Transport Telecommunications Engineer

Job Description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SAIC is seeking a long-haul fiber Telecommunications Engineer in Aurora, CO area to support a government customer.  The successful candidate will support an array of high-speed engineering design and implementation efforts, as well as program office support on behalf of this customer. Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with current polygraph (TS/SCI with polygraph)  is required to start and must be maintained.  Targeted salary is $150,0001- $160,000.  

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The successful candidate must be able to:

• Provide strategic systems engineering support to ensure the delivery of bandwidth for a service infrastructure architecture.
• Define circuit specifications and employ test methodology industry best practices to ensure a satisfactory delivery of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer 1 and 2 transport solutions.
• Perform as a technical representative with internal and external customers.
• Support design reviews, to include development of technical analysis of alternatives to meet customer needs.
• Conduct technical risk assessments of proposed and deployed architectures in search of mitigations that will minimize the risk of service outages.
• Perform requirements analysis, schedule review, and cost estimation for long-haul bandwidth service requests.
• Develop and deliver formal updates to network designs that describe, and capture proposed/approved architectural changes.
• Provide technical support for reviews of third-party vendor proposals.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors in a STEM related field and nine (9) years or more years relevant experience; Masters in a STEM related field and seven (7) years or more years of relevant experience.
• Six (6) plus years experiences working Tier 3 anomaly resolution.
• Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph required to start.
• US Citizen.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of test methodologies, verification/troubleshooting of telecommunications circuits.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Optical Line System (OTN, OC-192, 10/100/400GE) circuits.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of MEF 2.0 Carrier Ethernet (E-LINE, EVC) circuits.
• Demonstrated ability to work multiple efforts concurrently with shifting priorities.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

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