SATCOM Network Engineer

C3EL • Scott AFB, IL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

C3EL is seeking a cleared Network Engineer to support its Enterprise SATCOM Gateway Services (ESGS) Network Operations Center at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. The customer, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), provides GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to the Department of Defense and national security organizations. The Network Engineer performs sustainment, maintenance, and problem and change management services to help ensure secure, reliable, and uninterrupted network availability. This mission-essential role may require rotating shift work, including nights and weekends, in a 24x7 environment. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the work and contract requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• An active, in-scope U.S. Government-issued Secret clearance or higher.
• Current DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification, such as Security+ CE or equivalent.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 shift-work environment.
• General understanding of SATCOM and networking principles.
• Bachelor's degree and 4–8 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree and less than 2 years of relevant experience; equivalent combinations of education and experience are accepted.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with deployed SATCOM terminals.
• Circuit actions experience.
• Telco NOC, inside plant, or outside plant experience.
• Experience with the MS Office suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience with one or more of alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, or performance management.
• Knowledge of routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, Cisco, Juniper, MSPP, optical transport networks, MPLS, time-division multiplexing, and SDH/SONET.

Responsibilities

• Execute network operations, including configuration and analysis of customer circuits across optical and electro-optical multiplexers, routers, and switches.
• Perform real-time circuit redesign and alternate routing to restore customer connectivity during scheduled and unscheduled outages and maintenance actions.
• Work with internal and external customers, government agencies, and other engineering tiers to maximize network availability and minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact.
• Proactively monitor network alarms using platform-specific network management tools.
• Perform change management tasks, including hardware replacement, software configuration, and ASI management.
• Use incident management applications to document reported outages and degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions throughout network service-impacting incidents.
• Assess network incidents and deficiencies and recommend resolutions using knowledge of applicable networking technologies.

What This Job Offers

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