Description
SAIC is looking to hire a Principal Network Engineer , this role will provide engineering expertise to support, maintain, develop, and test existing and new communications systems for NIWC PAC in San Diego, CA.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
· This position will provide network-engineering expertise for the development of Submarine Communications Systems.
· The network engineer will support the analysis and engineering, system architecture, system analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, systems integration, system & op. performance analysis, requirements and network engineering of the implemented networks.
· Candidate will provide a high level of network engineering expertise in the development, research of components, functionality and schedules to provide recommendations to the customer.
· The candidate will be able to provide a high level of system administration, and testing support to the system administrator.
· The engineer will maintain and document lab systems, provide support for testing, and provide status of progress to the customer.
· Candidates will have experience and familiarity with virtualization (VMWare) and MS environments and possess strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lean new technologies quickly.
· The candidate will have strong hands-on networking skills including troubleshooting and building networks from diagrams.
· Candidate will have ability to documents networks with layer 2 and layer 3 diagrams.
Qualifications
REQUIRED SKILLS:
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering and nine (9) years or more relative experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
· Secret Clearance Required
· Relevant experience in network monitoring, management, and control
· Excellent Communications Skills are imperative.
· Establish equipment configurations in support of operational requirements.
· Network WAN Design including Firewall configuration and integration.
· Experience with backup and restoring systems.
· Ability to design and implement network architecture.
DESIRED SKILLS:
· Current Security+ at a minimum or obtain it within 6 months.
· Relevant experience in Hyper-converged architectures
· Relevant experience in fundamentals of Networking and Firewalls
· VMWare Certified Professional
· 6 years in hands-on translating requirements into design for networks and HCI
· MBSE Experience preferred.
· Preferred experience with DoD accreditation processes: DIACAP and RMF
· Understanding of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) to lockdown network equipment
· Maintain network in compliance with NETSEC directives (IAVA, IAVM)
· Candidate should have strong computer and networking skills and demonstrate a working knowledge of current applicable military and commercial standards and specifications.
· Candidate must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office (i.e. Visio, Project, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and Word).
Target salary range: $125,001 - $150,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.REQNUMBER: 2400567
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