Network Architect
Leidos
- Albuquerque, NM
- $81,250-146,875 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide technical analysis, simulation, and expert advice to AFRL’s space communications technical area for existing, emerging, and new space networking architectures and solutions.
- Support and lead interactions to design, develop, and test future space networking concepts and systems in collaboration with internal and external partners to AFRL.
- Provide expertise across the 7 layers of the OSI network model.
- Lead laboratory efforts in networking to include defining what network concepts can be tested in the laboratory environment, designing said experiments, defining required resources, and conducting experiments.
- Support selection of network hardware and software/firmware needed for developing space-based networks such as routers, switches, encryptors, as well as interface requirements to communication terminals.
- Develop cost estimates, schedules, technical specifications, and testing for space networking systems and components.
- Integrate, troubleshoot, improve, and optimize software/hardware as needed for laboratory experiments and network hardware/software systems.
- Develop drawings, engineering specifications, and documentation.
- Author and publish results of experiments in technical reports and refereed journals.
- BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, with 4 – 8 years of experience with high-speed network design and testing, or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, with 2 – 4 years of similar experience.
- Must be US Citizen able to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
- Strong knowledge of the 7 layers of the OSI network model.
- Knowledge of C/C++ software language.
- Basic knowledge of various test equipment – oscilloscope, voltmeter, logic analyzer.
- Strong experience with design, implementation, and troubleshooting of high-speed network configurations.
- Knowledge of accessing and interfacing with various aerospace power systems.
- Experience with other programming languages.
- Knowledge of MATLAB software language.
- Knowledge of Linux operating system (OS) and RTOSs.
- Previous or existing DoD/DoE clearance.