1697 - Senior Network Engineer

Sigma Defense•San Diego, CA

8h•$130,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sigma Defense is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team in San Diego NB, CA. This role involves working on-site at a San Diego customer site in a classified laboratory. The engineer will oversee engineering activities of networks and information systems, plan, design, develop, evaluate, test, and integrate systems infrastructure, including network hardware and software. Responsibilities also include capturing, understanding, translating, and documenting customer requirements, defining system and product requirements, and generating performance and reliability specifications. The role requires creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation, managing and documenting system configurations, overseeing transitions into production, performing troubleshooting and remediation, ensuring successful project implementation, and providing post-project end-user support.

Requirements

8+ years of experience supporting systems engineering activities for DOW or mission-critical systems, including complex airborne platform-based systems.
Experience supporting airborne, communications, shore-based, SATCOM, or mission critical systems environments.
Experience in system design, integration, installation, testing, certification, or fielding activities.
Experience with requirements development, verification, and validation.
Experience supporting installation, certification, operational test activities, system testing, verification, or operational test events (e.g., SOVT or similar).
Experience developing or supporting technical documentation and certification artifacts.
Experience working within Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) or cross functional/collaborative engineering environments.
Experience with secure communications systems or classified environments.
Experience supporting system installation planning activities, such as site surveys, integration plans, deployment briefs, or similar deployment activities.
Experience supporting readiness certifications, technical review boards, operational verification efforts, or similar activities (e.g., SOVT, FRCB, or equivalent).
Experience troubleshooting and resolving system integration issues in operational environments.
Experience serving in technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers, or supporting project management/project coordination activities.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Candidate must possess or have the ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance or higher.

Nice To Haves

Experience at NWIC-PAC.
Experience with supporting E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, Airborne Networking GIG Interface (ANGI), or similar experience with DOW airborne platforms, communications systems, networking environments, or mission systems.

Responsibilities

Oversee engineering activities of our networks and information systems.
Plan, design, develop, evaluate, test, and integrate an organization's systems infrastructure, including the implementation and design of network hardware and software.
Capture, understand, translate, and document customer requirements.
Define system and product requirements; and generate mechanical, electrical, and network performance and reliability specifications and requirements.
Create and maintain programmatic and technical documentation to insure efficient planning and execution.
Manage and document system configurations, and oversee all transitions into production.
Perform troubleshooting and remediation, ensure successful project implementation, and perform post project end user support.