Telecommunications Engineer

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SAIC is seeking a long-haul fiber Telecommunications Engineer in Chantilly, VA to support of a government customer. The successful candidate will support an array of high-speed engineering design and implementation efforts, as well as program office support on behalf of this customer.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The successful candidate must be able to:

Provide strategic systems engineering support to ensure the delivery of bandwidth for a service infrastructure architecture.

Define circuit specifications and employ test methodology industry best practices to ensure a satisfactory delivery of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer 1 and 2 transport solutions.

Perform as a technical representative with internal and external customers.

Support design reviews, to include development of technical analysis of alternatives to meet customer needs.

Conduct technical risk assessments of proposed and deployed architectures in search of mitigations that will minimize the risk of service outages.

Perform requirements analysis, schedule review, and cost estimation for long-haul bandwidth service requests.

Develop and deliver formal updates to network designs that describe, and capture proposed/approved architectural changes.

Provide technical support for reviews of third-party vendor proposals.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelors in a STEM related field and five (5) years or more years relevant experience; Masters in a STEM related field and three (3) years or more years of relevant experience.

Six (6) plus years experiences working Tier 3 anomaly resolution.

Demonstrated working knowledge of test methodologies, verification/troubleshooting of telecommunications circuits.

Demonstrated working knowledge of Optical Line System (OTN, OC-192, 10/100/400GE) circuits.

Demonstrated working knowledge of MEF 2.0 Carrier Ethernet (E-LINE, EVC) circuits.

Demonstrated ability to work multiple efforts concurrently with shifting priorities.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2504834

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