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Senior Network / Optical Engineer (SME 3)

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Kaizen Approach, Inc.

Senior Network / Optical Engineer (SME 3)

Columbia, MD
Full Time
Paid
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  • Responsibilities

    At Kaizen, our people are our product.

    We match up talented individuals to challenging positions providing services to our customers. We recruit and retain our staff because we don’t see people as widgets, but as assets. Kaizen believes in training and growing talent, and we encourage and help people to educate themselves and in turn provide the unique skills that our customers have come to expect of us. Kaizen’s employees provide incremental improvements for lasting solutions. Join us!

    Kaizen Approach, Inc. is currently hiring for a Senior Network / Optical Engineer (SME 3) to support a client in Columbia, MD.

    Defines requirements from a project's inception to its conclusion for a particular IT subject matter area.

    Analyses and evaluates recommendations for system improvements, optimization, development, and maintenance efforts in the following specialties: information systems architecture; networking; telecommunications; automation; communications protocols; risk management/electronic analysis; software; life-cycle management; software development methodologies; and modeling and simulation.

    Capabilities:

    • Manages schedules to meet Government requirements. Meets with the clients, stakeholders, and customers to define technical project scope. Gathers Government requirements, and performs analyses of technology improvement, optimization, development, maintenance and software applicability plans.
    • Reviews and provides system engineering resources to meet customer mission requirements, coordinates optimization activities to ensure customer technical goals are considered.
    • Designs, develops, and modifies Threat software using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design as required in response to expanding mission, changes in objectives or upgrades in Agency networks and systems.
    • Formulates training objectives, scenarios, and procedures to develop training course content for Government personnel on the Insider Threat Analysis Software.
    • Modifies existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve threat software performance
    • Builds and Deploys software enhancements to resolve issues with Windows and Linux operating systems, and TCP/IP network software.
    • Coordinates and performs research and engineering to identify and incorporate new data sources, produce new processing and reporting capabilities, integrate with other Government systems and/or processes, or upgraded or reconfigured government systems.
    • Investigates and implements innovative solutions to threat-monitoring challenges. Implements enterprise-level networking or security products or similar projects.
    • Uses software utilities and hardware functionalities to resolve analogous operating issues.
    • Collaborates with Government to discuss/resolve emerging threats, issues and changes in operating scope. Documents and briefs Government technical and management staff
    • Provides end-to-end research implementation, test, deployment, debugging, operation and analysis of insider threat data and software.
    • Applies TCP/IP networking and advanced packet analysis tools to support software customization.
    • Builds implementations of analysis techniques into the tool per customer request and performs analysis to determine the security and effectiveness of existing and proposed customizations.
    • Provides cause and effect analysis of new/potential sources of unauthorized access to networks, databases and systems and potential mitigation strategies.
    • Collaborates with Government to discuss/resolve technical issues and/or changes in operating scope. Documents and briefs Government technical and management staff.
    • Provides documentation for, and briefs to Senior-level Government Officials.
    • Identifies project risks and determines the administrative or engineering means to mitigate the risk.
    • Provides the overall technical direction of the project.
    • Coordinates and performs research and engineering to identify/resolve issues, develop new capabilities, and innovate new technologies.

    Qualifications:

    • Twelve (12) years' experience and a Bachelor's degree in Network systems engineering, programming languages, scientific computing, high-performance computing, or related fields is required.
    • A Masters (MS), or Doctor (Ph.D.) degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field from an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience (MS = 2 years, Ph.D. = 4 years).
    • TS / SCI FSP security clearance

    Domain Area(s) Specialized Requirements:

    • Business: Stakeholder-interfacing technical lead. Two (2) years’ technical project leadership experience.
    • Computer Network Operations: Three (3) years’ experience in parallel programming languages
    • Computer Network Operations: Three (3) years' experience Network Optimization, Troubleshooting and Analysis using CASCADE
    • Computer Network Operations: Three (3) years' experience Network Optimization and Trending Analysis using HP tool suite (NA, NNM, RAMS, OVPI).
    • Computer Network Operations: Three (3) years' experience Network and traffic flow analysis using OPNET tool suite (SP GURU, ARX).
    • Computer Network Operations: Three (3) years' experience Network Modeling using OPNet SP GURU.
    • Information Assurance: Insider Threat Analysis Software. Experience implementing enterprise-level networking or security products or similar projects.
    • Information Assurance: Network QA and QC
    • Information Technology: Configuring, troubleshooting and optimization of Data Transport, (JUMPGATE or MAILORDER or RIVERBED).
    • Information Technology: Operating and troubleshooting Messaging systems (AMHS or JDTS). Operating and troubleshooting Timing Systems.
    • Service Industry: Communications Systems, Industry Best Practices
    • SIGINT: Interfacing front end collection systems to data distribution networks
    • Other: Network Test, Evaluation, and Monitoring

    At Kaizen Approach, Inc., we strive to ensure our customers and employees are treated with the respect and professionalism they deserve.  We apply our motto, “Incremental improvements for lasting solutions,” to both our team and our clients.