Technical Engineer

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized and highly regarded within the network and security communities.

Provide hands-on network, RF, and telecommunications engineering support for FEMA CCD continuity-communications programs from the Mount Weather EOC primary duty station. This position uses the same contractual Technical Engineer II baseline as the FEMA Headquarters seats. Commdex has identified ICCT/Cisco-core work as an anticipated sourcing emphasis, not as a separate FEMA qualification.

Active final Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; willingness to undergo FSO verification and DHS suitability processing.

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, research, develop, test, implement, optimize, enhance, operate, and maintain terrestrial and wireless telecommunications systems and networks.; Implement and troubleshoot Carrier Ethernet transport, configure and support Cisco routers, switches, servers, network services, and associated telecommunications-system interfaces.; Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, fault isolate, and restore non-secure and secure HF radio, satellite, VHF/UHF land-mobile radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, telephone, satellite telephone, FAX, and related communications capabilities, including Type I encrypted operations.; Configure, install, optimize, repair, or replace RF equipment, base stations, repeaters, duplexers, power components, antennas, switching/control equipment, and encryption devices down to the lowest replaceable unit as directed.; Engineer, fabricate, terminate, test, and document RF, coaxial, fiber, baseband-audio, TTL, serial, CAT3/CAT5, and associated communications cabling using applicable connectors and engineering drawings.; Configure and operate LMR service monitors, spectrum analyzers, watt meters, antenna analyzers, volt-ohm meters, power/signal monitors, cable tools, and related network/RF test equipment.; Support architecture, design, requirements, prototype evaluation, integration, user-acceptance and performance testing, lifecycle/configuration management, LAN monitoring, IT security, change control, and technical documentation.; Ensure solutions, hardware, software, data exchanges, and technical artifacts comply with DHS Enterprise Architecture, TRM Standards and Products Profile, data-management review, and IPv6 requirements.; Prepare configurations, schematics, drawings, bills of material, implementation and rollback plans, test plans/results, change records, SOPs, operator training, and as-built documentation.; Support site surveys, installations, de-installations, exercises, testing, training, and restoration at FEMA facilities, State EOCs, U.S. territories, and other directed locations, including multi-day travel and after-hours maintenance when required.; As an anticipated prime-directed emphasis, support ICCT-related Cisco core/network discovery, staging, migration, testing, rollback, and post-change validation when assigned, this does not replace the common FEMA technical scope.

Requirements

Current Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification, verifiable at candidate submission.; Three to five years of related hands-on telecommunications, network, RF, field-engineering, systems-integration, or closely related experience.; Substantial experience with routers, switches, servers, telecommunications systems, network-infrastructure design, and Carrier Ethernet transport.; Hands-on RF transmission-system experience, including HF/VHF/UHF or comparable radio systems, secure/non-secure communications, troubleshooting, cabling, test equipment, schematics, and technical documentation.; Ability to perform installation, configuration, integration, testing, fault isolation, restoration, lifecycle/configuration-management, and documentation duties in controlled production environments.; U.S. citizenship and ability to comply with classified-facility, badging, nondisclosure, information-protection, and site-access requirements.; Ability to commute reliably to Mount Weather EOC in Bluemont, Virginia and support controlled-site access, equipment-room/field work, exercises, outages, and scheduled after-hours maintenance.

Nice to have

Current CCNP or CCIE in addition to a verifiable current CCNA.; Prior FEMA, DHS, DoD, continuity-of-government, public-safety, emergency-management, or classified-program experience.; Deep HF-ALE, VHF/UHF LMR, SATCOM, COMSEC/Type I encryption, antenna, repeater, field-service, and emergency-communications experience.; Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ISR, or ASR, high-availability design, core, campus, or data-center refresh/migration, network-management, firewall, and wireless experience.; DHS SELC, formal configuration/change management, DHS EA/TRM, IPv6, technology evaluation, integration, UAT, performance testing, and operational-readiness experience.; Military communications/RF maintenance background, FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License, or amateur-radio license.; Prior Mount Weather or comparable restricted-site experience and hands-on Cisco core/network refresh or migration experience.