Network Engineer

Trace Systems is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a global transport network supporting the US Special Operations Command and mission partners. This role supports critical communications infrastructure and may require occasional 24/7 oncall support for operational needs. The Network Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and validation of transport network solutions across multiple enclaves.\n \n \n \n

• Work directly with vendors and mission partners to ensure complete integration of new technologies into the C2/ISR enterprise.\n
• Engineer and sustain transport network solutions supporting voice, video, and data services across multiple enclaves.\n
• Implement and optimize routing, switching, and transport architectures ensuring resiliency, redundancy, and high-uptime performance.\n
• Troubleshoot network incidents, isolate root causes, and implement corrective actions across physical and virtual network layer.\n
• Assist with network capacity planning, performance monitoring, scalability assessments, and security posture improvements.\n
• Develop and maintain engineering artifacts including diagrams, build guides, and configuration documentation.\n
• Participate in systemwide vulnerability, compliance, and configuration audits; execute mitigations as required.\n
• Support transport-level integration in lab, test, and production environments, including hardware builds and device configuration.\n
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to validate designs and support mission-driven network modernization efforts.\n
• Perform handson engineering, configuration development, performance monitoring, and preventative maintenance for transport network systems.\n
• Prepare and deliver operational reports, technical assessments, outage summaries, and status briefings to customer leadership.\n
• Participate in preventive maintenance activities, system upgrades, patch management, technology refresh efforts, and lifecycle replacement initiatives.\n
• Maintain system documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, configuration baselines, and knowledge management repositories.\n
• Support occasional travel requirements, site surveys, acceptance testing, and field troubleshooting activities as required.\n

• Ability to travel worldwide, including to remote or austere locations. Individual trips may extend up to two months, with the possibility of multiple trips per year.\n
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex network issues within routed and switched infrastructures.\n
• Hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies and enterprise network management tools.\n
• Working knowledge of BGP, OSPF, multicast routing, VLANs, VPNs, and network performance monitoring solutions.\n
• Experience performing packet analysis, log analysis, fault isolation, and root-cause investigations.\n
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.\n, * Experience supporting SOCOM, CENTCOM, AFRICOM, TRANSCOM, Space Force, or other Combatant Command environments.\n
• Knowledge of ISR mission systems, sensor transport architectures and tactical data transport networks.\n
• Experience supporting OCONUS operations and remote-site sustainment activities.\n
• Prior military service or experience supporting DOD customers.\n

n \nEducation:\n \n \nTrace Systems:\n \n Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad-- whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies. \n \n