Sr Network Architect

Job description

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor is seeking a Sr. Network Architect to perform requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, detail trade studies, systems integration and test (verification), validation and
interface definition studies of subsystem or system elements under supervision of the lead systems engineer.

This is a full-time employee position located in Scottsdale, AZ or Pittsburg, PA.

The role is On-site with the potential for Hybrid.

Responsibilities:
- Performs technical planning, cost and risk analyses, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for subsystems and system elements
- Performs customer requirements analysis, develops system requirements and defines allocations to lower levels (elements and components)
- Performs detailed technical analyses for a subsystem or system elements
- Develops and evaluates systems, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable
governmental security specifications
- May provide system accreditation/certification evaluation and test support to ensure all technical security features (e.g., identification, authentication, access control, labeling, and auditing) of the system are considered and function properly
- May develop system security documentation on both new and fielded information systems
- Participates in Modeling and Simulation
- Researches and analyzes data, such as vendor products, COTS components, GFE/CFE, specifications, and
manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
- Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes,
procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
- Independently determines proposed approach to solutions
- Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
- Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above
- Defines processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility.
- Designs a complete and complex framework, system or product
- Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses
- Contact with Deputy Program Managers Engineering (DPME) and other professionals within the Engineering
department and with project teams across the company
- Coordinating external interfaces and ICDs
- Multi-level security domain expertise (and cross-domain)
- Quickly (with a more agile light-weight approach) decomposing requirements to a level that can avoid requirements bloat (and communicate/track impacts)
- System-level networking person that can face off with the GFE WAN provider and coordinate detailed network
design

Required Skills

- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able to obtain TS/SCI (active Secret or TS at time of hire is preferred)
- Requires a Bachelor-s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field.

Also requires 15+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 13 years of job-related experience.
- Agile experience preferred.
- Experience with Cisco Router/Switching, VMWare, RedHat/Rocky Linux, WAN Troubleshooting, TCP/IP Protocol
Suite
- CCNA level knowledge (or better) with deployment experience
- Firewall knowledge and how IP protocols work
- Extensive communication skills for interaction with executive leadership on items of significant importance
(remediation, risk mgt., regulatory compliance, etc.)
- Someone that can understand what is in scope and what is out of scope and manage that complexity
- KG-175 TACLANE experience
- Satellite communications knowledge
- Ground to Satellite communication knowledge
- Ground operations experience
- Willingness to travel when needed
- Juniper OS experience a plus
- NETCONF/YANG experience a plus