Senior Network Engineer

Delta Solutions & Strategies•Colorado Springs, CO

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Delta Solutions and Strategies is seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate to join a high-performance team to support US Space Command (USSPACECOM) as a Senior Network Engineer. This role involves contributing to the planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations. The engineer will provide engineering and implementation solutions, assist with HQ USSPACECOM communications and computer requirement documents, and support the examination of mission requirements to develop technical requirements for multi-level classification networks and releasable classification levels. The position requires interaction with customers/users to develop and review communication system requirements, compare potential needs with existing infrastructure, identify shortfalls/excesses, and integrate communication systems for interoperability. Responsibilities also include performing risk assessments, cybersecurity engineering, technical security assessments, recommending solutions, meeting with customers/users to understand their needs and educate them on communication systems and the procurement process, and participating in planning forums, briefings, conferences, and meetings for internal and external resource updates. The role also entails performing systems architecture, design, planning, and integration, with other duties as assigned.

Requirements

BS degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science from an ABET accredited or CAE designated institution.
Minimum of six (6) years of technical experience performing the duties described.
Meets the Core and Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Tasks (KSATs) defined in the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework for Work Role 651 (NIST: SP-ARC-001).
Experience maintaining security, backup, and redundancy strategies in accordance with government and accreditation standards.
Experience with operating systems such as, Solaris, Linux, Windows operating systems (OS) and servers, VMware (various versions) as well as several versions of the Mac operating systems.
Experience with configuration, installation, vulnerability identification and assessments, and security fortification of the fiber and ethernet networks.
Experience developing and reviewing Communication Requirement/Technical Solutions (CR/TS).
CompTIA Sec+ and one of the following: FITSP-D, GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA), CASP+, CCSP, Cloud+, Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), or GIAC GSEC.
TS/SCI Security Clearance Required.

Nice To Haves

Experience interacting with customers/users, develop and review communication system requirements, comparing potential needs with existing infrastructure, identifying shortfalls and excesses, integrating communication systems to achieve interoperability, and establishing continuity procedures and a reference library of pertinent policies, procedures, documents and architectures to properly plan future communication systems.

Responsibilities

Contribute to planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
Provide engineering and implementation solutions, assisting with HQ USSPACECOM communications and computer requirement documents.
Support examining mission requirements and assist in developing technical requirements for multi-level classification networks and releasable classification levels.
Interact with customers/users to develop and review communication system requirements.
Compare potential needs with existing infrastructure, identify shortfalls/excesses, integrate communication systems for interoperability.
Perform risk assessments, cybersecurity engineering, technical security assessments, and recommend solutions.
Meet with customers/users regularly to understand their needs and educate them on communication systems and the procurement process.
Participate in planning forums, briefings, conferences, and meetings for internal and external resource updates.
Perform systems architecture, design, planning, and integration.
Other duties as assigned.
Developing and maintaining Communication and Information Systems Installation Records (CSIRs), Preventive Maintenance Inspection (PMI) reports, schematic operational, systems, and technical architecture drawings, interface drawings between systems, connectivity drawings of equipment to various LANs and current configuration modifications IAW requirements derived from communication requirements and system accreditation process.
Maintaining equipment operations through Preventative Maintenance Inspections (PMI) and repair schedules.