Network Engineer III (24-180) E4 / COS-83 & COS-M

Job# : 2039881

Job Description : 24-180

24-180

Network Engineer III

COS-83 / COS-M

Secret

IAT - Level II

The position requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline ( EE, CIS, CPE, MIS, IT), or equivalent experience / combined education, with 0-2 years of professional experience;

or 0 years of professional experience with a related Master’s degree.

The position requires an IAT Level II 8570 Compliant Certification such as Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc.

The position requires a government security clearance (DoD Secret minimum, Top Secret - desired); you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

The position is based at a LM facility in Colorado Springs, CO in the long-term, however, this role must be able to travel to alternate work locations, such as Schriever Space Force Base, Alaska, Guam, Europe, etc.

to execute job duties such as deployments.

• Must have knowledge of network design, development and testing methodologies.
• Must have an understanding of the OSI Model, TCP / IP, routing protocols BGP and OSPF.
• Must have network traffic analysis, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
• Must have firewall knowledge in Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto
• Must have knowledge of UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, VLANs, GRE Tunnels, and TCP / IP network designs.
• Must have knowledge of multi-vendor switching routing (Juniper, Cisco), WAN optimizer, TACLANEs, and optical transport equipment.
• Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft Office products, especially PowerPoint and Visio.
• Must thrive and do your best work in a collaborative and agile environment.

years required 3-5

• Candidate will be a primary Network Engineer supporting the C2BMC Program.
• Candidate will be responsible for learning the planning, deploying, integrating, and testing upgrades to the C2BMC network to operational sites and help where needed.
• Candidate will be responsible for traveling to remote locations to perform network installations, perform troubleshooting, and provide status updates to Program personnel.

About C2BMC : The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the integrating element of the Missile Defense System.

It is a vital operational system that enables the president, secretary of defense and combatant commanders at strategic, regional and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to collectively see the battle develop, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives.

C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight.

C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks, integrates and synchronizes autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance.

C2BMC is an integral part of all system ground and flight tests which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

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