Senior Systems Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +9 more locations.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and implementation of Motorola ASTRO 25 and related technology solutions for DOD and Federal Government agencies.

• Oversee all technical components of assigned projects until the final system acceptance is achieved.

• Design and establish radio networks, which include infrastructure, subscribers, power systems, shelters, towers, backhaul, microwave, leased lines, and customer-provided Ethernet.

• Conduct customer design reviews, facilitate witnessed staging and acceptance testing, coverage acceptance testing, live system upgrades, and troubleshooting.

• Build, configure, and conduct acceptance testing of systems in laboratory and field settings.

• Execute radio coverage testing, frequency analysis, and interference mitigation strategies.

• Contribute to and engage in NTIA radio system licensing processes.

• Prepare system fleet maps, encryption schemas, and radio programming templates.

• Generate as-built system documentation.

• Develop strategies for and participate in live system cutovers and upgrades.

• Collaborate with project managers, systems engineers, system technologists, construction managers, customer service managers, clients, consultants, and third-party service professionals.

• Travel 25–50% to customer locations across the nation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidates must reside in the United States and be willing to travel nationwide to assist Federal Customers.

• A Bachelor's (BS) Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, plus 2 years of relevant experience, OR 6+ years of experience in those fields or a similar area.

• Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining the necessary security clearance as required by government contracts.

• Preferred experience with Motorola ASTRO 25 architecture.

• Understanding of radio frequency engineering and land/mobile radio engineering principles.

• Familiarity with wireless and wireline communications systems.

• Knowledge of RFDS principles, including antenna and cable selection, transmit combiners, receive multi-couplers, and lightning protection systems.

• Awareness of P25 Land Mobile Radio terminology and two-way subscriber radio provisioning methods.

• Understanding of remote communication site construction, encompassing site selection, grounding, compound development, tower, and shelter requirements.

• Familiarity with Fortinet and Juniper firewalls; Nokia 7705 routers; Juniper SRX/MX routers; HP/Aruba and Juniper switches.

• Experience with SSH, SCP, SFTP, and RDP remote access protocols.

• Knowledge of point-to-point microwave systems and microwave RF/network design.

• Understanding of software application integration, APIs, operating systems, and the OSI model.

• Familiarity with OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, SIP, RTP, SNMP, NAT, routers, switches, and stateful packet firewalls.

• Knowledge of fiber, copper, and microwave physical-layer technologies.

• Ability to create design documents and drawings utilizing office productivity and drawing software.

• Strong troubleshooting, critical thinking, analytical, communication, and technical writing skills.

• Capacity to work remotely without local supervision, lead customer-facing meetings, collaborate with colleagues, clients, and third-party service professionals, and adapt to changing priorities with minimal notice.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.

• Willingness to learn and utilize company-provided software for IP network systems, radio coverage modeling, RF setup/troubleshooting, operating systems, virtualization platforms, software debugging, and log analysis.

• Preferred certifications: GROL, Amateur Radio Operator License, CompTIA Network+, Juniper JNCIA-Junos, Nokia NRS1, CCNA, or similar.

🏝️ Benefits

• Incentive Bonus Plans.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.

• 401K with Company Match.

• 10 Paid Holidays.

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Paid Parental & Family Leave.

• Referral Payment Plan.