Network Test Engineer

Systems Technology Forum•Fort Meade, MD

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Systems Technology Forum LTD (STF) is an established industry partner with a passion for exceptional performance and an unwavering commitment to our clients. As a premier provider of management, engineering, information technology, and logistics services, STF is committed to delivering high-quality systems engineering, technical and professional support services that meet and exceed deliverable requirements. STF offers superior out-of-the-box solutions to end-to-end problems and customer-centric support to the United States Government, Military, Department of Defense (DoD), and other federal agencies. Currently is seeking a Network Test Engineer to join our DISA program team in Fort Meade, MD. This is an exciting key position providing Network Engineering Support which provides end-to-end engineering solutions for DISN projects. The engineer must have a high level of knowledge and experience in the maintaining current and planning enterprise networks that could include unclassified and classified voice, video, data, endpoints, and encryption devices. As a Network Test Engineer, you will be responsible for engineering, testing, implementing, and providing Tier III support for Network initiatives ensuring mission success.

Requirements

5 years, Strong routing protocols and IP network design, Type 1 HAIPE encryption devices, secure tokens, Laboratory testing
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Excellent communication (verbal and written), effective leadership, and interpersonal skills
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a technical discipline
IAT Level II or higher certification
Secret

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, implement and maintain network engineering solutions.
Design engineering enhancements, develop engineering change requests and provide all required documentation in support of Configuration Control Boards (CCB).
Provide technical expertise in design review, lab testing & test report, implementation plan and deployment of new advanced large-scale complex DoW networks.
Support mission partners to satisfy the interoperability requirements.
Design architecture to include the software, hardware, and communications to support the total requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.
Evaluates analytically and systematically problems of workflows and network usage, organization and planning and develops appropriate corrective action.
Analyze existing and planned network solutions and architectures and make recommendations.
Configure various routers, switches, firewalls, voice gateways, unified communication managers.
Utilize advanced security devices including High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE), crypto ignition keys and SIPRNet hard tokens.
Apply system patches, configuration changes, security patches and third-party updates to maintain systems at a high level of performance, availability, and security.
Develop detailed test plans, test reports, implementation plans, configuration guides and other technical documentation.
Deliver timely resolution and document troubleshooting procedures in order to mitigate impact of issues and improve infrastructure performance.
Perform incident response tasks and services restoration.
Review security requirements set by DoW agencies for the NIPRNET network protection; assess and analyze current NIPRNET network architecture; propose and analyze potential solutions.
Review security threats to the current DoW NIPRNet/Internet gateway IA infrastructure, architecture, and technology and determines/implements effective countermeasures IAW established policies, regulations, and directives.
Provide support to the Automation Team.
Provide on-call Tier III support as needed.