Level 3 Communications, Inc

Specialist, Systems Engineering

Level 3 Communications, Inc$95K — $115K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 4 years relevant engineering experience, or graduate degree with 2 years, or 8 years in lieu of degree.
  • Demonstrated experience with DevOps integration and network.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Active Secret clearance with capability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.
  • Experience with complex communications systems and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Translate customer needs into system-level requirements.
  • Support systems engineering across the entire program lifecycle.
  • Contribute to technical baseline development and architecture decisions.
  • Generate and maintain key technical documentation and reports.
  • Direct cross-functional teams on engineering work products.
  • Conduct troubleshooting and testing of network systems.
  • Create proof-of-concept solutions for pipeline operations.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule allowing every other Friday off.
  • Opportunity to support cutting-edge DevOps network infrastructure.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams to foster collaboration.
  • Potential for growth and advancement through skills development.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 41671

Job Location: Greenville, Texas

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off.

This role is contingent upon contract award, anticipated October 2026

Job Description:

We are seeking a Specialist - Systems Engineer (Level 3) to serve in a DevOps integration role supporting the design, modernization, and sustainment of DevOps Network Infrastructure to include the planning, configuration, implementation, management, and maintenance of network systems and hardware. This role ensures the reliability, security, performance, and scalability of network operations while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support current infrastructure requirements and future growth.

Essential Functions:
  • Translate the voice of the customer into system-level requirements.
  • Support systems engineering activities across the program lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, integration, verification, validation, deployment, and sustainment.
  • Support technical baseline development, trade studies, architecture decisions, and design reviews for complex communications systems.
  • Develop, review, and maintain technical documentation, including specifications, interface control documents, architecture artifacts, test plans, procedures, verification strategies, and technical reports.
  • Provide technical direction to cross-functional teams and review engineering work products across multiple disciplines.
  • Perform troubleshooting, design, implementation, and testing activities of WAN/LAN/SATCOM-based networks systems.
  • Build and test proof-of-concept solutions for deployment workflows, repository interactions, and pipeline operations.
  • Support regression efforts, test procedure improvements, and integration troubleshooting in lab and platform environments
  • Research, prototype, and implement CI/CD pipeline capabilities to support build, validation, packaging, and deployment workflows.
  • Support demos, technical briefings, and status discussions with internal teams, leadership, and customers as required.
  • Excellent written, oral, and presentation communications skills.
  • Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI Security clearance.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant engineering experience OR.
  • Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related engineering experience OR.
  • In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with DevOps integration
  • Demonstrated experience with DevOps network


Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Demonstrated experience with GitLab
  • Demonstrated experience with VSCode
  • Demonstrated experience with Python
  • Demonstrated experience with PowerShell
  • Demonstrated experience with Jfrog
  • Demonstrated experience with RHEL
  • Demonstrated experience with Artifactory
  • Demonstrated experience with CI/CD Pipelines
  • Demonstrated experience with Nexus
  • CompTIA Security+ Certification
  • Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance


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