RC-135 Network Systems Engineer
About The Position
L3Harris is seeking a Network Systems Engineer for our location at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, supporting USAF’s RC-135 mission aircraft and its related ground support systems. This role involves configuring, maintaining, and reconstituting complex enterprise-level networks, administering firewalls, and troubleshooting networks within a Red Hat Linux/Microsoft Windows environment. The engineer will also implement defensive measures, configure encryption devices, provide status updates, maintain network diagrams, and train USAF personnel. Additionally, the role requires holding a qualification as an RC-135 Mission Systems Computer Systems Administrator (CSA) and assisting with RC-135 operational and ground training sorties. Collaboration with local and remote teams is essential, and the ability to work various shifts as mission dictates is required. The position also requires obtaining CompTIA Security+ certification or higher within six months, the ability to move up to 50 lbs, ascend/descend ladders, be worldwide deployable with travel up to 15%, and maintain an active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance with CI polygraph within the first year.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience in networking operations and sustainment
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- Active Secret Clearance
Nice To Haves
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or equivalent UNIX or Linux technical certification.
- Programming experience with Linux shell scripting, MySql, PHP, Perl, Java and HTML.
- Knowledge and experience with the current RC-135 mission systems or equivalent platform or systems.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Responsibilities
- Configuring, maintaining, and reconstituting complex enterprise level networks utilizing a multitude of routing and switching hardware from multiple vendors such as Cisco, Dell, and Brocade.
- TCP/IP, static, dynamic routing protocols, switch oversight and firewall administration
- Administering and maintaining Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) to secure enterprise network traffic.
- Administering and troubleshooting enterprise level networks within a Red Hat Linux/Microsoft Windows environment and services such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and LDAP
- Implementing and supporting system and network defensive measures and secure configuration techniques
- Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Type 1 encryption devices
- Providing weekly network status updates to management and USAF customers
- Maintaining network diagrams
- Training USAF personnel as requested
- Holding a qualification as an RC-135 Mission Systems Computer Systems Administrator (CSA), assisting the CSA as needed in providing support for RC-135 operational and ground training sorties utilizing the Ground Data Processing System (GDPS)
- Ability to work collaboratively with both local and remote systems engineering teams
- Must be able to work various shifts as mission dictates
- Obtain CompTIA Security+ certification or higher within six months
- Ability to move up to 50 lbs and ascend/descend ladders up to 5% of the time
- Must be worldwide deployable with the ability to travel up to 15%
- Maintain an active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance with CI polygraph within the first year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
