Unified Communications Network Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab - Laurel, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Laurel, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Do you enjoy applying next generation voice and video technologies to challenging security problems and ensuring our nation's defense? Are you passionate about developing and mentoring technical teams? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are seeking an innovative network engineer to help us develop communications systems used to deliver key communications and teaming capabilities to our nation's decision makers. You will become part of a dynamic team comprised of seasoned engineers and skilled analysts, collaborating to design and deploy new Real Time conferencing and collaboration technologies across the government and Department of Defense to have meaningful impact. Our team is dedicated to encouraging exceptional engineering expertise while fostering a supportive culture that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration. As a Unified Communications Engineer, you will design and implement conferencing and collaboration solutions using existing commercial and standards-based technologies to connect decision makers. You will continue to grow your knowledge and stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and propose innovative approaches to address unique sponsor challenges. You will interact with technical specialists in other fields as part of a multidisciplinary team. Additionally, you will provide mentorship to support early career staff growth and development. Your work will involve detailing in technical reports and memoranda and presenting outcomes to sponsors and the technical community.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement conferencing and collaboration solutions using existing commercial and standards-based technologies.
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and propose innovative approaches to address unique sponsor challenges.
• Interact with technical specialists in other fields as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide mentorship to support early career staff growth and development.
• Detail work in technical reports and memoranda and present outcomes to sponsors and the technical community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information science and technology, computer science, computer engineering or another related technical field.
• At least ten years of relevant experience in developing and deploying Unified Communications solutions.
• Demonstrated skill in designing, deploying, and configuring session border controllers, as well as managing voice and video gateways.
• Proficiency in the integration and peering of IP and TDM-based systems.
• Familiarity with industry standards like SIP, XMPP, MGCP, RTP.
• Demonstrated competence in network design, considering cybersecurity measures.
• Strong foundation in communication systems protocols throughout the network stack.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to document design decisions in written formats and present to both expert and non-expert audiences.
• Ability to obtain an Interim Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree (or higher) in information science and technology, computer science, computer engineering or another related technical field.
• At least fifteen years of experience in developing and deploying Unified Communications solutions.
• Vendor or industry certifications in the operation and management of varied vendor communications technologies.
• Experience in the architecture, design, and implementation of unified communications and online collaboration technologies for commercial and/or government applications.
• Proficiency in the performance of media codecs, video and teleconferencing technologies, as well as conference management and collaboration software.
• Proficiency in the development of system/system-of-system architectures, protocol and algorithm development, rapid prototyping and system integration.
• Recent knowledge of DoD and/or intelligence community, sponsors, and programs.
• Hold an active TS/SCI clearance or an active Top Secret security clearance with a SSBI and have recently been adjudicated for SCI access.

Benefits

• Robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance