Senior Principal Infrastructure/Networking Engineer
$132,400–$251,600 year
On-siteWest Valley City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Design, develop, test, and deliver advanced high-capacity systems processing modern communications while guiding team decisions and generating ideas. Lead system development and deployments for national security protection, creating briefings for customers and management as needed. Manage enterprise-grade networking infrastructure, data centers, and virtualization environments using Python, Linux, and configuration management tools. Work autonomously yet collaboratively with R&D members to resolve complex problems in SIGINT solutions. May travel up to 25%. This onsite role at Applied Signal Technology supports the U.S. government's strategic and tactical intelligence needs within the aerospace and defense industry.
Required Qualifications
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
- U.S. citizenship is required
- Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- minimum 10 years prior relevant experience
- Experience with system development to support multiple programs
- Experience with developing in python or similar scripting languages
- Proficient with Linux, especially Red Hat based distributions
- Experience with System Administration
- Experience with enterprise grade networking equipment, such as Cisco, Arista, or Juniper
- Experience with virtualization technology (KVM, VMWare, Hyper-V)
- Experience and/or knowledge of network protocols, such as TCP/IP and UDP
- Experience with configuration management systems (puppet, ansible, salt)
- Experience designing and setting up networks and data centers
- Experience verifying and validating the software and system work as intended
- Experience working both in a team environment and independently
- May travel up to 25%
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with User Interface development
- Experience with enterprise grade storage equipment
- Experience with object-oriented programming languages
- Strong experience with Python or other scripting languages
- Experience with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized systems
- Experience with process improvement
- Experience with automated system deployments
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