Transport Engineer III

Leidos•Shiloh, IL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transport Engineer III supports the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA-GLOBAL) at Scott AFB, Illinois, providing engineering support for Defense Information System Network (DISN) capabilities and services. The role performs sustainment, maintenance, problem management, and change management to help ensure secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of Department of Defense networks. The engineer designs and manages transport networks, develops methods of procedure, analyzes and tests network architectures, implements hardware on operational nodes, and deploys network changes while monitoring their effects on customer traffic. The position also provides engineering incident escalation support, troubleshoots transport and cryptographic platforms, coordinates with engineers, vendors, and customers to determine root causes, documents work in ServiceNow and the Mission Support Services database, and supports maintenance planning and hardware replacement activities.

Requirements

Currently possess an active Secret security clearance.
Currently possess DoD 8750 IAT Level II certification, Security+ CE, or an equivalent certification.
Proficiency with one or more transport platforms, including CIENA 6500, CIENA Corestream, Cisco NCS2K, Cisco MSPP 15454/15310, Sycamore ODXC 16K/9K, XTERA, or ancillary equipment.
Experience analyzing section, line, and path events on optical networks.
Experience with end-to-end system loopback testing and troubleshooting on transport networks.
Exposure to troubleshooting, assessment, root cause analysis, and restoration of optical networks.
Experience working with service providers and/or enterprise transport systems using Cisco or CIENA devices.
Experience with ports and protocols for DWDM and SONET technologies.
Bachelor’s degree and 4–8 years of prior relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 2–6 years of prior relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Ciena and/or Cisco configuration, troubleshooting, and design.
Experience with power systems and network timing.
Experience with DWDM and SONET.
Understanding of Physical (Layer 1) and Data Link (Layer 2) network troubleshooting.
CIENA 6500 configuration, troubleshooting, and design experience.
CISCO 4200 configuration, troubleshooting, and design experience.
CISCO NCS2K configuration, troubleshooting, and design experience.
Cryptographic systems configuration, troubleshooting, and design experience.
Physical cable plant and wiring experience.
Strong project, technical, interpersonal, presentation, and problem management skills.
Extensive network integration experience across a variety of network protocol standards.
Ability to communicate detailed technical troubleshooting and implementation information orally and in writing.
Familiarity with DoD regulations and directives.

Responsibilities

Perform network design and engineering, including network management system design, analysis, testing, and architecture modifications supporting approved technical refreshes and upgrades.
Develop Methods of Procedure and implement network hardware, including shelves and cards, on operational nodes.
Deploy network changes and monitor customer traffic for impacts using expected traffic behavior, lessons learned, and customer reports.
Recommend network operation and maintenance best practices to management.
Provide ad-hoc engineering support, gather statistics and data, create or update flowcharts, and recommend efficient network configurations based on engineering documents and experience.
Provide engineering incident management escalation support.
Isolate faults, analyze events, and troubleshoot SONET optical/fiber transport, DWDM, TDM, and cryptographic systems.
Coordinate with Transport, IP, and Unified Capabilities engineers, vendors, and customers to determine root cause.
Update ServiceNow tickets with accurate documentation and provide situational-awareness reporting to customers and management.
Maintain accurate Mission Support Services database records reflecting the real-time network.
Support Authorized Service Interruption activities by collecting site and device data, scheduling maintenance windows, coordinating technician dispatch, and identifying available site personnel.
Work with the Problem Coordinator and Government customer to troubleshoot and resolve Problem Management candidate tickets.
Work with vendor Technical Assistance Center personnel to gather information for hardware replacement orders.