Network Engineering Analyst -Level III (Reston, VA ) - E

About the position

Kingfisher Systems, Inc. (Kingfisher) specializes in providing a full range of Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Intelligence, and support services to the U.S. Government. Kingfisher's core competency is technology-enabled services with a specific focus on national security. Since 2005, Kingfisher has established itself as a recognized and trusted partner whose mission is safeguarding sensitive information, operations, and programs for our Federal customers and U.S. warfighters.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the customer's other multidisciplinary teams to provide timely and accurate network analysis regarding the logical and physical routes of key telecommunications networks
• Collaborate with team members and other organizations to evaluate the role and value of potential network operations
• Display a mastery of network operations, principles, and best practices
• Creatively employ a mastery of the telecom domain to support the multidisciplinary teams in providing direct mapping and graphics inputs into the customer's modeling tool
• Perform analysis on wireless and wireline circuit-switched and packet-switched telecommunications networks
• Perform analysis on transmission protocols
• Perform analysis on network technologies
• Present analysis to a range of technical and non-technical audiences
• Serve as a focal point for tracking and understanding emerging technologies
• Maintain appropriate technical training to ensure skills and tradecraft are kept current with evolving technology
• Perform other duties as assigned at the direction of project management

Requirements

• Must be a United States Citizen
• Minimum of six (6) years of experience specific to the skills identified in a position's Qualification Summary, plus the Education qualification
• Experience with commercial telecommunications networks, providing physical and logical network routes to answer strategic requirements
• Demonstrated knowledge of Network Management Systems (NMS), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), or Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• Demonstrated knowledge of network elements, including switches, routers, multiplexers, and wireless and wireline transport infrastructure
• Demonstrated understanding of network technologies, protocols, systems, and equipment
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of, or experience with, one or more of the following: Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Data networks (IP, MPLS, traffic engineering, Open Flow), Dedicated/private communications networks, VoIP networks, Softswitch technology, or Session Border Controllers (SBCs), Fiber optic cable characteristics, engineering, installation, and maintenance, RF-related technologies (cellular, microwave, millimeter wave, VSAT), Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology
• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of the OSI model at layer 1, 2, or 3
• Private sector work experience with an industry-leading telco (Verizon, AT&T, SPRINT) or hardware provider (Cisco, Lucent, Qualcomm, Nokia). Other similar industry leaders are acceptable.
• Foreign language is considered a plus

Nice-to-haves

• CCNA or CCNP certification

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer