Systems Engineer/Administrator - TS/SCI w/ Poly

About the role

Parsons is seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer / Administrator to support a critical customer mission. This role offers the opportunity to join an integrated customer-site team, contribute to prototype development, and help deliver innovative capabilities in support of national security.

Responsibilities

• Consult and coordinate with external organizations to resolve network, system, server, development, and test infrastructure issues.
• Identify and select IT products, tools, services, and infrastructure components for development and testing environments.
• Design and evaluate architectures, procedures, and technical solutions for complex infrastructure challenges.
• Develop, contribute to, and evaluate technical proposals for changes to CITE facility networks.
• Install, configure, customize, test, and maintain hardware and software components within development and test infrastructure.
• Manage, monitor, and control network systems, including UPS networks.
• Troubleshoot networks, computer systems, servers, and peripheral devices to isolate and resolve failures.
• Conduct site surveys and support IT installation planning.
• Validate testing and quality assurance activities for development and test infrastructure systems.
• Analyze infrastructure problems and determine effective technical solutions.
• Research and evaluate emerging products, technologies, and architectures to address design, development, and testing requirements.
• Translate conceptual designs into detailed technical specifications.
• Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve development and test infrastructure equipment.
• Perform hardware repair and modification, including: Micro-soldering component replacements, Trace repair, System and device restoration, Hardware modifications supporting reverse engineering efforts.
• Maintain systems inventories, non-attributable systems matrices, and rack, elevation, and room drawings.
• Implement and follow applicable safety and security protocols.
• Provide occasional after-hours pager support.

Requirements

• 10+ years of IT experience, including Windows and Linux network administration, and a bachelor’s degree; or 15+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Strong understanding of software, hardware, and network architecture and topology, including WAN, CAN, and LAN environments.
• Knowledge of telecommunications systems, components, protocols, standards, switching, routing, and transmission systems.
• Understanding of network architecture theory, design, implementation, and security.
• Experience designing, developing, evaluating, testing, and securing development and test infrastructure networks.
• Expertise in network connectivity concepts, including routing, switching, and IP addressing.
• Experience monitoring and maintaining applications within an IT environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating telecommunications systems.
• Familiarity with security hardware and software, including encryption, firewalls, antivirus solutions, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.
• Experience implementing, configuring, and sustaining computer and network security solutions.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and administering the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.
• Knowledge of configuration management principles and practices, including planning, documenting, modifying, and integrating systems.
• Awareness of new and emerging technologies, tools, and trends applicable to mobile and RF development and test infrastructure.
• Able to maintain accurate system documentation, inventories, configurations, and infrastructure drawings.
• Able to work collaboratively with technical teams, customer personnel, and external organizations.
• Able to work independently, prioritize tasks, and develop creative solutions to complex technical problems.
• An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.