Network Systems Engineer Lead

Global Enterprise Services • Fort Meade, MD

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About The Position

GES is seeking a Network Systems Engineering Lead to provide transport engineering support for interconnected Department of Defense and non-Department of Defense communications infrastructures worldwide. The role delivers client value for the Communications Engineering Division of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which maintains and postures the DOD Information Network (DODIN) transport infrastructure and capabilities. The engineer will work with internal program staff, teammates, and the government client, and will help maintain strong client relationships within a blended prime/subcontractor team.

The lead project engineer plans and implements solutions across multiple technologies and platforms in the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN), providing end-to-end integrated solutions and proposed implementation strategies. The role develops design packages, planning documents, network architectures, implementation plans, and a product roadmap schedule that captures project dependencies and the long-term critical path for DOD IT missions. Some travel may be required.

Requirements

• 10+ years of network systems engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Experience with process improvement, strategic planning, change management, and organizational redesign.
• Ability to type, communicate via telephone, and sit for extended periods.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, specifically PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Active DoD Secret clearance is required.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

• DoD and/or government program experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering for planning and implementing solutions across multiple technologies and platforms in the DISN.
• Provide end-to-end integrated solutions with proposed implementation strategies, leveraging subject matter experts across contract tasks.
• Develop design packages that include topology drawings, equipment lists, and network plans.
• Recommend procedures for operating and managing DISN transport, including cost recovery, administration, and billing methodologies.
• Support government leads and engineers in developing and updating planning documents and models.
• Author and update planning documentation, including Engineering Guide Documents (EGDs) and network management plans.
• Perform circuit analysis and document findings for existing network transport and legacy infrastructure.
• Validate network architecture and develop an architecture strategy for customer traffic flow.
• Maintain circuit lists and configuration templates, and develop implementation plans.
• Provide technical expertise in design reviews, lab testing and test reports, implementation planning, and deployment of large-scale complex DoD networks.
• Conduct requirements analysis, network traffic analysis, engineering planning, network design, network management design, and associated engineering analysis.
• Develop and maintain a product roadmap schedule capturing project dependencies and the long-term critical path for DoD IT missions.
• Participate in regular meetings with internal program staff, teammates, and the government client.
• Support and maintain strong client relationships in a blended prime/subcontractor program team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior