Network Engineer III

at Trace Systems in Scott AFB, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Title: Network Engineer III

Job Location: Scott AFB, IL

Our customer is the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations. This position directly supports the DISA-provided GIG capabilities and services in the 24x7 DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC).

• Responsible for performing and training team on the following duties:
• Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across all SATCOM teleports and gateways.
• Perform real-time circuit redesign (alternate routing) to restore customer connectivity during scheduled and unscheduled outages and maintenance actions.
• Work directly with internal and external customers, all SATCOM stakeholders, and other engineering tiers to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact.
• Perform a variety of change management tasks which include hardware replacement, software configurations, and ASI management.
• Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools.
• Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident.
• Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or deficiencies leveraging knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, CISCO, Juniper, iDirect, EBEM, ESEM, linkway, MPM1000, and other associated modems.

• Active, in-Scope US government issued Secret clearance.

• Due to the nature of the work and US Government required, US Citizenship is required.

• Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date.

• Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment.
• Must have an active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Requires general understanding of SATCOM and networking principles.

• Experience working with deployed SATCOM terminals
• Circuit actions experience
• Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience.
• Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs.
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management.




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Trace Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by law.