Overview

Join Our Stellar Team at Castalia Systems!

Are you ready to skyrocket your career with us? We're on the lookout for ambitious individuals who are eager to make their mark in a diverse and thriving environment.

At Castalia Systems, we're not just another company – we're a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) committed to excellence since 2011. Join us in delivering top-tier solutions to the dynamic Defense and Intelligence sector.

As valued members of our team, we prioritize your well-being. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Responsibilities

Castalia Systems is seeking a Senior Network Engineer (Tier III) in the Tampa, FL area.

The Senior Network Engineer (Tier III) will support the Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSM-O II), Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) at MacDill AFB, FL. The JCSE team provides en-route, early entry, scalable C4 support to Regional Combatant Commands, Special Operations Command, and other agencies. Responsible for new capability requirements and design, system assessments, and providing hands-on engineering support. Key elements of this position will include: conduct analysis and assessments on new emerging technologies; develop and recommend functional design solutions to meet stakeholder requirements; provide Tier III support to the Joint Network Operations Center (JNOC); develop, engineer, and recommend hardware and software solutions; and conduct cybersecurity mitigations on design solutions to comply with Risk Management Framework (RMF) cybersecurity requirements.

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

• Provide network architect support, design, test, troubleshoot, and implement interior gateway protocols (IGP), external gateway protocol (EGP), Multi-protocol Label and Switching (MPLS), Virtual Routing & Forwarding (VRF), Network Function Virtualization (NFV)/Service Chaining, and Software Defined Networking (SDN) on an enterprise network to meet security, performance, operational, and functional requirements.
• Ensure proper routing protocols are being applied to optimize the end-to-end network performance from the Local Area Network (LAN) through a Wide Area Network (WAN), to a Campus Area Network (CAN), to a Storage Area Network (SAN), or data center.
• Assist the government customer with identifying any derived design objectives, technical specifications, performance requirements, and interoperability specifications to ensure the system design will meet stakeholder end-to-end requirements.
• Ensure the system design adheres to industry standards, DOD standards, DOD policies, DOD instructions, DOD directives, cybersecurity policies, and best commercial practices.
• Develop presentations to stakeholders articulating the gaps, requirements, objectives, functional and solution architecture.
• Develop, review, and update briefings, papers, and/or spreadsheets to meet customer requirements.
• Provide analysis for how the operational, functional, and performance requirements will be met as part of the system design, test, and implementation of initial capabilities.

Qualifications

Security Clearance Requirement:

Active/current Secret clearance is required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience, or Masters with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional years of specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security ce, CCNA Security, CySA , etc.).
• CCNP Enterprise.

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.