Network Engineer

SAIC•Panama City Beach, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Network Engineer to join its team in Panama City, Florida, supporting a US Navy contract at NSWC PCD. The position provides network support, hardware review, testing and evaluation, technical documentation and briefs, and direct customer support. Typical core hours are 0800 to 1700. The Network Engineer assists customers with management of networks and hardware at command sites and advises on management and maintenance of switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, VoIP telephones, VTC, and INE devices. The role also supports deployment of tactical enclaves for exercises or contingency environments as needed. The position involves creating and editing technical documentation, including technical manuals, test and maintenance plans, job aids, capability briefs, and other instructional or guidance materials. Documentation must be clear, accurate, consistent, aligned with applicable standards and government specifications, and meet customer and end-user needs. The engineer interprets engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures, gathers and analyzes technical information, creates charts and diagrams, and uses tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio. Additional duties include participating in project and review meetings and validation or verification events, maintaining project trackers, and keeping inventories of network and communications equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and two years of experience, master’s degree and zero years of experience, or associate degree and four years of experience; four additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
Demonstrated experience configuring and troubleshooting routing, routing protocols, ACLs, firmware upgrades, and DHCP.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and configure networks, routers, switches, firewalls, VoIP, and connectivity.
CCNA certification, or ability to obtain it within 90 days for a candidate with acceptable experience and resident network knowledge.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
Active Secret clearance, with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

Assist customers in managing networks and hardware at sites under the command.
Advise on the management and maintenance of switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, VoIP telephones, VTC, and INE devices.
Develop clear, high-quality technical documentation with minimal guidance, in compliance with applicable standards, style guides, directives, government specifications, and customer needs.
Create technical manuals, test plans, maintenance plans, job aids, capability briefs, and other instructional and guidance documentation.
Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures to understand and synthesize computer-related information.
Develop technical writing based on engineering drawings, engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources.
Create and manipulate charts and diagrams for documentation.
Research, collect, analyze, organize, and prepare technical information and data.
Edit technical documentation for format, accuracy, clarity, consistency, and compliance with government specifications.
Use word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Schedule, attend, and participate in project meetings, review meetings, and validation and verification events.
Create and maintain trackers for development, planning, and scheduling.
Maintain inventories of network and communications devices and equipment.
Serve as a subject matter expert for deployment of tactical enclaves for exercises or contingency environments as needed.