Overview

BigBear.ai is currently seeking Expert Network Engineers to perform as a member of our solutions delivery team based in Reston, VA. This is a unique opportunity to work on program advancing the digital transformation of critical government systems. This program is operating and enhancing open-source sources and collection through delivery of superior network, platform, and systems engineering solutions.

This position will support cloud infrastructure and services, with data flows crossing various controlled interfaces, and will follow specific IT project management and engineering life-cycle processes. This position will support solutions throughout the IT project lifecycle, to include refining requirements, creating design documentation, and providing O&M and troubleshooting support.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable, efficient, and cost-effective network infrastructure ecosystem solutions
• Offer technical expertise and customer engagement skills to support an AWS cloud-based network ecosystem of Linux and Microsoft services
• Recommend network design enhancements to improve cloud services and on premises systems availability and functionality
• Provide continuous improvement of Network platform solutioning, specification & design, systems integration, platform lifecycle management
• Manage and monitor bandwidth and network asset conditions and utilization
• Assist in the design and implementation of LAN/WAN using switch and router technology
• Assess hardware and software functionality and suitability within the existing network environment
• Utilize network analysis tools to identify and mitigate performance problems in the network.
• Monitor services with log aggregations, automated analysis, reporting, and alerting in support of incident detection and response
• Ensure that systems adhere to security compliance and best practices
• Manage access controls

What you need to have

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph (ISSA TS also accepted)
• 10 years of experience providing network engineering services
• Experience managing platforms along with AWS and Azure Cloud Architecture and development
• Experience using Network Monitoring frameworks (i.e. SolarWinds)
• Network platform architecture and design
• Ability to utilize network analysis tools to resolve routine network performance problems
• Working knowledge of the theory and practice underlying LAN/WAN network operations
• Prior experience with experience with Cat5, Cat6, Fiber, Network Switches, and patch panels
• Experience with project and task planning to include scope of work, time estimation, and resource assignment
• Problem-solving skills to identify, mitigate, and/or solve network challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills to resolve problems in a professional manner, lead working groups, negotiate, and create consensus
• Ability to draft requirements documents, correspondence, and procedures in accordance with policies
• Experience monitoring, resolving, and documenting service tickets and requests
• MS Office suite proficiency, to include Teams, Visio, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Ability to provide clear, accurate, and simple explanations of technical procedures and processes to audiences of varying degrees of technical proficiency
• Ability to work in a team environment

What we'd like you to have

• Comfortable in technical and business requirements meetings and conversations, and self-motivated to pursue continuous improvement in a rapidly scaling delivery-of-anything-as-a-service (XaaS) environment supporting important customer missions
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or CompTIA Security Plus certification
• Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification

About BigBear.ai

A leader in decision dominance for more than 20 years, BigBear.ai operationalizes artificial intelligence and machine learning at scale through its end-to-end data analytics platform. The Company uses its proprietary AI/ML technology to support its customers' decision-making processes and deliver practical solutions that work in complex, realistic and imperfect data environments. BigBear.ai's composable AI-powered platform solutions work together as often as they stand alone: Observe (data ingestion and conflation), Orient (composable machine learning at scale), and Dominate (visual anticipatory intelligence and optimization).

BigBear.ai's customers, which include the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, the U.S. Federal Government, as well as customers in the commercial sector, rely on BigBear.ai's high value software products and technology to analyze information, identify and manage risk, and support mission critical decision making. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, BigBear.ai has additional locations in Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan, and California.

BigBear.ai will request COVID-19 vaccination status information as part of the onboarding process.