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DescriptionJoin SAIC’s Information
Technology (IT) Support Services Team in the Network Operations and Security
Center (NOSC) of the US Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) Communications
Directorate (A6). This opportunity places you at the tip of the spear for Engineering,
Operations and Maintenance, Cyber Security, and Defensive Cyber Operations
supporting the warfighter in the Southwest Asia area.USAFCENT is the air component
of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a regional unified command.
USAFCENT, in concert with its coalition, joint and interagency partners,
delivers decisive air and space power on behalf of USCENTCOM for the security
and stability of the Southwest Asia (SWA) region. The USAFCENT NOSC delivers
cyberspace command and control (C2) superiority to the warfighter by
engineering, implementing, securing, managing, operating and maintaining
USAFCENT’s Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet), Secret
Internet Protocol Router (SIPRNet), USCENTCOM Partner Networks (CPN-X), and associated
C2 networks, systems and services.The USAFCENT NOSC executes the
full-spectrum of IT services management and operations for USAFCENT networks 24
hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week (24/7); and is tasked by USCENTCOM to provide
information assurance (IA) boundary intrusion detection and intrusion
prevention for USCENTCOM components. Comprised of NOSC operations, operations
support, cybersecurity, network engineering, and command support functions, the
USAFCENT NOSC plans, engineers, installs, integrates, operates and maintains,
protects and manages enterprise-wide network and systems architecture,
infrastructure and services; and provides enterprise-level oversight to its
subordinate and supported communications support activities.Candidates will be working at
Shaw AFB, SC and/or Lackland AFB, TX. Frequent temporary duty (TDY) and/or
deployment travel to OCONUS locations in the USCENTCOM AOR is required to
support sustainment, site surveys, installations, upgrades, integration,
testing, troubleshooting and other mission-related requirements.The candidate for this
position develops technical solutions to complex problems which require the
regular use of ingenuity and creativity, exercises considerable latitude in
determining technical objectives of assignment, exercises judgment in selecting
methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, applies
extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related
disciplines, provides guidance to subordinates to achieve goals in accordance
with established policies, and establishes and recommends changes to policies
which affect subordinate organization(s).Senior Wide Area Network
Architecture & Design Engineering:
May design, analyze, plan, modify, and maintainnetworks and network components supporting data, voice and/or audiocommunication activities.
Prepares the analysis of short/long termcapacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling.
May conduct network architecture design,feasibility and cost studies as well as internal studies of network performanceand traffic analysis.
May evaluate new technology. Duties may includeproviding specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture;providing information for hardware and software selection; and tools for themost efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and futurecapacity requirements.
Conducts testing of network systems.
Maintains technical expertise in all areas ofnetwork and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing,such as routers, switchers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
Evaluates and reports on new networktechnologies to enhance capabilities of the network.
Represents organization as prime technicalcontact on contracts and projects.
Interacts with senior external personnel onsignificant technical matters often requiring coordination betweenorganizations.
Specific duties for this position include, but are not limited to:
Design and engineer enterprise WAN architecture.
Configure, monitor and trouble-shoot NationalIP/MPLS backbone network.
Use extensive LAN/WAN background with designingExternal Gateway Protocol (EGP) such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and OpenShortest Path First (OSPF), and Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) such as andEnhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP).
Analyze a myriad of networking metrics andrecognize sub-par network performance.
Configure and troubleshoot Quality of Service(QOS) involving policing, shaping, shaping and queuing from CE towards PErouters.
Develop reports and trend analysis documentationon bandwidth and network security incidents.
act as an on-shift training representative forboth contractors and government personnel to include Cisco Switches andRouters, and hardware troubleshooting disciplines;
[Perform analysis for collaboration ofnetwork/system needs and participate in planning, designing, upgrading anddeployment of enterprise datacenter hardware and software using a project-basedtimeline.]
QualificationsBachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. In addition the following certifications and skills are required: Security + CE or CCNA-Sec, MCP – Server, CCNP or higher, Firewall, and ITIL Foundation.Desired QualificationsITIL 4 Foundation certification or any ITIL v3 Intermediate certification. Any equivalent IAT-II certification, if not the certification listed above.REQNUMBER: 199342SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation’s most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
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