Network Engineer 01 (Old Town San Diego) - San Diego, CA

Requires US Citizenship
Employment Term and Type: Regular, Full Time
Required Security Clearance: Secret Clearable to TS/SCI
Required Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Salary Range: $140,000 to $150,000

Job Title: Network Engineer

Job Description:

Provide network engineering support by installing, configuring, and deploying network solutions.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain PMW-160 Automated Digital Network System (ADNS)
• Design, develop, test, install and maintain multiple USNTANs
• Apply and mitigate DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Maintain the San Diego commercial satellite communications test facility ("Test Access Point Name (APN)") in a high state of readiness to support over-the-air Inmarsat communications tests from Boeing and other primary airframe integrators
• Maintain technical currency with the design baseline for the AN/USQ-144K(v)1 ADNS Increment III shore network, particularly as it affects satellite communications for supported aircraft
• Collaborate with other NAVAIR-sponsored project engineers at NIWC-PAC, particularly on those matters that affect the design, operation and modernization of critical network infrastructure shared by multiple manned and unmanned air platforms
• Participate in technical reviews and provide analysis of proposed changes to the USNTANs hardware and software baselines
• Provide Technical Assistance to Aircraft Squadron Personnel and Boeing Factory Representatives

Required Qualifications

• Three years of hands-on experience with installing, configuring, and deploying network solutions
• Three years of experience with providing engineering support in a professional setting
• One year of experience applying and mitigating DISA STIGs
• Cisco CCNA certification or higher
• DOD 8570 IAT II compliant certification
• Understand networking protocols including the TCP/IP stack
• Exhibit professional qualities:
  • Perform in customer-facing role and effectively communicate in verbal and written formats
  • Work unsupervised, independently or as part of a team
  • Ability to work effectively with sponsors, customers, subordinates, users
  • Multi-task among numerous projects

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT-related discipline
• Experience working with Airborne or Navy Tactical Networks (ADNS, UCLASS, MQ-25A, STACC)
• Experience with designing or deploying multicast networks
• Experience with deploying Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF's)
• Experience with delivering systems engineering artifacts to include L2/L3 Network Diagrams, L1 Cabling Diagrams, Network Installation Guides, and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA's)
• Experience with configuring virtual network hypervisors such as ProxMox, VMware, GNS3, or EVE-NG
• Familiarity network scripting automation to include TCL and Python
• Familiarity with automated provisioning, configuration and management using Ansible
• Familiarity with the YANG data model and experience with the NETCONF and RESTCONF network management protocol

Education Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Secret upgradable to TS/SCI

Physical Requirements:

• Requires Sitting (66%), Standing (15%), Walking (15%), Near Acuity (100%), Color Determination (100%), Speaking (100%), Listening (100%), Sight (100%), Use of fingers and hands (100%), Travel