Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer

Netorian is currently recruiting for one (1) Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in Afghanistan as the in-country network and system administrators to support United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) under the Command, Control, Communications, Computers Information Technology (C4 IT) Services contract.

Job Description: The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer will:

• The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer shall be the USFOR-A primary Technical Point of Contact for networking and telephony.
• participation in planning, designing, engineering and execution of immediate and long-term projects, for network infrastructure resiliency/expansion, base de-scoping, and retrograde of all networks at Bagram Air Field and throughout the CJOA- A.
• The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer shall be the SME for planning, designing, and engineering all commercial, strategic, and tactical communications within the CJOA-A and
• shall work with the USFOR-A J6 Projects Officers overseeing the engineering, installation, logistics and quality assurance of all communication projects going on within the USFOR-A HQ buildings.
• The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer shall support the maintenance of wiring, including, but not limited to copper (network and telephony) and fiber optic cabling inside, and outside wiring plant as directed by the USFOR-A J6 Project Officers.
• The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer shall be prepared to work and/or coordinate with other military and civilian Agencies or groups to contribute to the successful completion of larger tasks.         

This position is based in Afghanistan. The Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer will work 72 hours a week, Monday - Saturday and be on call 24/7.

Skills and Detailed Experience Required:

• Possess a minimum of two (2) years of experience working with specific integrations into the Afghanistan Theater SIPR and CENTRIXS-RS Networks. These integrations are the Unit Hub Node (UHN), PSDS2, GBS, DVB-RCS, Predator Feeds, Warrior Alpha feeds, HARFANG and any other Full Motion Video (FMV) feeds.
• Possess a minimum of two (2) years working with Audio Visual equipment found in JOC Bridges, VTC rooms, Conference Rooms (CCR), and Situational Awareness Rooms (SAR).
• Possess a minimum of two (2) years of experience working with networks infrastructure and equipment typical to the strategic and tactical networks in Afghanistan to include COMMs rooms, server rooms, ADNs, switches, routers, TLA stacks, Cisco Call Manager (CCM), Tandberg 1000, 1700, 3000, 6000, Tandberg MCU, Cisco Video Conferencing 3500 equipment, copper cable plant, fiber cable plant and cross-connects into and out of the USFOR-A HQ buildings.
• Possess a minimum of four (4) years of experience working in commercial telephony switching support. These include, but are not limited to: RedCom IGX and SL100 telephone switches, KG-84, KIV-7A, and KIV-19 Encryptors.
• Minimum of four (4) years Internet Protocol (IP) communication and troubleshooting and a working knowledge of the entire Afghanistan Theaters IT/Communication infrastructure as to incorporate a "big picture view on impacts and repercussions of planned projects.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in the direct field.
• Must have two (2) or more years of deployed experience in a combat zone.  

Additional Qualifications:

• SECRET clearance required. 

• Detail-oriented with technical, verbal, and written communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a computer engineering discipline
• Substitution of a minimum of eight (8) years direct experience in the field including, network infrastructure design, network infrastructure engineering, and network infrastructure architecture.

Compensation:

•    Netorian offers a competitive compensation package for employees. Salaries are based on skill level and experience
•    Netorian provides equal employment opportunities for all persons and prohibits discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or non-disqualifying disability
•    Netorian is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V