• UAS Network Systems Engineer

    SAIC (Huntsville, AL)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking a motivated and ambitious Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Network Systems Integrator to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center – Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center in Huntsville, AL. The UAS Network Systems Integrator will perform system level installation, configuration, automation, test, and analysis on Multi-layer Switches, Firewalls, Linux based operating systems, and hypervisor-based environments with a majority of the work geared toward network equipment considerations.

    Job Duties and Responsibilities:

    + Work with software developers and systems engineers to design and integrate network configurations, firewall configurations, and associated documentation.

    + Work within an Agile scrum development model supporting the development of full system installation images on a biweekly basis.

    + Troubleshoot network issues on virtual and physical switches and firewalls.

    + Ability to work within a VMWare environment to design automated system and network configurations.

    + Proficient in group policy and active directory manual and automated configuration.

    + Write system scripts in Bash, PowerShell, Java, and Python to develop automated network configuration installation and automate single touch installation of network devices.

    + Automate the creation, deployment, and configuration of virtual machines, containers, and networks as part of a global UAS system installation.

    + Automate the creation, deployment, and configuration of virtual firewalls and Cloud Server Routers as part of one touch installations.

    + Develop engineering technical material including but not limited to system description documents, network installation guides, data flow, and network diagrams.

    Qualifications

    Required Education and Experience:

    + A Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of experience; four (4) years of experience are accepted in lieu of a degree.

    Required Clearance:

    + An Interim Secret Clearance is required to begin employment; must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance to maintain employment.

    Required Skills:

    + Strong experience configuring Cisco switches (VLAN, VRF, routing protocols, Access Control List).

    + Strong experience in network administration, remote network configuration, and firewall configuration.

    + Strong experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell including the automation of system and application installations is required.

    + Strong understanding of general computing system architectures and virtual machines.

    + Strong command line experience with UNIX based operating system or Windows command line configuration is required.

    + Must hold or be able to obtain and maintain a Security+ SE and a Network + SE.

    Desired Skills:

    + Holding an active CCNA.

    + Experience with datacenter architectures (cluster computing or high availability system).

    + Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Infrastructure as Code (LaC).

    + Experience with configuration management, such as Chef, Puppet, and/or Ansible.

    + Experience writing technical documentation using Microsoft Office and Visio.

    + Experience with Atlassian workflow management software.

    + Experience with software development and testing.

    + Experience with Uncrewed Aircraft Systems.

    REQNUMBER: 2510392

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