Lead Network Systems Engineer

Parsons•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Lead Network Systems Engineer provides technical integration, interface management, and execution support for a large command-and-control facility project at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The role supports C4IT integration for the design, construction, commissioning, accreditation, and turnover of a highly secure, mission-critical headquarters and command-and-control facility. It coordinates facility-to-payload interfaces across telecommunications, networks, mission systems, audiovisual systems, data-center infrastructure, power, cooling, security boundaries, pathways, rooms, and operational technology. The engineer serves as a primary C4IT technical interface among the Program Management Office, Owner’s Advisor, Progressive Design-Build contractor, facility designers, security stakeholders, commissioning personnel, and operations representatives. The role translates mission and technology requirements into facility interfaces, tracks dependencies through design and construction, identifies scope and schedule impacts, and supports resolution of technical issues. It supports a separate data center and Central Utility Plant, a four-story command-and-control facility, and a Joint Operations Center with secure, resilient, mission-critical infrastructure. The position supports the project through design development, construction, systems integration, commissioning oversight, security accreditation support, facility turnover, and closeout. It is part of Parsons’ Federal Solutions team, which delivers services and solutions to U.S. government customers in defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, information technology, telecommunications, construction management, or a closely related technical discipline.
Ten or more years of progressive experience in C4IT, telecommunications, network infrastructure, data centers, mission systems, facility systems integration, or related technical project delivery.
Demonstrated experience coordinating C4IT or technology systems with building design, construction, commissioning, or facility operations.
Experience supporting complex federal, defense, intelligence, command-and-control, data-center, mission-critical, or secure-facility projects.
Experience developing or managing interface registers, requirements traceability, systems-integration plans, technical action-item trackers, or similar configuration-management tools.
Experience reviewing multidisciplinary design documents, technical submittals, equipment layouts, pathways, network infrastructure, power and cooling interfaces, and construction documents.
Working knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber-optic systems, network rooms, entrance facilities, cable trays, pathways, grounding and bonding, and equipment-room coordination.
Experience coordinating technology installation with construction sequencing and site-readiness requirements.
Experience supporting integrated testing, commissioning, acceptance testing, deficiency resolution, and turnover documentation.
Ability to identify and communicate impacts involving scope, cost, schedule, quality, safety, security, constructability, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
Strong written, verbal, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering registration or another relevant technical credential.
CISSP, CISM, PMP, DBIA, Certified Construction Manager, or comparable credential.
Experience with Progressive Design-Build, Design-Build, Engineer-Procure-Construct, Integrated Project Delivery, or other collaborative delivery methods.
Experience with federal agencies, Department of Defense facilities, command-and-control facilities, intelligence-community facilities, SCIF/SAP construction, or C5ISR environments.
Experience with ICD/ICS 705, SCIF/SAPF planning and construction, TEMPEST or RF-shielding interfaces, HEMP-protected facilities, or secure telecommunications infrastructure.
Experience with high-density data centers, artificial-intelligence or high-performance computing infrastructure, liquid cooling, chilled-water systems, cooling distribution units, or data-center power systems.
Familiarity with UFC 3-580-01, UFC 4-141-03, UFC 4-010-05, ICD/ICS 705, CNSSAM TEMPEST 1/13, MIL-STD-188-125, TIA-568, TIA-607, and related technical criteria.
Experience with C4IT equipment installation, network integration, AV systems, mission systems, cybersecurity interfaces, or facility-related control systems.
Familiarity with Risk Management Framework processes, cybersecurity requirements for facility-related control systems, system authorization support, network segmentation, and secure configuration management.
Experience using Kahua, BIM coordination tools, Revit, Navisworks, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, or comparable project-management and information-management platforms.
Experience coordinating government-furnished equipment, government-installed equipment, separate technology contracts, or user equipment with facility construction.
Experience developing technical criteria, Owner’s Project Requirements, performance-based specifications, interface-control documents, systems-integration plans, or commissioning requirements.
Experience coaching technical staff and integrating subcontractors, specialty consultants, vendors, authorities having jurisdiction, utilities, commissioning agents, and construction teams.
Ability to work at or near Redstone Arsenal and support regular onsite coordination with the PMO and project delivery team.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and administer a live C4IT interface register covering installation milestones, facility dependencies, responsible parties, decisions, constraints, and closure evidence.
Map C4IT requirements to facility design elements, including rooms, pathways, power, cooling, grounding and bonding, telecommunications spaces, equipment clearances, security boundaries, and access requirements.
Coordinate facility design and construction with the separate C4IT contract and identify critical-path dependencies among construction, equipment installation, systems integration, testing, commissioning, and operational acceptance.
Facilitate technical integration meetings among the Design-Builder, C4IT contractor, government stakeholders, security personnel, commissioning representatives, and facility operations teams.
Track C4IT decisions, actions, risks, assumptions, interface boundaries, and changes through project information-management systems.
Review design submissions, shop drawings, equipment layouts, technical submittals, RFIs, clarification requests, and design changes affecting C4IT systems or facility interfaces.
Verify C4IT-related facility infrastructure against Owner’s Project Requirements, performance-based specifications, mission requirements, and approved design criteria.
Review telecommunications rooms, entrance facilities, cable pathways, equipment rooms, raised access floors, utilidors, cable trays, work-area outlets, equipment clearances, and related infrastructure.
Evaluate design coordination for classified and unclassified network separation, secure pathways, telecommunications grounding, equipment bonding, and facility security boundaries.
Support reviews of data-center cabinet layouts, rack densities, power and cooling requirements, network pathways, and future expansion provisions.
Coordinate with technical authorities and security stakeholders on SCIF, SAP, TEMPEST, RF-shielding, and HEMP-related C4IT interfaces.
Participate in interdisciplinary design and constructability reviews to identify C4IT risks before they affect construction or installation.
Support coordination of the standalone data center and infrastructure for mission data processing, storage, networking, and high-performance computing.
Review data-center planning assumptions for cabinet quantities and densities, classification zones, power distribution, cooling capacity, equipment access, and maintainability.
Coordinate high-density and liquid-cooling requirements, including facility power, chilled water, cooling-distribution units, pathways, and equipment-room interfaces.
Track changes in rack density, technology refresh, equipment footprints, heat loads, and power requirements that may affect facility design or construction sequencing.
Monitor construction activities affecting C4IT infrastructure, pathways, equipment rooms, telecommunications rooms, technical boundaries, and secure areas.
Verify installed infrastructure against approved design documents, interface requirements, submittals, and sequencing plans.
Support pre-installation readiness reviews and coordinate site access, material delivery, equipment staging, environmental conditioning, power availability, network pathways, and security prerequisites.
Participate in test-before-enclose and pre-concealment reviews for C4IT pathways, penetrations, interfaces, and secure construction elements.
Review field conditions and help resolve design-construction conflicts; track deficiencies, incomplete work, corrective actions, and acceptance evidence.
Coordinate C4IT requirements with progressive turnover and load-in activities.
Support development and review of C4IT commissioning, systems-integration, testing, and acceptance requirements, and coordinate C4IT readiness with facility commissioning and integrated systems testing.
Support technical test scripts, interface-validation procedures, and readiness reviews; track results, deficiencies, retesting, approvals, and final acceptance documentation.
Support turnover of as-built documentation, equipment records, configuration data, interface records, test results, and operations-and-maintenance information.
Identify, assess, and mitigate risks involving interfaces, technology changes, design maturity, procurement lead times, security requirements, installation sequencing, and commissioning.
Integrate C4IT risks and dependencies into the program risk register and integrated master schedule; evaluate impacts to scope, cost, schedule, mission assurance, constructability, security, accreditation, and lifecycle operations.
Prepare technical briefings, decision papers, interface reports, risk analyses, and status updates for project leadership.
Maintain auditable records of C4IT decisions, requirements, assumptions, actions, approvals, and closure evidence, and promote a collaborative One Team environment.