Technical Engineer

Company Description

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized and highly regarded within the network and security communities.

Job Description

Provide hands-on network and telecommunications engineering support at FEMA Headquarters across system development, lifecycle and configuration management, emerging-technology evaluation, system integration and testing, and DHS enterprise-architecture compliance. The role combines Cisco routing and switching expertise with broader continuity-communications support for secure and non-secure voice, data, video, RF, SATCOM, and associated IP systems.

Primary Responsibilities

· Assist with system and network architecture, technical requirements, design, configuration, change control, prototype evaluation, integration, acceptance testing, performance testing, operations, maintenance, and lifecycle planning.

· Configure, test, troubleshoot, optimize, and document Cisco routers, switches, associated servers, network services, and telecommunications-system interfaces.

· Prepare and review engineering diagrams, configurations, bills of material, implementation plans, test plans and results, change requests, operating procedures, and lifecycle/configuration records.

· Research and evaluate emerging voice, data, video, RF, satellite, hardware, and software technologies; support demonstrations, pilots, analyses of alternatives, white papers, technical briefings, and recommendations.

· Support DHS enterprise-architecture compliance, including alignment with DHS EA policies, Technical Reference Model standards and products, and IPv6 requirements.

· Support off-site surveys, installations, de-installations, exercises, testing, training, or restoration at Mount Weather, FEMA regions, State EOCs, U.S. territories, and other directed locations.

· Operate and troubleshoot continuity-communications capabilities, potentially including HF radio, satellite, VHF/UHF land-mobile radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, telephone, satellite telephone, fax, and related network transport.

· Coordinate with Government personnel, other contractors, users, security teams, and technology vendors while protecting classified and sensitive information.

Required Qualifications

· Active final Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility; willingness to undergo FSO verification and DHS suitability processing.

· Current CCNA certification, verifiable at the time of candidate submission.

· Three to five years of hands-on network, telecommunications, systems-integration, RF/SATCOM, or closely related engineering experience.

· Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting routers, switches, servers, network services, or telecommunications infrastructure.

· Experience producing or maintaining technical configurations, diagrams, procedures, change records, test documentation, and troubleshooting results.

· Ability to work full-time at FEMA Headquarters and travel for multi-day field assignments when directed.

· U.S. citizenship and ability to comply with classified-facility, badging, nondisclosure, and information-protection requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

· Current CCNP or CCIE in addition to a verifiable current CCNA.

· Prior DHS, FEMA, DoD, public-safety, continuity-of-operations, emergency-management, or other classified-program experience.

· DHS SELC, formal configuration/change management, DHS EA/TRM, IPv6, technical evaluation, proof-of-concept, and test-and-evaluation experience.

· Experience with Cisco Catalyst/NexISR/ASR platforms, network-management tools, firewalls, wireless systems, and high-availability network designs.

· HF-ALE, VHF/UHF LMR, SATCOM, secure communications, Carrier Ethernet, RF test equipment, antenna systems, or emergency-communications experience.