Communications Field Engineer

2 months ago

Sterling, United States The DarkStar Group LLC Full time

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Communications Field Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Dulles, VA. Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.

THE PROGRAM

The DarkStar Group is a member of 100% of the winning teams for the largest technology program in the Intel Community. We've been supporting this customer on many different sub-projects of this program since our founding in 2013. We've grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work, and we've retained our staff by paying very strong salaries, and working hard to ensure each Engineer is doing work that aligns with their career interest.

The Role

  • The Communications Field Engineer will be responsible for maintaining communications systems to support field personnel. In addition, the officer should contribute to the design of new systems, and assistance to existing communication systems. The officer will also be responsible for ensuring that the systems are designed and built to the highest security standards. The officer will work with a team of other similarly focused officers/engineers, as well as with other non-technical partners across the organization.
  • Following communications trends in an ever-changing environment is key. Specific interest in current commercial telecom and data provider rules/operating standards and up to date on changes to those standards, especially those that will impact the systems the team uses.
Duties:
  • Create and maintain commercial systems to include manipulating hardware and software to meet the standards of a secure system
  • Integrate and maintain VPN services
  • Maintain familiarity with two-factor authentication and associated solutions the team could use when confronted with two-factor issues
  • Maintain familiarity with network traffic analysis techniques and ability to perform packet captures and/or NetFlow collections analysis
  • Responsible for ensuring that the systems are designed and built to the highest security standards balanced with appropriate situational considerations.
  • Work with a team of other similarly focused engineers, as well as with other non-technical partners across the organization.
  • Procure and set up hardware/software and telecom solutions in a short period of time
  • Train individuals on the use ofthe above communication systems
  • Demonstrate the following:
    • Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently and well on collaborative teams
    • Must thrive on providing technical solutions to fulfill customer requirements while under tight time constraints.
    • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
    • Must be able to bring new, innovative comms solutions to the team
  • Maintain appropriate technical training to ensure skills and tradecraft are kept current with evolving technology
  • Performs other duties as assigned at the direction of Project Management
  • Travel: 25%
Required Skills
  • Minimum of six (6) years of experience specific to the skills identified in a position's Qualification Summary, plus the Education qualification.
  • Bachelor's degree related to the specific skill from an accredited college or university, preferred. Relevant work experience related to the labor category may be substituted for the degree requirement.
  • Willingness to travel 25% or less on 3-5-day trips to support customers
  • Demonstrated experience with custom communications
  • Experience collecting and analyzing network protocols
  • Hands-on experience with specialized communications solutions
  • Experience deploying systems
Desired Skills (Optional)
  • Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C/C++, etc.
  • Familiarity with network and log analysis tools, such as Splunk, LogRhythm, Wireshark
  • Exposure to AL/ML technologies to analyze network protocols and communications
  • Experience in VPN set up; reviewing popular services. Also, experience in two-factor authentication
  • Experience in trouble shooting software and hardware issues
About The DarkStar Group

Our Company

The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you.

Our Benefits

The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:
  • very strong salaries;
  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
  • the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
  • 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
  • a generously-funded HSA;
  • an 8% 401(k) contribution;
  • 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
  • the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
  • a generous training budget;
  • $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
  • business development / growth incentives; and
  • top notch company swag.

** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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