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The DARKWING Program is seeking a highly motivated Network Engineer to join our team in Las Cruces, NM.
The Darkwing program seeking a highly motivated network engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will spearhead efforts and serve as the prime interface to coordinate and perform program network efforts and activities at our customer site. The candidate should have an engineering background and be familiar with network design, network hardware procurement, network integration, and maintenance of network systems. The candidate must be experienced in troubleshooting network anomalies and failures. They must also be skilled in the set up and maintenance of network switches and routers, have experience with WAN\LAN technologies; specifically, TCP/IP, LAN, and routing protocols, VPN, Firewall configuration and filtering. The candidate must have strong inter-personal and communication skills and is capable of successfully explaining procedures in writing or verbally.
Weekend/evening or call in work occasionally required supporting 24X7 operations or maintenance activities.
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- Knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP, LAN protocols
- Security+, Network+
- Experience with BGP and OSPF routing protocols
- Juniper Switches
- TS/SCI with CI Poly
- Working knowledge of Data Centers
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 VLANS
- Experience with Windows, LINUX, DNS, DHCP
- Recent hands-on experience in the areas of network integration, verification, and validation of large, complex systems into enterprise infrastructures
- Capable of representing ES2 in meetings to provide status of action items and issues
- Skills related to network design, diagnostics and optimization
- Knowledge of system engineering processes
- Subnets
- Troubleshooting network anomalies and failures
- Experience in planning of network system development activities
- Knowledge of configuration management methods and practices
- Applicant must be detailed oriented and have strong written, oral, and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently or within a team environment
- Ability to work as part of a team to review/refine/execute project activities
- Good communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well with customers
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP and LAN protocols
- Security+ certification
- Network+ certification
- Experience with BGP and OSPF routing protocols
- Experience with Juniper switches
- TS/SCI with CI Poly eligibility
- Working knowledge of data centers
- Knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 VLANs
- Experience with Windows, Linux, DNS, and DHCP
- Hands-on experience integrating, verifying, and validating large, complex systems into enterprise infrastructures
- Ability to represent the team in meetings and provide status updates
- Network design, diagnostics, and optimization skills
- Knowledge of systems engineering processes
- Knowledge of subnetting
- Experience troubleshooting network anomalies and failures
- Experience planning network system development activities
- Knowledge of configuration management methods and practices
- Strong written, oral, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and in team environments
- Ability to review, refine, and execute project activities
- Ability to work effectively with customers
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