Network Controller

at Trace Systems in Scott AFB, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Title: Network Controller

Job Location: Scott AFB, IL

Our customer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) located at Scott AFB, IL, 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 our 24x7 Global Network Support Center (GNSC) working in our Transport/IP NOC.

• Responsible for overall network engineering support for customer programs including planning, designing, and evaluating various components of the DISA Enterprise Network.
• Partner with Engineering team to provide specifications for network architecture, evaluating and recommending new technologies to enhance current capabilities, and performing needs assessments.
• Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and system architectures to develop solutions for network outages or other systems issues.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution of complex network problems.
• Interacts with customer and/or senior leadership regarding Network Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.
• May be required to troubleshoot issues utilizing established procedures.

• Active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance.

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

• Position requires relevant technical experience.
• Certification: COMPTIA Security +CE or equivalent.
• Able to work in a shift work environment as we are a 24/7 operation.
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management.
• Expertise in one or more of the following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, GVS, ATM, Promina, CISCO, MSPP, Optical Switching.
• General understanding of network topologies.

• Prior Military experience or experience working as a contractor in a Government environment is preferred.

• Remedy GTMS/ITSM experience is a plus. Network+, CCNA, CCENT, JNCIA, CCNP are also desirable.

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

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