At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Telecommunications Specialist to join our team! In this role you will get to perform integrated, multidisciplinary assessments that assess survivability of critical U.S. Air Force mission systems, infrastructures, and assets.
The Air Force Mission Assurance Assessment Team requires highly specialized technical, analytical, and investigative support services to develop and conduct comprehensive assessments of an Installation and/or Facility.
This challenging and exciting work will provide you with the opportunity to travel CONUS and OCONUS to the most important Air Force systems and critical infrastructure to ensure the survivability of any threat or attack. This is an exciting opportunity to experience travelling to destinations around the world and protecting mission critical infrastructure.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Reviews and assesses the telecommunications infrastructure that supports the installation protection programs; customer’s missions and supporting facilities to include equipment and routing.
- Identify all aspects of communications-related vulnerabilities, impacts of communications on mission execution capability, and provide recommendations to mitigate or eliminate identified vulnerabilities
- Assess communications infrastructure that support installation voice, data, video, radio, electronic security, and industrial control systems/networks
- Identify threats/hazards that could affect the mission's communications architecture and using this data to assess the vulnerability and risk to these assets
- Perform single-point critical node analysis of an installation's telecommunications, other communications systems, and computer networks including supporting infrastructure (security, power, heating-ventilation-air conditioning, fuel, fire protection, etc.). Provide recommendations to remediate or mitigate system vulnerabilities due to terrorist, manmade, and natural incidents
- Evaluate and make recommendations on secure and/or non-secure high-speed digital data transmission, government satellite services, high-frequency radio, long-haul military and commercial radio, telephone, voice frequency circuitry, wireless, facsimile, video, and computer network inter-switch trunks
- Evaluate and make recommendations for DoD installations on achievable means of enhancing the communications networks and/or systems to ensure local distribution networks and supporting off-site commercial facilities have the capacity, survivability, reliability, and security to support the mission
- Review Communication plans, Defense Continuity Plans, and other associated plans and provide feedback to improve the documents
- Prepare Assessment Team Reports based upon vulnerabilities observed during the assessment
- Conduct other assessments defined by the Subject Matter Expert Benchmark matrix
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Possess minimum 5 years, or Bachelor’s degree and 2 years, operational experience in the military, other Federal Government, or comparable civilian position in Cyberspace operations
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field; operational experience can serve as a substitute for degree requirement
- Possess a thorough understanding of the Department of Defense Information Networks (DoDIN)
- Work experience as a network administrator, IT management/consulting, assessing IT, or installation of IT-related systems
- In-depth knowledge of newest information technology threats
- Knowledge of Information Assurance, Mission Assurance levels associated with DoD IT Systems
- Understanding of the Cyber Protection Conditions
- Knowledge of Cybersecurity practices and threats
- Knowledge of the DoD Risk Management Framework
- Ability to evaluate communications architecture and identify single points of failure
- Knowledge of risk management concepts employed by DoD or Department of Homeland Security
- Possess IAT Level II certification as defined and 8570.01-M, or ability to obtain certifications within 180 days of hire
- Broad knowledge and working level operational experience with commonly used DoD data and voice networks and transmission systems
- Extensive knowledge with configuration, operation, and management of the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and other DoD and Commercial terrestrial and satellite communications systems and networks
- Broad experience in general military command and control operations and supporting DoD C4I systems including identifying critical mission systems, their vulnerabilities and the impact on the broader strategic, operational and tactical implications on higher DoD or National level missions
- Demonstrate current knowledge of and familiarity with the following:
- Fiber optic distribution systems
- Optical transport networks
- SONET/SDH, ATM, IP, and TDM protocols, equipment and networks
- Encryptions systems
- DISN, DSN, DRSN, DMS SIPRNet, NIPRNet, JWICS, DSCS, Milstar, AFSCN, GMD, GPS, cellular, Microwave, and various other DoD and commercial architectures and SATCOM systems, DISA
- Understand how to conduct 1) Pre-Assessment Phase activities (e.g., Mission Analysis and Pre-Site Survey (PSS) work); 2) Assessment Phase activities to include onsite vulnerability and risk assessments; and 3) Post-Assessment Phase activities (e.g., Post Analysis, Report Writing, and MAJCOM follow-up, etc.).
- Must have an Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
- Must be able to travel up to 25% per year.
- Must have a valid US passport.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Air Forcce Experience
- Ability to conduct assessments
- Be able to provide specific SME assistance to Technical Support Projects (TSPs);
- Provide Design Review assistance; and provide technical assistance to the Home Team.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $74,800.00 - $130,900.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years operational experience in military, federal government, or comparable civilian cyberspace operations (or Bachelor's degree + 2 years)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field (operational experience may substitute)
- Thorough understanding of the Department of Defense Information Networks (DoDIN)
- Work experience as a network administrator, IT management/consulting, assessing IT, or installation of IT-related systems
- Knowledge of Information Assurance, Mission Assurance levels for DoD IT systems
- Understanding of Cyber Protection Conditions and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Ability to evaluate communications architecture and identify single points of failure
- Possess IAT Level II certification as defined in 8570.01-M, or ability to obtain within 180 days of hire
- Extensive knowledge and operational experience with DISN, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, JWICS and other DoD/commercial terrestrial and satellite communications systems
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
- Valid US passport
- Must be able to travel up to 25% per year
- Familiarity with fiber optic distribution, optical transport networks, SONET/SDH, ATM, IP, TDM, encryption systems, satellite communications, microwave and cellular systems
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
Parsons Corporation Insights
What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
