstrations, and test and evaluation events. You’ll build, configure, upgrade, and maintain network specific infrastructure, troubleshoot and resolve network issues, analyze current working infrastructures, and increase reliability and availability for mission-critical network systems. Your knowledge of Department of War (DoW) enterprise networks will be critical as you optimize client operations and modernization. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to clients on mission-critical projects. Using your technical curiosity and knowledge of industry standards, you’ll make an impact on national security missions. You’ll perform a variety of complex technical functions in support of engineering activities related to task order requirements, including designing, terminating, and testing Cat-5e or Cat-6a copper cable, 50-micron fiber optic, 62.5 multimode fiber optic, and single mode fiber optic.

Requirements

Knowledge of equipment power panels, testing, checkout, modification, fabrication, and assembly of electronic and electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry, prototype models, or specialized test equipment
Ability to implement scalable and resilient network infrastructures
Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED and 2+ years of experience as a network laboratory technician, supporting DoW networks providing technical support in a professional setting, OR Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience as a network laboratory technician, supporting DoW networks providing technical support in a professional setting

Nice To Haves

TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in IT or Information Systems

Responsibilities

Build, configure, upgrade, and maintain network specific infrastructure
Troubleshoot and resolve network issues
Analyze current working infrastructures
Increase reliability and availability for mission-critical network systems
Optimize client operations and modernization
Design, terminate, and test Cat-5e or Cat-6a copper cable, 50-micron fiber optic, 62.5 multimode fiber optic, and single mode fiber optic