Job Description:
Parsons is seeking a talented Lead Facility Network Comm Project Engineer to join our growing team!
We're looking fo WAN/LAN experience to support a Government Research and Development facility in Boulder, CO. This customer-facing position requires a self-starter that can work independently and as part of a team and possesses strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills. Experience in working with cross functional Government SETAs, FFRDCs, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Capability Integration Development (CID) team members is a plus. There is a minimum onsite support requirement for M-F during core business hours of 9:00am-3:00pm MT. Occasional/infrequent after hours/weekend support may be required.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead site surveys, technical interchange meetings, and design reviews to collaborate with multiple tenants and external comm providers to identify requirements, risks, and dependencies that drive new or upgrade designs
- Leverage technical experience and in-depth knowledge of the facility communications infrastructure to facilitate, integrate, and test new tenant connections and ensure they meet levied requirements
- Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot existing circuits and respond rapidly to planned or unplanned events
- Analyze existing comm circuits and strategize ways to improve bandwidth and performance to meet growing tenant requirements
- Document facility comm systems and maintain detailed records using configuration management processes
- Facilitate communication between multiple onsite tenants and external comm providers to ensure solutions and requirements are aligned
- Serve as primary facility POC for external comms for anomalies or issues requiring attention or escalation
- Facilitate tracking, stakeholder status updates, and closure updates to external communications efforts
- Perform configuration management oversight and documentation for external communications network environments
- Serve as the program representative on technical approval boards for external comm related items
- Collaborate with tenants and external comm providers on outages, testing, upgrades, impacts, risks, mitigation, status, and reporting in conjunction with planned or unplanned events
- Work with tenants and comm providers on external network comm architecture, design, and requirements
- Identify and provide briefings to stakeholders regarding requirements and scope for external comm efforts
- Provide tenant cyber security teams with requested artifacts to support external comm related cyber tasking to include but not limited to IATT, ATC, and ATO efforts
- Facilitate onsite circuit installs and troubleshooting efforts for new and existing comm connections
- Track, manage, and provide facility bandwidth metrics to all tenants for design consideration
- Primary management and technical responsibilities for entire facility ISP solution
- Conduct and analyze data captures to obtain network performance information
- Configure, implement, and test/troubleshoot crypto devices
- Develop and maintain facility network and equipment operating procedures
- Provide solution guidance for tech refreshes and environment baseline builds
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- 7+ years of experience in enterprise network systems within DoD, Intelligence Community, or other national security environments, with additional education, training, and certifications able to count towards total years of experience
- Bachelors degree, with additional years of experience able to count in lieu of a degree
- Active Security + certification, or equivalent
- Experience integrating solutions into operational classified environments.
- Experience leading cross functional teams to achieve strategic objectives
- Knowledge of dynamic routing protocols such BGP or OSPF
- Knowledge of communication methods, principles, protocols and concepts (e.g., crypto, mesh network, sftp) that support the network infrastructure
- Knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment
- Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
- Ability to review rack layout diagram and identify network equipment
- Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption)
- Knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management
- Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]
- Knowledge of common network tools (e.g., ping, traceroute, nslookup)
What Desired Skills You Might Bring:
- Experience with network integrations to on-premises and cloud environments utilizing PWAN, MeshONE-T, and Commercial Communications providers.
- One or more of the following Juniper certifications:
- JNCIA-Junos
- JNCIP
- JNCIA-DC
- JNCIA-Design
- One or more of the following Cisco certifications:
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
Salary Range: $148,300.00 - $266,900.00
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.
