Lead Network Project Engineer

Parsons•Boulder, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Parsons is seeking a Lead Facility Communications Project Network Engineer to support a Government Research and Development facility in Boulder, Colorado. This customer-facing role requires WAN/LAN experience and the ability to work independently and collaboratively, with strong communication, organization, and coordination skills. The engineer will lead and manage facility communications and external network provider efforts, including network design, integration, testing, troubleshooting, configuration management, and technical documentation. The position has a minimum onsite support requirement Monday through Friday during core business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Occasional or infrequent after-hours and weekend support may be required. An active Top Secret security clearance is required. This position is part of Parsons’ Federal Solutions team, which delivers services and solutions to U.S. government customers in areas including defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental missions.

Requirements

Active Top Secret security clearance.
At least 7 years of experience; additional education, training, and certifications may count toward the total experience requirement.
Bachelor’s degree; additional years of experience may count in lieu of a degree.
Active Security+ certification or equivalent.
Experience integrating solutions into operational classified environments.
Experience leading cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives.
Knowledge of dynamic routing protocols such as BGP or OSPF.
Knowledge of communications methods, principles, protocols, and concepts that support network infrastructure, such as cryptography, mesh networks, and SFTP.
Knowledge of network equipment capabilities and applications.
Knowledge of computer networking concepts, protocols, and network security methodologies.
Ability to review rack layout diagrams and identify network equipment.
Knowledge of IT security principles and methods, including firewalls, demilitarized zones, and encryption.
Knowledge of LAN and WAN principles and concepts, including bandwidth management.
Knowledge of network traffic flow, including TCP/IP, the OSI model, and current-version ITIL.
Knowledge of common network tools such as ping, traceroute, and nslookup.

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating networks with on-premises and cloud environments using PWAN, MeshONE-T, and commercial communications providers.
Experience working with cross-functional Government SETAs, FFRDCs, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and Capability Integration Development (CID) team members.

Responsibilities

Lead site surveys, technical interchange meetings, and design reviews with tenants and external communications providers to identify requirements, risks, and dependencies for new or upgraded designs.
Use knowledge of facility communications infrastructure to integrate and test tenant connections and verify they meet requirements.
Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot existing circuits and respond to planned or unplanned events.
Analyze communications circuits and develop strategies to improve bandwidth and performance.
Document facility communications systems and maintain detailed configuration management records.
Coordinate communications and align requirements and solutions among onsite tenants and external communications providers.
Serve as the primary facility point of contact for external communications anomalies and issues requiring attention or escalation.
Track external communications efforts and provide stakeholder status and closure updates.
Oversee configuration management and documentation for external communications network environments.
Represent the program on technical approval boards for external communications items.
Coordinate with tenants and providers on outages, testing, upgrades, impacts, risks, mitigation, status, and reporting.
Work with tenants and providers on external network communications architecture, design, and requirements.
Brief stakeholders on requirements and scope for external communications efforts.
Provide tenant cybersecurity teams with requested artifacts for external communications cybersecurity tasking, including IATT, ATC, and ATO efforts.
Facilitate onsite circuit installation and troubleshooting for new and existing communications connections.
Track, manage, and provide facility bandwidth metrics to tenants for design consideration.
Manage and provide technical direction for the facility ISP solution.
Conduct and analyze data captures to obtain network performance information.
Configure, implement, test, and troubleshoot crypto devices.
Develop and maintain facility network and equipment operating procedures.
Provide solution guidance for technology refreshes and environment baseline builds.