Telecommunications Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Fort Meade, MD

5h•$86,900 - $198,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Telecommunications Engineer will have the opportunity to combine their technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security. The role involves leading the end-to-end design, survey, procurement, and deployment of optical network infrastructure across military and enterprise sites. The engineer will be trusted to design and develop these systems, and also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. This role offers the chance to broaden skill sets into areas like optical networking, merging telecommunications engineering and optical engineering to maintain and improve the customer’s communications network, and create the future of mission-critical telecommunications systems.

Requirements

Experience working as a telecommunications engineer
Experience in optical transmission technologies and optical test procedures
Experience with system-level network topology planning and physical-layer telecommunications infrastructure
Experience drafting requirements, technical site documentation, trip reports, engineering change requests, and architecture diagrams
Experience architecting and designing complex systems
Experience with network technology, components, systems, and vendors
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience with network technologies, or 12+ years of experience with network technologies in lieu of a degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with telecom service provider engagement
Knowledge of DISN operational processes, Telecommunications Service Orders (TSOs), Telecommunications Service Requests (TSRs), and Department of Defense (DoD) network security architectures
Ability to research and resolve issues in systems implementations and configurations
BICSI Certification

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design, survey, procurement, and deployment of optical network infrastructure across military and enterprise sites.
Design and develop systems.
Evolve systems with advanced technology solutions.
Merge telecommunications engineering and optical engineering to maintain and improve the customer’s communications network.
Create the future of mission-critical telecommunications systems.