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The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University · 1 month ago

Network Transport Engineer

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$68K/yr - $115K/yr

4+ years exp

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is dedicated to researching and developing innovative solutions for the Navy, DoD, and Intel Community. The Network Transport Engineer will be responsible for planning, designing, and implementing large-scale network solutions, including 5G and LEO satellite networks, while ensuring network performance and security.

Universities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Implement complex communications solutions which can be deployed to field/remote locations to connect secure facilities and support the exchange of required data within a cloud environment

Involved in the design and implementation of approved networking and transport solutions to support long-term Information System (IS) management goals; install and configure network equipment, and provide support to systems administrators

Monitor computer systems to improve network performance; lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve networking issues between local and external sites

Manage and maintain a library of network engineering tools to be used for system testing and diagnosis of network-related system issues, both locally and abroad

Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts to the development, maintenance, and implementation of network engineering standards, procedures, and guidelines

Maintain current knowledge and implement best practices in networking security to offer the best solutions and protection to information systems

Produce documentation to support installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and operator usage of systems

Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation

Work directly with customers to plan and strategize

Serve as the technical expert responsible for developing and maintaining technical architecture standards, principles, and processes

Implement a technical architecture and lead enterprise implementation and collaboration efforts

Develop and contribute to the development of technical architecture strategies for a broad range of core infrastructure and services

Review current and future system technical architecture designs to ensure they deliver the required performance, availability, resiliency, and capacity to support business and mission critical activities

Research architectural best practices and collaborate in establishing and implementing best practices

Analyze, design, and plan the phases of technology systems

Qualification

Network architecture developmentComplex network troubleshootingNetwork security best practicesIAT Level 1 certificationAgile Management systemsCustomer facing roleIndependent workProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Science discipline

4+ years related experience

Implementation and understanding of engineering principles in a professional environment

Development, implementation, and maintenance of network architectures

Experience maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment

Active government Top Secret security clearance

Minimum of IAT Level 1 (CompTIA Security + and OS/Computing Environment certification)

Working knowledge of DoD Information Assurance (IA) policies to be applied to the design and maintenance of communications solutions

Flexibility and comfort level in a customer facing role, working within company and customer schedule requirements which may vary depending on criticality and necessity of a given task

Ability to work independently and implementing technical solutions autonomously

Demonstrated ability to work through difficult problems, using proper steps to define and formulate ideas to reach a solution

Ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab)