Systems Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Team of five Systems Engineers to support a conferencing and training facility and its needs.
• Efforts will include collaboration to develop, implement and maintain systems for training facilities.
• The team shall perform a variety of engineering analysis, software, hardware/network development, integration, testing, and system maintenance tasks.
• This work will require occasional performance at heights, indoors and/or outdoors.
• The Engineering team focuses on systems engineering, providing IT system performance analysis, requirements engineering and management, testing and evaluation for successful system development, design, implementation, operational maintenance, and decommission services for the customer nertwork and internet.
• The Engineering team’s efforts include providing continuous lifecycle engineering services and support to advanced, complex technical projects utilizing state of the art technical production hardware and software applications, seeking especially new and innovative approaches to solving problems and ensuring timely delivery of the product.
• The team will ensure compliance with approved system engineering methods and quality standards, reviewing existing processes and developing solutions to increase productivity.
• The team will idenfity duplicative capabilities, including technology, process, and system gaps, identifying risks and issues and suggesting mitigations and eliminations.
• The team will support Sponsor’s requirements for the utilization of the LAN/Network systems for internet facing and internal systems in support of mission essential training.
• The team shall support tasks to design, analyze, install, manage, and configure advanced LAN and network systems to include internet facing systems, supporting mission essential training systems specific to this location.
• As part of these responsibilities, the team will provide network engineering services for audio visual production control systems, support tasks to design program formats for final outputs – such as capturing and importing data – and maintaining documentation such as architecture diagrams, CONOPS plans, requirements, and test plans.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active TS/SCI + Poly
• Master's degree and 10-15 years of experience. Work experience can be used/combined with education
• Experience with the design, configuration, optimization of engineering projects and networks such as WAN and LAN systems for mission essential training.
• Experience providing system engineering services for Windows environments.
• Experience building and maintaining LANs.
• Experience diagnosing, analyzing and testing system problems.
• Experience creating and maintaining system documentation.
• Experience using analytical and conceptual skills to create original concepts and theories.
• Experience networking LAN systems as well as internet facing systems.
• Experience interpreting and conveying technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences both verbally and in writing.
• Experience interconnecting network systems.
• Experience in the management of network performance, capacity, security settings and security approval.
• Experience working collaboratively as a team with LAN and WAN, Installation for successful project delivery.
• Experience programming and troubleshooting CISCO Network devices.
• On the job experience with troubleshooting hardware components such as network cards, memory, or hard drives.
• On the job experience with software products such as operating systems, applications, or device drivers.
• Experience designing wireless networks.
• Experience installing and programming wireless network.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with the Sponsor policies and process for end-of-life hardware or software decommission.
  
• Experience with design tools and Visio.
  
• On the job experience with electrical and power needs of IT equipment.
  
• Experience providing engineering services in support of production tools in support of the applications customized for Sponsor’s use.
  
• Experience with Extron and Shure.
  
• Experience with maintaining current working knowledge of new technology, legacy equipment, modems, CSUs, and patch panels.
  
• Experience exhibiting strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
  
• Experience exhibiting strong customer service attitude and focus.
  
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining systems for the Sponsor’s training facilities.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in National Capital Region.

TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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COMPETENCIES

• Establish Focus
• Change Management
• Develop Others
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Interpersonal Awareness
• Build Relationships
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Expertise
• Initiative
• Foster Innovation
• Results Oriented
• Teamwork
• Customer Service

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: National Capital Region
• Type of environment: Office
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is Monday- Friday, dayshift. Occasional weekend, evening, and holiday work may be required as needed. 
• Amount of Travel:  Less than 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

US. Citizen

Active TS/SCI + Poly Clearance

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, national origin, disability, age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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