SATCOM Network Engineer III

RISA•Mount Weather, VA
•$99,000 - $108,000•Onsite

About The Position

RISA is hiring a SATCOM Network Engineer to engineer and sustain an Intelligence Community customer's WAN, LAN, and campus networks across multiple security domains. This one runs the full RF chain - VSAT and fixed ground stations, modems, bandwidth management - alongside the routed enterprise behind it. You work with little direction, and you will talk to the owner here, not a recruiting queue.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
  • Bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position plus 6 years of relevant experience. Equivalents accepted - Master's plus 4, Associate's plus 8, or High School diploma/GED plus 10.
  • 8+ years in network and transport technologies, and 8+ years on large-scale enterprise or global networks.
  • Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) and larger fixed ground station systems across SCPC, TDMA, and other industry-standard SATCOM configurations.
  • IP satellite modems interfacing with bandwidth management systems such as iDirect and Comtech VMS.
  • Juniper switches and routers, cryptographic devices, VPN and VPN client, and Starshield.
  • OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and multicast.
  • IP services supporting NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWICS - IPv4, VPN, multicast, QoS, SDN, SNMP, VoIP, VTC.
  • Network analysis tooling - Forward Networks, HP Network Node Manager, or Riverbed.
  • DoD Architecture Framework and related DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions.
  • Ability to work independently with little direction, and to write and brief at the executive level.

Nice To Haves

  • CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or ITIL v3 Foundations.
  • JNCIA, or Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCVP.

Responsibilities

  • Install, maintain, and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment.
  • Evaluate, configure, test, and sustain every element of the RF transmit and receive chain.
  • Coordinate maintenance, monitoring, and installation across multi-domain WAN/LAN environments.
  • Troubleshoot network media and components; monitor the health and performance of the network.
  • Research and implement enterprise-wide solutions and enhancements against mission objectives.
  • Develop test plans and configuration documentation for customer approval before implementation.
  • Run traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization to hold performance and availability objectives.
  • Perform site surveys for new installations and technology refresh; maintain architecture diagrams.
  • Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) and Roth
  • Paid Time Off
  • 11 paid Federal Holidays
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