Network Operatoins SATCOM Lead

Defense

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Perspecta has an immediate/upcoming need for aNetwork Operations SATCOM Lead in theSt. Louis, Missouri area.

Perspecta is currently looking for a Network Operations Lead on a large DoD contract. This contract employs network technicians across ~15 partner companies in the sustainment of a world-wide operation. The Network Operations SATCOM Lead oversees the Incident, Problem and Change Management processes in support of DoD's SATCOM mission and personnel which are located in at two physical locations in the Continental United States. All work is performed based on service level agreements (SLA) and customer defined Accepted Level of Performance (ALP). Varying deliverables are due on daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly cycles. Candidate will oversee the development of these deliverables along with supporting the development, documentation and tracking of measurements and metrics relevant to the ALP's.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Network/event monitoring, incident detection and resolution of DoD network/services.
• Manage all incidents in the SATCOM environment in accordance with the defined Incident Management Process.
• Experience with VoIP gateways, call managers and performance enhancing proxies.
• Assign tasks to incident management personnel and supervise on-going technical efforts.
• Ensures and follows up SLA and pushes for a short MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) to reduce customer impact in order to meet the contractual defined support of internal and external customers.
• Understand the impact of incidents and wherever required, qualify critical incidents.
• Follows up and coordinate critical incidents from incident logging till closure.
• Performs audit and identified areas of improvement through service improvement initiative.
• Measure, Track and report on process adherence and performance indicators to management.
• Communicate across the program with other functional leaders and senior government and NOC personnel.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline and 8 years of overall related experience in VoIP, SATCOM and related technologies
• Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree

• Familiarity with the operation and maintenance of MILSATCOM earth terminal equipment (up/down converters, modems, high power amplifiers)
• Familiarity with the operation and maintenance of MILSATCOM baseband equipment (EBEM, Promina, MIDAS, Convergence routers, IA Tools.)
• Familiarity with the operation of MILSATCOM encryption devices (KG-250, KG-250x, KIV-7HS, KIV-7M, KG-175
• Experience in managing large network operation environments
• Experience in managing 24x7x365 operations staff across multiple locations
• Strong knowledge of Incident, Event, Problem and Change Management Processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills that can adapt to various audiences including executives and customers
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• DoD 8750 certification at IAT level II, Security+ CE or CCNA Security

• Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy
• ITIL v3 Foundation certified
• Experience working with virtual environments

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