BAE Systems

Network Systems Engineer

BAE Systems$108K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 16 years of relevant experience with a combination of work history and education.
  • Compliance with DoD 8140 IAT Level 2 standards.
  • Strong technical knowledge of networking hardware and infrastructure.
  • Experience in leading meetings and technical readiness reviews.
  • Excellent communication skills for documentation and presentations.
  • Ability to navigate complex problem-solving and guide teams successfully.
  • Attention to detail with a focus on quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze systems and document requirements for network support.
  • Develop comprehensive end-to-end analysis for enterprise network projects.
  • Translate customer needs into software and hardware requirements through detailed analysis.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to address functional and technical issues swiftly.
  • Ensure systems integration meets operational and business requirements.
  • Modify and expand systems to enhance functionality and workflow efficiency.
  • Identify technical risks and design mitigation strategies.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) savings plan with various contribution options.
  • Paid time off and paid holidays, including parental and military leave.
  • Employee assistance program and legal plan for personal support.
  • Recognition programs with potential awards for outstanding performance.
  • Additional perks and discounts on various insurance types.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We are looking for a Network Systems Engineer to support an IC program delivering network support to the customer's various wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). This position will provide routing to an enterprise level infrastructure across multiple classifications and act as subject matter experts in routing technologies across multiple vendors.

The Network Systems Engineer responsibilities will include:
  • Provides systems analysis, documents requirements, works with design, development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle support teams responsible for hardware systems and applications.
  • Develops end-to-end analysis for the enterprise, documents processes, key artifacts, and ensures systems comply with the enterprise technical architecture.
  • Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer needs into hardware and software requirements.
  • Identify, analyze, define, and coordinate user, customer and stakeholder needs and translate them into enterprise requirements.
  • Identify and coordinate with customer, partner, and program stakeholders to communicate and resolve specific functional or technical problems immediately and as they are identified.
  • Ensure that all the pieces of an engineering system work together to meet functional and technical requirements for operations to manage and maintain while simultaneously assessing business and management requirements.
  • Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve workflow.
  • Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Perform strategic systems planning, business information planning, business, and analysis.
  • Identify and manage dependencies with other systems and elements of the IT infrastructure.
  • Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions.
  • Apply business process improvement practices to re-engineer methodologies and principles and business process modernization projects.
  • Apply, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control and risk analysis and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques.
  • Evaluate industry offering for products and technologies with potential to support design.
  • Identify potential impacts of systems.
  • Develop and apply organization-wide information models for use in designing and building integrated systems.
  • Assist in establishing standards and guidelines for information systems procedures.
  • Assess system designs to validate them against expected technical parameters.
  • Identify hardware and applications needed to complete the development process.
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Required Skills and Education

  • Must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master's and 10 years, bachelor's and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years.
  • Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
  • Technical knowledge of network infrastructure and hardware (such as routers, switches, firewall, and other networking appliances).
  • Prior experience facilitating and leading meetings, such as readiness review gates.
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills as evidenced by delivering presentations, writing engineering documents, procedures, and other key artifacts used for the successful design, implementation, and maintenance of information systems.
  • Capable of multi-tasking, persuading others, and guiding teammates to overcome obstacles.
  • Attention to detail, quality of deliverables.
  • Demonstrated ability to engineer and modify rulesets to allow connectivity for new customer requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and develop schematic diagrams, technical manuals, and documentation such that the supported equipment and software can be maintained with minimal training.
  • Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products.
  • Intermediate-level knowledge of MS Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Ability to represent the team and deliver status reports to internal and external leadership.
  • Excellent organizational and follow through skills.
  • Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
  • Detail oriented with problem-solving skills.


Preferred Skills and Education

  • Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering.
  • Demonstrated leadership in technical readiness reviews including System Requirements Review (SRR), Engineering Design Review (EDR)Technical Requirements Review (TRR), and Operational Readiness Review (ORR).
  • Engineering best practice knowledge such as International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and ITIL Foundations certification or higher.


Benefits Information

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Intern Benefits: Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.

Please note: Some benefits may be different for union employees that are governed by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or for positions covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company. It is among the world's largest defense contractors, with over 85,000 employees and operations in over 40 countries. BAE Systems is involved in the design, development, and manufacture of a wide range of products and services, including military aircraft, naval ships, and land vehicles. The company also provides a range of cybersecurity and intelligence services. BAE Systems has a long history, dating back to the 19th century, and has been involved in many major defense projects. Visit baesystems.com for more information.
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