Dignitas Technologies, a By Light company, offers a wide range of services in the military modeling, simulation, and training (MS&T) industry from research efforts advancing simulation technologies to large acquisition contracts. Dignitas specializes in system and software analysis, design, development, testing, fielding, and courseware for Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training applications.
By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.
Position OverviewThis role requires close collaboration with internal teams, external suppliers, and government stakeholders and involves occasional travel to customer sites or supplier locations. A hybrid work environment is possible when not required to be on-site for customer meetings. The program reserves the right to require on-site work if program execution and success dictates.
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, 9:00a a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Responsibilities- Designs and implements self-healing networks
- Documents the network configuration including documentation of maintenance procedures for the network.
- Troubleshoots routing, switching and multicast faults
- Configures and troubleshoots RADIUS, SYSLOG, NTP, OSPF, Auto-RP
- Designs and monitors network load balancing, route cost patterns, overall system health, etc. and advises on need for potential upgrades or reconfigurations
- Identifies the need to upgrade or enhance network component capabilities
- Hardens networking infrastructure as appropriate, balancing customer Availability/Integrity/Confidentiality needs.
- Resolves IAVA/STIG findings as appropriate, providing proper documentation and/or justification to A&A personnel
- Provides on-site technical and operational support in the installation and operation of any/all telecommunications equipment
- Conducts site surveys to determine feasibility of equipment installations (e.g. telecommunications, electrical, temperature/humidity, cleanliness, space/weight, maintainability, logistical support)
- Performs other duties as required
- Mentors other IT personnel as needed
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- Must meet DoD 8570 IAT II requirements
- Experience designing and implementing self-healing networks
- Expert understanding of Cisco and/or Juniper technologies
- Expert understanding of networking protocols
- Experience in cross-platform networking environments
- Experience in setting up workstation, server, switch, and router configurations
- Expert level experience in the configuration & operation of firewalls.
- DoD Active Secret Clearance or ability to get a clearance
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Must meet DoD 8570 IAT II requirements
- Experience designing and implementing self-healing networks
- Expert understanding of Cisco and/or Juniper technologies
- Expert understanding of networking protocols
- Experience in cross-platform networking environments
- Experience configuring workstations, servers, switches, and routers
- Expert-level experience configuring and operating firewalls
- Active DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one
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What We Do
By Light Professional IT Services LLC (By Light) provides a full range of hardware and software engineering services to defense, civilian, and commercial customers worldwide. Driven by a management team that leverages real-world expertise from the defense, intelligence, federal healthcare, and commercial sectors, we provide reliable, efficient, and cost-effective IT solutions. Some of our successes include: • Completion of 80+ Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) sites both CONUS & OCONUS. Provided Optical Network Engineering, Implementation, & Project Control Worldwide. • Provided timely completion of ATM to IP Migration, Legacy Network Optimization, & VOIP Implementation of 47 CONUS Sites for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) SCAMPI Network. • Supporting the AMC CIO/G6 in the Depot Modernization Program, implementing CONUS wide 802.11/a/b/g/n wireless networks, Area Processing Center Migration, DISN Optimization, and a 40,000 user, enterprise-wide SharePoint Implementation. • Completion of 2,000 Plus Legacy Circuit Migrations to DISN Transport for DISN Transition Program. • Delivered Communications Support & Staff Augmentation for Deployed DoD Forces under the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems Technology Applications Office (PEO EIS TAO). • Successful Implementation of Secure Intelligent Video Systems (IVS) for the Intelligence Community. • Supporting major international carriers in the modernization and expansion of Data Center Facilities. • Engineering new Turnkey “Cloud Services,” including Hosting, Managed Services, COOP, and Data Storage and Archival.
