Systems Engineer

Description

Perks and Benefits

• 100% Paid Healthcare
• 31 Days PTO
• 10% 401k in every paycheck
• 100% Fully Vested!!!

Do you get excited about learning new technologies, problem solving, and influencing outcomes?

We know that cybersecurity and its technologies evolve at a rapid pace. The defense community needs an engineering partner who can not only keep up but bring the technical expertise and passion necessary to solve the new hardest problems — and do it well. GIGATEC's highly engaged, agile team does just that, with innovative solutions for every mission-critical challenge.

If your answer is an enthusiastic "yes" then please keep reading!

Our team is passionate about defending national security and mastering new tech, so we give our engineers exactly what they need to do both: unlimited upskilling, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, and 100% paid healthcare, plus flexible benefits.

We are seeking Systems Engineers who wish to accelerate their skills and focus on tackling the most difficult challenges of the US Government, in one of the most exciting areas of the mission available. GIGATEC offers the best salaries and benefits packages available, where you are at the center of our motivation.

NOTE – Our positions require a Top Secret clearance, as well as Counterintelligence and Lifestyle polygraphs. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.

Requirements

What You’ll Be Doing (We don’t love the bullet points, but we love the work!)

In this Systems Engineering role, you'll play a crucial role as a key member of the team where you'll have the exhilarating opportunity to make an impact, entrusted with the vital task of defining and securing approval for system components - from requirements and designs to interfaces and test procedures. 

But that's not all! You'll be creating documentation that bridges the gap between hardware and software developers. This isn't just a job; it's your chance to leave a lasting mark, driving projects and transformation!

Required Skills

– Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) — Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc.

– Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents

– Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components

– Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination

– Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations

Desired Skills

• Circuit Switched and Mobile Telephony signaling types, networks and systems, including audio encoding/decoding (7 years)
• Specific communications protocols (e.g. GSM, CDMA, 5G, HTS, etc.) and associated community tools
• Application Development for ipv4 and ipv6 packet switched networks (i.e. L2, L3), protocols (i.e. VOIP) and technologies (VPNs, encapsulation)
• Digital forensics tools such as Wireshark
• Deep knowledge of the OSI network stack and associated protocols across layers 2-7.
• All protocol stacks for data transfer, to include but not limited to Routing protocols, Encapsulation, Tunneling and encryption, legacy protocols (i.e. SONET) 

• Experience with JIRA, Atlassian Suite

Qualifications

– (10) years’ experience

– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline