Sr Specialist, Network Systems Engineer 1

L3Harris Technologies - Greenville, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Greenville, TX

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Specialist, Network Systems Engineer at L3Harris is responsible for the technical planning, system integration, verification, validation, and troubleshooting of complex hardware/software systems for airborne and ground communication platforms. This role involves collaborating with a diverse engineering team to design and develop network architectures that support voice, video, and data capabilities across multiple security domains, ensuring that systems meet stringent performance and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and development of physical and logical network architectures incorporating voice, video, and data capability across multiple security domains.
• Maintain networks (both LAN & WAN) connecting airborne and ground systems via terrestrial and BLOS (Beyond Line of Sight) circuits.
• Translate the voice of the customer into system level requirements.
• Perform requirement traceability methods and purpose.
• Assist and/or perform systems engineering trade studies.
• Assist in the evaluation of trade studies for accuracy and completeness.
• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.
• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system design.
• Review and evaluate diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
• Develop and execute network test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical network information to non-technical professionals.
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines of engineering to design a cohesive multiple security domain network and integrate the resulting design in a MILSTD based development environment.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or Master's Degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in network (LAN/WAN) design incorporating industry standard security best practices; NIST framework.
• Intermediate network engineering experience including IP addressing, switching and routing, VLANs, VPNs, video teleconferencing, VoIP telephony, and LANs/WANs.
• Intermediate experience in routing protocols including RIP, EGIRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Certification and Accreditation process and implementation of systems that achieved an Authorization to Operate on government networks.
• DODAF knowledge.
• Configuration, integration, and troubleshooting of routers, switches, voice, and video teleconferencing equipment.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience developing, authoring, and implementing software and system test plans in a team environment.
• Experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead small test teams through an entire build cycle.
• Hands-on experience with testing, integrating, and verifying software and/or hardware.

Nice-to-haves

• Current Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment/administration
• Experience with SATCOM solutions/protocols
• Experience with HAIPE devices
• RedHat Enterprise: Linux
• Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers
• Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process and implementation of systems that achieved an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on government networks
• Experience working government and/or military programs
• Excellent written, oral communications skills
• Willingness to travel