Job Title: Senior Specialist, Network Engineer

Job Code: 18896

Job Location: HERNDON, VA

Job Description:

 The L3Harris Technologies is seeking a highly motivated experienced Network Engineer to join our FAA Surveillance & Automation Solutions team.  

Essential Functions: 

• Trouble-shoot network issues and develop corrective action plans.
• Review service level agreements with carriers and verify that the network meets the performance requirements.
• Review existing network implementation and recommending improvements.
• Conduct analysis of network usage and develop plan to meet future needs.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Configure dynamic routing protocols.
• Develop new network architectures based on operational requirements and growth plans.
• Provide daily engineering support (troubleshooting complex operational issues, performing root cause analysis, working with FAA staff, etc.) to a mission critical air traffic control system with a 0.99999 availability requirement.
• Integrate hardware and software system components within a lab environment.
• Perform integration of hardware and provide support to manage control stations across the US, Hawaii, and Guam.
• Provide networking support to multiple environments including development, test, CM, performance tuning and production.
• Provide network administration support to proposal and pursuits, including estimation of effort, and completion of Basis of Estimates.
• Work with network partners and technicians to troubleshoot system issues.
• Travel 10% as need to perform maintenance or troubleshooting.
• Onsite work

Qualifications: 

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in large-scale national and international network design, implementation, and operations.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ability to conduct root-cause analysis of issues related to the network and recommend corrective action.
• Experience trouble-shooting complex systems consisting of hardware, software, and communications systems.
• Previous experience using Linux operating systems.
• Candidate should be able to work independently, able to prioritize customer issues and needs, and work across a wide variety of systems.
• The successful candidate will possess strong initiative with an ability to work in a dynamic team-oriented environment.
• Previous experience with FAA systems/programs is a plus.
• Cisco Certifications:  CCNA, CCNP, or CISSP.
• Previous experience working with telco service providers.
• Previous experience with multicast routing
• Previous experience with scripting languages
• Experience estimating engineering effort in support of network design, implementation, and operations.
• Cloud certification