Title:  (DoD, SkillBridge), Sr Specialist, Network Systems Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Network Systems Engineering 

Job Code: 23684

Job Location: Greenville, Texas

Schedule: 9/80

L3Harris’ DoD SkillBridge is connecting transitioning service members to career training opportunities within our organization. We will provide service members with valuable civilian work experience through industry specific training, certifications and on the job experience during their DoD SkillBridge internship to help them ready themselves for their next mission.

L3Harris aims to attract and retain veteran talent and to help bridge the gap between their military service and civilian careers within our organization. L3Harris is eager to share our knowledge and experience with our service members. This internship is an opportunity for the service member to gain a full understanding of the job position outlined below.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DOD SKILLBRIDGE JOB OPPORTUNITES YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE U.S. MILITARY WITH 180 DAYS OF SERVICE OR FEWER REMAINING PRIOR TO YOUR DATE OF SEPARATION AND HAVE AT LEAST 180 CONTINUOUS DAYS OF ACTIVE SERVICE.

Job Description:

The Senior Specialist, Network Engineer (NE) performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and troubleshooting for total systems and or subsystems. The Sr. Specialist NE is part of a team that supports the requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne communication platforms. 

Essential Functions:

• Assist in the design and development of physical and logical network architectures incorporating voice, video, and data capability across multiple security domains
• Maintains networks (both LAN & WAN) connecting airborne and ground systems via terrestrial and BLOS (Beyond Line of Sight) circuits
• Translate the voice of the customer into system level requirements
• Perform requirement traceability methods and purpose
• Assist and or perform systems engineering trade studies
• Assist in the evaluation of trade studies for accuracy and completeness
• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements
• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system design
• Review and evaluate diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements
• Develop and execute network test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements
• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical network information to non-technical professionals
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines of engineering, to design a cohesive creditable multiple security domain network, and integrate the resulting design in a MILSTD based development environment

Qualifications:  

• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance 
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or Master’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in network (LAN/WAN) design incorporating industry standard security best practices; NIST framework
• Intermediate network engineering experience including IP addressing, switching and routing, VLANs, VPNs, video teleconferencing, VoIP telephony, and LANs/WANs
• Intermediate experience in routing protocols including RIP, EGIRP, OSPF, and BGP
• Certification and Accreditation process and implementation of systems that achieved an Authorization to Operate on government networks
• DODAF knowledge
• Configuration, integration, and troubleshooting of routers, switches, voice, and video teleconferencing equipment
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills
• Experience developing, authoring, and implementing software and system test plans in a team environment
• Experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead small test teams through an entire build cycle
• Hands-on experience with testing, integrating, and verifying software and/or hardware

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Current Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
• Current Top Secret security clearance
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment/administration
• Experience with SATCOM solutions/protocols
• Experience with HAIPE devices is also a plus
• RedHat Enterprise: Linux
• Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers
• Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process and implementation of systems that achieved an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on government networks DODAF knowledge
• Experience working government and/or military programs
• Excellent written, oral communications skills
• Willingness to travel

This position requires an ACTIVE Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI level clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.