Network Planning Engineer

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Job Details

Job Title: Network Planning Engineer

Job Code: 36170

Job Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, Palm Bay, FL, Wilmington, MA

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description

Conducts network architecture design, feasibility and modeling. Designs, analyzes, plans, and modifies network components and/or software by translating customer requirements and objectives into final product design. Develops and evaluates network performance criteria and measurement methods. Prepares analysis of the short-term or long-term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling. Implementation and support of complex networks.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate Space network technologies and designs in relation to the critical infrastructure and service needs for external customers.
• Work with requirements to define and implement network function in non-standard routers, switches and IPSEC devices.
• Exercise knowledge of OSI model, packet/frame structure, routing and MPLS.
• Implement engineered solutions with network function that support system-level requirements, including Quality of Service (QoS) solutions.
• Document hardware queues, buffers and prioritization schemes.
• Participate in inter-program working group and cross-technology initiatives and discussions to resolve technical challenges.
• Create and maintain documentation for network, QoS, protocols and system-level designs.
• Lead network activities at a program-level, coordinating with the ground network engineer and serving as the program interface for network working groups.
• Work directly with systems engineers in a range of specialties focused on every aspect of a space mission.
• Given applicable manual(s), solve issues relating to hardware or software configuration to identify technical issues and resolutions for new non-standard devices.
• Solve complex configuration issues with leading network vendors such as HP/HPE, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet and F5.
• Implement complex architectures and work through the security approval process to advance the mission on internal networks and help IT organizations understand the architecture.
• Work with classified and unclassified cloud connectivity such as AWS or other government facilities.
• Configure/operate GFE security applications, such as Manticore and Cracken.
• Configure, implement and troubleshoot complex problems for high assurance encryption devices used in encryption of data in transit (KG family of encryptors).
• Implement and troubleshoot IP and MPLS networks.
• Implement network tools, such as NetFlow, Layer 3 VPNs, Pseudo wire, Ethernet switching, encapsulation, IPSEC, TCP and UDP signaling, and CCSDS protocols.
• Design and implement routing and pathing including OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP, MPLS.
• Define and implement complex solutions in different non-standard devices to meet defined network objectives and management of queues and buffers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, with 5-8 years of network engineering lead experience with IP Networks, and 3-5 years supporting MPLS networks. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• CCNP or equivalent vendor certification.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.