Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) Support Technician

Overview:

Job Title: Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) Support Technician

Security Clearance: Top Secret

Location : Scott AFB, IL

_(Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required._)

Description:

C3EL is seeking a cleared professional to support our critical mission at Scott AFB in Illinois. Our customer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations. This Technician will directly support the DISA-provided GIG capabilities and services in our 24x7 DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC).

_(This role is considered "Mission Essential" and may require supporting rotating shift work, which includes nights and weekends.)_

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Create/update/resolve unclear problems and issues faced, utilizing a broad knowledge of the network architect, utilizing the Service Now platform.
• Notify necessary points of contacts based on essential or heightened awareness networks, circuits or location incidents .
• Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) trunks.
• Work directly with customers, UC stakeholders, and leaders internal and external to the organization across multiple areas to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact.
• Support all customers to include providing global situational awareness support.
• Verify that service has been restored upon resolution of all customer-initiated tickets.
• Provide timely situational awareness to leadership and the impacted community within discovery and ticket creation using approved communication methods as outlined.
• Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools.
• Record, assess, track, and monitor incident tickets escalated to operational infrastructure.
• Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident.
• Perform configuration maintenance on route plans, route lists device profiles, calling search spaces, and route partitions.
• Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or configuration deficiencies.
• Develop and/or recommend solutions and processes pertaining to UC and DRSN operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• An active, in-scope US Government issued Top Secret clearance.
• 2-4 yrs of relevant technical experience.
• Current DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE, or equivalent).
• Ability to work in a 24/7 shift work environment and travel up to 10%.
• Knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, CISCO, Juniper, video teleconferencing (VTC), voice services, EVoIP/ECVoIP, VoSIP, fly-away kits, Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN), DSN Core.
• Requires general understanding of both voice infrastructure and IP network topologies.

Desired Qualifications:

• Tech control facility or cyber transport experience.
• Circuit actions experience.
• Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs.
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, call routing, session initiated protocol, media call flow, packet capture analysis, Juniper IP technologies.

Education:

• A minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent is required.