Transport Security Engineer

Title: Transport Security Engineer

Location: Alexandria, VA or Colorado Springs, CO

Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Job Details:

• Assist customer to advance capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
• Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
• Investigate, report and/or fix software defects uncovered during deployments
• Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco
• Architect and implement advanced, resilient solutions
• Design and deliver software defined infrastructure with OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph
• Learn model-driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NGINX, and more
• Solid understanding of 4G/5G network architecture and CORE/RAN architecture
• Specify resource and network orchestration requirements for a multi-hybrid cloud deployment(AWS) ONAP, 3GPP specifications, TM Forum standards, and others such as MEF and Small Cell Forum
• Design solutions that can allow deployment and management of virtualized resources at scale, including virtual machines, containers, and 'Serverless' Systems. Solid understanding of Kubernetes, Dockers and VMs
• 5G Network Knowledge- primarily NF level service and APIs (strong SBA/Signaling/Interface/NEF/NRF/MEC LBO/Slice Orchestration)
• Extensive experience in solution architecture & design of E2E OSS solution including Service Fulfillment, Service Assurance, CRM/Billing in 5G domain
• Actively lead/drive technical discussions with network, software and infrastructure partners & vendors to describe/design the selected solution
• Provide consultance support and provide feedback to optimize WAN transport networks and make security recommendations on large area network infrastructure
• Configure/troubleshoot QOS involving policing, shaping, and queuing

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in an area applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of eight (8) years of directly related experience in addition to education level

• Experience troubleshooting and developing solutions with LAN/WAN protocols such BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP
• Experience in maintaining security on circuits, SATCOM, 5G, telecommunication transport
• Experience configuring, monitoring and trouble-shooting IP/MPLS backbone network
• Experience in developing standardized testing and cut over plans for WAN equipment, and installing and configuring WAN transport systems as directed
• Experience establishing testing and remote monitoring procedures to ensure reliable operation of WAN transport in theater
• Technical experience working on different network clouds technologies: teleco clouds, multi cloud (AWS & Azure) technology, hybrid-network, and on-premise networks
• Experience reporting system and network issues for analysis and trending of bandwidth and network security incidents
• Must possess experience and demonstrate an understanding of Cisco IOS XE and XR, Routing protocols to include BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP, Cisco Unified Communications manager, vSphere, performance management and maintenance
• Experience with networking metrics for analysis to identify sub-standard performance remotely and locally, and analyzing metrics and recognizing sub-par network performance
• Knowledge of AWS and Azure, OpenShift3/Kubernetes container orchestration platform preferred

• Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II and current CCNP, JNCIP or equivalent certification
• Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled