Senior Infrastructure / Networking Engineer

Senior Infrastructure / Networking Engineer

Applied Signal Technology (AST), a national asset in the SIGINT domain is seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Networking Engineer who strives for excellence and has a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world. AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners. AST's work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place. AST's work environment is dynamic, highly collaborative and provides engineers the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation's finest service members all while embracing integrity, innovation and work-life balance.

This is an ONSITE position at our Salt Lake City, UT location.

What You Will Do

• You will be an integral part of a team that makes decisions and generates ideas that will push products above and beyond.
• You will guide and oversee the design, develop, test and delivery of advanced high-capacity systems that process modern communications.
• You will work with other experienced members in R&D on system development and deployments for the protection of our country.
• You will generate briefings and present material to team members, customers, and AST Management as necessary.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work autonomously yet collaboratively in a team environment.
• May travel up to 25%

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) minimum 5 years prior relevant experience
• Experience with system development to support multiple programs.
• Experience with developing in python or similar scripting languages
• Experience 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
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) with polygraph security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• 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
• Active and existing TS/SCI with polygraph (within last 24 months)