Telecommunications Engineer IV

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ASRC Federal is seeking a Telecommunications Engineer IV to support an upcoming government contract located in Bethesda, MD.

Work location : Onsite ( Monday - Friday ) / Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Clearance: Public Trust; successfully complete a government issues background investigation

Responsibilities:

• Oversees and participates in the design, testing, upgrade and integration of new or existing telecommunication networks, systems and equipment in accordance to the organization's business requirements.
• Documents all aspects of the engineering process as it relates to build and configuration, testing, and deployment of telecommunication networks, systems and equipment.
• Coordinates changes such as implementation of new telecommunication networks, systems and equipment, upgrades, or version increments to existing telecommunication networks, systems and equipment with stakeholders.
• Plans, coordinates, and implements security measures to safeguard telecommunication networks, systems and equipment.
• Performs telecommunications modeling, analysis, and planning.
• Coordinates with architecture and evaluate new and emerging telecommunication technologies and make recommendations for selection of these products.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and if needed, coordinates vendor engagements to assist in troubleshooting efforts.
• Provides day-to-day operational or administrative duties for deployed infrastructure platforms in lab or production environments.
• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments. Ability to work with other senior technical and user staff to complete projects.
• Plans and leads major technology assignments.
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• Maintains inventory of all installed infrastructure cable based on BICSI TIA/EIA 1179.
• Support for telecommunications infrastructure including phone, fax service, Wide Area Network (WAN) circuits, 800-number and Direct Inward Dialing (DID) assignments and "plain old telephone service" (POTS) lines; analyzes telecommunications and network characteristics (e.g., traffic, connect time, transmission, speed, packet sizes, and throughput), troubleshoots problems, and recommends procurement, removals, and modifications to Telecommunications and Internet Protocol (IP) network and system components on Cisco based network.
• Backup to the Telecommunications/Network Administrator, including PBX system and all telecommunication equipment, upgrading, troubleshooting, monitoring, and building of networked services; and provides strategic direction and support for the implementation and maintenance of the facility IP FAX service.
• Provides support for core Data and Voice (Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN)) devices including Routers, LAN Switches and Firewalls; and uses routing knowledge of network/internet protocols/services such as Frame-Relay, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Digital Signal Level 3 (DS3), T- carrier 1 (digital transmission line (T1), Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), Boarder Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Network Address Translation (NAT); and provides support for Voice PBX platforms, traditional digital Avaya phones, Avaya/Cisco VOIP systems, and Trunking.
• Provides complex technical services and support to a diverse customer base, directly affecting operations of a large and complex multi-mission military medical treatment facility.
• Support the project/construction and cable reroutes, fiber splicing
• Direct support for PMO and CTO

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge of Structured Cabling, understanding of BICSI TIA/EIA 568 and specifically TIA 1179 standards.
• Must be able to read engineering diagrams for buildings and cable plant.
• Extensive knowledge of Telecommunication voice solutions providers such as Avaya, CISCO, Verizon, Lumen, Polycom etc.
• Knowledge of, and skill in applying systems design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools; systems design standards, policies, and authorized approaches; and systems design precedents or alternative approaches.
• Knowledge of structured analysis principles and methods; and business processes and operations of customer organizations sufficient to develop requirements and specifications for systems that meet business requirements; advise on the merits of proposed systems development projects; and apply a structured systems analysis approach to the design and development of new or enhanced applications.
• Knowledge of, and skill in applying the organization's policy and planning formulation process; capital investment planning principles and methods; the organization s enterprise IT goals and objectives; and IT metrics methods and concepts sufficient to draft IT policies and plans; participate in the IT capital planning process; and develop and monitor metrics used in evaluating the accomplishment of IT goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of, and skill in applying IT security principles, methods, and tools; and knowledge of the IT security environment sufficient to participate in defining IT security requirements; and implement and support IT security applications.
• Knowledge of, and skill in applying Information Technology (IT) concepts, principles, methods, and practices.
• Knowledge of the mission and programs of customer organizations; the organization s IT infrastructure; performance management/measurement methods, tools, and techniques.
• Knowledge of systems testing and evaluation principles, methods, and tools; IT security principles and methods; requirement analysis principles and methods.
• Knowledge of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) products and components; Internet technologies to analyze the Internet potential of systems, networks, and data; new and emerging information technologies and/or industry trends.
• Knowledge of acquisition management policies and procedures; cost-benefit analysis principles and methods; analytical methods and practices; and project management principles and methods.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Ability to successfully complete a government issues background investigation

Education/Experience:

• Master's degree and/or equivalency
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience demonstrating the required proficiency.
• Certification: Cyber Workforce Qualification and Management Program (CWP) and IAT III and CE (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP)

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

EEO Statement

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.