U.S. Citizenship necessary for security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
8+ years in tactical communications or related fields.
Proficient with routers, switches, and tactical communications systems.
Experience in troubleshooting network performance issues.
Familiarity with UPS systems and environmental dependencies.
Responsibilities
Manage lifecycle of edge communications equipment from planning to disposition.
Install and configure various edge equipment including routers and radios.
Diagnose and resolve connectivity and network performance issues.
Conduct site surveys and infrastructure assessments.
Support tactical communications and related systems as authorized.
Perform network testing and operational readiness assessments.
Coordinate with various stakeholders for deployments and maintenance.
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
Paid leave for employees.
Retirement plans available.
Insurance programs offered.
Education and training assistance provided.
Full Job Description
Overview
The Tactical Communications (TACOM) / Infrastructure Specialist manages the lifecycle, deployment, validation, troubleshooting, and sustainment of edge equipment and communications infrastructure across San Diego, Tucson, Yuma, and other assigned Southwest locations. The position is remote when not traveling and requires approximately 80% domestic travel, including extended site assignments.
Responsibilities
Manage the lifecycle of edge communications and infrastructure equipment, including planning, staging, installation, configuration, testing, maintenance, refresh, and disposition.
Install, configure, troubleshoot, and validate routers, switches, gateways, interfaces, radios, workstations, monitors, and related edge equipment.
Support tactical communications, radio systems, operator workstations, IFT or radar workstations, and CBP-network-connected equipment as authorized.
Conduct site surveys, infrastructure assessments, equipment inventories, requirements validation, and system health checks.
Assess and troubleshoot UPS systems, backup power, primary power, environmental conditions, shielding, grounding, and electromagnetic interference.
Support video walls, display monitors, access control, door locks, and other C2 infrastructure.
Coordinate deployments and maintenance with customers, network providers, vendors, construction teams, electricians, and other technical disciplines.
Perform network and infrastructure testing, failover validation, operational readiness testing, and customer acceptance.
Develop network diagrams, equipment inventories, configuration records, as-built documentation, test reports, deficiency lists, and closeout packages.
Provide remote technical support, follow-up coordination, and status reporting between field deployments.
Identify recurring problems and recommend improvements to network resiliency, maintainability, and system availability.
Manage assigned work packages from planning through installation, validation, remediation, and final acceptance.
Travel to multiple stations and C2CENs, including extended deployments and occasional after-hours maintenance windows.
Qualifications
Active CBP BI or TOP SECRET clearance.
U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Eight or more years of experience in tactical communications, network engineering, field infrastructure, telecommunications, systems integration, or mission-critical technology deployments.
Experience with routers, switches, gateways, network interfaces, WAN, LAN, wireless, cellular, satellite, or tactical communications systems.
Experience with network redundancy, failover, connectivity, latency, packet loss, performance troubleshooting, and remote-site support.
Experience with radios, tactical communications, edge equipment deployment, operator workstations, video walls, and display systems.
Experience with UPS systems, backup power, environmental dependencies, shielding, grounding, or electromagnetic interference.
Experience with equipment staging, installation, configuration management, site surveys, testing, validation, and customer acceptance.
Ability to travel approximately 80% and support extended deployments across the Southwest and other U.S. locations.
Pay Transparency Statement
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $140,000.00/Yr. - USD $175,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.
About AMERICAN SYSTEMS
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a government IT solutions provider. The Company provides solutions in national security, healthcare, and public sector markets. Its services include acquisition and lifecycle support, enterprise IT, healthcare IT, intelligence analysis, and training and simulation. The Company's customers include the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
