6385 - Network Engineer

• Analyze existing telecommunications services, configurations, features, equipment, interfaces, and technical dependencies.
• Work with customers to define current-state and future-state network requirements.
• Evaluate network and provisioning solutions for feasibility, interoperability, resilience, security, performance, and mission suitability.
• Develop and review technical specifications, telecommunications requests, acquisition documentation, bid models, evaluation materials, quality plans, and cost-estimate inputs.
• Apply analytical techniques to identify technical alternatives and recommend solutions that improve systems and meet mission, schedule, performance, and budget requirements.
• Support telecommunications inventory research and validation and review service-order packages for technical accuracy and completeness.
• Coordinate technical activities with federal customers, service providers, acquisition personnel, and other engineering stakeholders.
• Support installation planning, cutover readiness, testing, operational acceptance, and disconnect coordination.
• Identify and resolve technical issues that could delay implementation or interrupt customer operations.
• Develop and improve engineering procedures, templates, tools, and quality checks.
• Document technical decisions, assumptions, risks, alternatives, and recommended mitigations.
• Provide technical advice throughout all phases of the transition lifecycle.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications, network engineering, systems integration, or related technical experience required.
• Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing network requirements, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written communication, and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Experience supporting federal, defense, or other large enterprise network environments preferred.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• CCNP, CCNA, CompTIA Network+, CISSP, or comparable networking or cybersecurity certification preferred.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to work remotely from an authorized location within CONUS are required. Periodic on-site support at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, may be required for government-furnished equipment support and other mission needs.
• Must be available and prepared to begin work at the anticipated contract start date of November 6, 2026.

Required Systems, Tools, and Framework Experience

• Web-based telecommunications service-request and order-entry platforms
• Telecommunications inventory, billing, provisioning, and service-order systems
• GSA Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions or comparable enterprise telecommunications services
• Network architecture, topology, and configuration-documentation tools
• Microsoft Visio or comparable network-diagramming tools
• Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
• Network monitoring, testing, troubleshooting, and performance-analysis tools
• Federal cybersecurity, security technical implementation, and risk-management frameworks
• ITIL service-management, configuration-management, and change-management practices

Required Specialized Experience

• Engineering support for private-line, MPLS, Ethernet, optical transport, fiber, access, and related data-transport services.
• Experience with IP VPN, Layer 2 VPN, Internet Protocol services, converged IP, IP telephony, and voice over IP transport.
• Knowledge of voice, conferencing, managed network, unified communications, and customer-contact-center services.
• Knowledge of cellular, wireless, land-mobile-radio, fixed-satellite, and mobile-satellite services.
• Current-state assessments, alternatives analyses, migration planning, requirements development, and solution evaluation.
• Telecommunications provisioning, service installation, cutover, testing, acceptance, and disconnect coordination.
• Development or review of performance work statements, bid models, technical evaluation materials, quality plans, telecommunications service requests, and provisioning documents.
• Evaluation of multiple customer network environments and support for competitive telecommunications acquisition packages.