Field Engineer (Telecommunications)

Location: Herndon, Virginia, USA; onsite

Salary: $49,996.80–$290,004.00 per year

Company

hirify.global provides communications, enterprise IT, and technical support services for government customers and agencies.

What you will do

• Operate, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot satellite voice/data, landline, telephone, secure and non-secure voice systems.
• Support a 24/7 Crisis Communications Operations Center, including incident and event management, crisis communications, and situational awareness.
• Maintain routers, switches, servers, leased lines, cryptographic systems, UHF radios, and tactical radio platforms from ICOM, Motorola, and Harris.
• Develop monitoring tools and use data analytics and data science methods for predictive monitoring of high-speed data links and globally deployed systems.
• Plan, design, install, program, test, and field-train personnel on tactical radio systems; conduct site surveys and field installations.
• Provide project management, procurement coordination, VIP communications support, and Tier 1/Tier 2 troubleshooting during domestic and overseas deployments.

Requirements

• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance are required.
• 6+ years of relevant professional experience in telecommunications, communications systems, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, or IT-related field; equivalent relevant experience may substitute.
• Experience providing rotational or extended technical support across multiple telecommunications areas and handling emergency or high-tempo situations.
• Knowledge of 24/7 Crisis Communications Facility operations, technical and security requirements, applicable policies, and regulations.
• Familiarity with switches, routers, servers, STE, IDNX, leased lines, cryptographic systems, and UHF radio equipment.
• Experience with ICOM, Motorola, and Harris tactical communications platforms, including programming and installation.
• Direct experience with BASIS, GENESIS, approval memos, message preparation, and current installation procedures (CIP).
• Ability to maintain multiple high-speed data links, communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences, work independently and collaboratively, and coordinate procurement with logistics teams.

Nice to have

• Systems Operations Center or Network Operations Center experience.
• Experience with Splunk, Riverbed, StealthWatch, Network Node Manager, HP OpenView, and other network or data analytics tools.
• Data science technology, strategies, methods, and applications.
• Incident and event management experience, RF concepts and signal propagation knowledge, and familiarity with customer communications protocols.
• DoD or customer field-environment deployments, executive-level Staff Officer and VIP communications support, and rotational schedule experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Operations track: day-shift position with a typical 5 PM–5 AM schedule on a 3-on/4-off or 4-on/3-off rotation.
• Tactical/Field track: standard schedule with OCONUS TDY up to 50%, including hazardous areas as required, and CONUS TDY up to 10%.
• Extended TDYs and field work may involve dangerous or hostile areas according to mission requirements.
• Benefits include healthcare, wellness, financial and retirement programs, education benefits, and time off.
• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer; applications from outside staffing agencies and unsolicited resumes are not accepted.

Hiring process

• All inquiries must go through the recruiting team; outside staffing agencies and unsolicited resumes are not accepted.
• Employee referrals that result in a hire receive a $5,000 bonus paid at the new hire’s 90-day mark.