Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies Inc., is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, integrate, deploy, and maintain complex systems and network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong systems engineering experience, advanced networking knowledge, and experience managing network switches and remotely administering distributed systems. The role requires the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues while ensuring system performance, reliability, and security.
Key Responsibilities:
- Generate and maintain network diagrams, system architecture diagrams, infrastructure layouts, and data flow diagrams.
- Configure, manage, and troubleshoot network switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, trunking, port assignments, and network services.
- Manage switch configurations, firmware updates, access control lists, port security, and configuration backups.
- Apply knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, routing and switching protocols, DNS, DHCP, and network segmentation.
- Perform remote administration, monitoring, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of systems across distributed environments.
- Diagnose network performance issues and resolve complex connectivity, hardware, software, and system integration problems.
- Lead system integration, testing, verification, and validation activities to ensure technical requirements are met.
- Collaborate with engineering, IT, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deliver and sustain technical capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
- US Citizenship.
- Master’s or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
- 10 or more years applicable progressively complex systems design engineering experience, including integration of complex hardware/software systems.
- Significant experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong knowledge of network architecture, TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience configuring and managing network switches, including VLANs, trunk ports, access ports, and switch management.
- Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux environments, network services, and infrastructure management.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managing enterprise network equipment and multi-site or distributed environments.
- Familiarity with routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP, network access control lists, VPNs, and network security.
- Experience with switch firmware upgrades, configuration backups, network monitoring, and configuration change control.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Customer- site
Travel: Yes, 0-10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: Yes
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10 or more years of progressively complex systems design engineering experience, including complex hardware/software systems integration
- Significant experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering, or a related technical field
- Strong knowledge of network architecture, TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience configuring and managing network switches, including VLANs, trunk ports, access ports, and switch management
- Familiarity with Windows and/or Linux environments, network services, and infrastructure management
- Experience managing enterprise network equipment and multi-site or distributed environments
- Familiarity with OSPF, BGP, network access control lists, VPNs, and network security
- Experience with switch firmware upgrades, configuration backups, network monitoring, and configuration change control
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.
