SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR - Network Management and Design - 10+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required - SB - 185/221

Halogen Engineering Group, Inc • Fort George G Meade, MD

16d • $179,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Halogen Engineering Group is looking for a System Administrator with Linux and Windows Network Administration experience to join our team. This role requires a strong understanding of network management, design, architecture, engineering, installation, maintenance, and information systems security engineering. The ideal candidate will have experience with Radio Frequency systems and components and be capable of consulting with external organizations, identifying and selecting IT products, strategizing architectures, developing technical proposals, installing and customizing hardware and software, maintaining systems, managing networks, troubleshooting issues, conducting site surveys, validating testing, analyzing infrastructure problems, identifying new technologies, performing high-level design, translating designs into specifications, installing and testing equipment, performing life cycle support, and performing hardware repairs and modifications.

Requirements

• Linux and Windows Network Administration experience
• Understanding the architecture/topology of SW/HW/networks, including WANs/CANs/LANs, telecommunication systems, their components, and associated protocols and standards
• Configuring, managing, and sustaining development and testing network infrastructure and computer systems
• Comprehension of the theory, design, and implementation of network architectures
• Applying concepts, principles, theories, and methods for designing, development, evaluating, testing, and securing development and testing infrastructure networks
• Monitoring and maintaining applications within an IT environment
• Expertise in the concepts, principles, theories, and methods for network connectivity (e.g. routing, switching, and IP addressing)
• Maintaining awareness of new, emerging, and evolving technology, tools, and trends applicable to mobile/RF development and testing infrastructure networks requirements
• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of telecommunications, including their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they integrate with one another (e.g. transmissions, switching, routing management)
• Experience in the design, implementation, and operation of telecommunications systems
• Familiarity with the specifications, uses, and types of security hardware and software options
• Understanding of the concepts and principles of computer security
• Using the principles and key elements of Configuration Management to plan, manage, or document the implementation, modification, or integration of systems
• Implementing, configuring, and sustaining computer/network security solutions (e.g. encryption, firewalls, anti-virus rule sets, and intrusion detection/prevention systems)
• Planning, coordinating, and administering the installation, testing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems
• Maintaining systems inventory, non-attributable systems matrix, and rack/elevation/room drawings
• Implementing safety protocols
• Current TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Polygraph Clearance Required

Nice To Haves

• Radio Frequency systems and components familiarity

Responsibilities

• Consult and coordinate with external organizations to resolve network, system, server, or other development and test infrastructure issues
• Identify and select IT products, tools, services, and infrastructure components for development systems
• Strategize/design/select architectures and procedures required to solve complex infrastructure problems
• Develop/contribute to/evaluate technical proposals for changes to CITE facility networks
• Install and customize as necessary HW and/or SW components into development and test infrastructure computer systems and networks
• Maintain computer system and network HW or SW, including UPS network
• Manage, monitor, and control networks
• Troubleshoot networks, computers, and peripheral devices to isolate causes of failures/issues
• Conduct site surveys for IT installations
• Validate testing and quality assurance of development and test infrastructure systems
• Analyze infrastructure problems to determine technical solutions
• Identify new and existing products, technologies, and/or architectures to solve design, development, and test problems
• Perform high-level design, specifying system and component performance and interface requirements
• Translate conceptual designs into technical specifications
• Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve development and test infrastructure equipment
• Perform all life cycle support: HW, SW, firmware, and configuration upgrades or modifications to currently installed development and test infrastructure equipment
• Perform such repair and modification of HW components to include micro-soldering to replace components, repair traces to keep systems/devices in operating condition, and facilitate reverse engineering efforts

Benefits

• CareFirst Insurance
• Medical Plans (Two Platinum PPO Plans with $0 Deductible, one HSA Plan with $1500 deductible)
• Halogen pays 100% of Medical Premium Costs up to $25,000
• CareFirst Wellness Rewards Program
• Dental Plan (Halogen pays 50% of plan costs)
• Vision Plan (Halogen pays 100% of plan costs)
• 401K Retirement Plan (10% contribution paid by the company, automatically vested and paid in each pay period)
• Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
• Paid Time Off (20 days)
• 6 Federal Holidays
• 5 Floating Holidays
• Bonuses (Based on performance and billable hours)

What This Job Offers

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