Network Systems Engineer (IT SE III) (Government)
Chantilly, Virginia
Job Description:
AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.
Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community, providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video
and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.
AT&T has an opening for a Systems Engineer: To support the BrS Contract. The Systems Engineer works directly for the contract Deputy Program Manager (PM) to provide sound engineering principles and disciplined System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) guidance to successfully implement enterprise technical architecture.
This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
The job duties of the Systems Engineer are as follows:
- Perform requirements management and technical requirement analysis across all BrS standard and non-standard service offerings to include supporting BrS requirements management teams while also coordinating with other BrS architecture engineering, service operations, and service transition teams (etc.); Government leadership and program managers/senior engineering technical advisers; and other government/contractor customers across the enterprise.
- Serve as a Customer Support Engineer (CSE)/Business Relationship Manager (BRM) to BrS customers who submit HelpNow/ServiceNow standard or non-standard requested items (RITMs) or Requests For Change (RFC) to support and enable customers to clearly define their system/network/ technical requirements prior to submitting RITMs or at the beginning of the submitted RITMs process and their requirements analysis, review, and validation.
- Serve as a back-up and alternate for BrS Technical Analysis Team (TAT) Lead and when required, for the BrS Requirements Manager or BrS Systems Engineering Manager.
- Host or facilitate BrS requirements management/TAT led meetings, boards, and technical exchange meetings with BrS architecture engineering, service operations, and service transition teams (et cetera); Government leadership and program managers/senior engineering technical advisers; and other government/contractor customers across the enterprise as required or when appropriate.
- Provides systems analysis, documents requirements, works with design, development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle support teams responsible for hardware systems and applications.
- Develops end-to-end analysis for the enterprise, documents processes, key artifacts, and ensures systems comply with the enterprise technical architecture.
- Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, and coordinates cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer needs into hardware and software requirements.
- Identify, analyze, define, and coordinate user, customer and stakeholder needs and translate them into enterprise requirements.
- Identify and coordinate with customer, partner, and program stakeholders to communicate and resolve specific functional or technical problems immediately and as they are identified in validating technical requirements.
- Ensure that all the pieces of an engineering system work together to meet functional and technical requirements for operations to manage and maintain while simultaneously assessing business and management requirements.
- Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve workflow.
- Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Perform strategic systems planning, business information planning, business, and analysis.
- Identify and manage dependencies with other systems and elements of the IT infrastructure.
- Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions.
- Apply business process improvement practices to assist with re-engineering methodologies and principles and business process modernization projects.
- Apply, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control and risk analysis and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques.
- Evaluate industry products and technologies with potential to support design when required.
- Identify potential impacts of systems.
- Coordinate or participate in the development and apply organization-wide information models for use in designing and building integrated systems.
- Assist in establishing standards and guidelines for information systems procedures.
- Assess system designs to validate them against expected technical parameters.
- Identify hardware and applications needed to complete the development process.
- Perform other duties as required by BrS management.
Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)
Required Qualifications: Candidate must have 16 years of experience, which can be a combination of work history and education. (NOTE: This equates to a doctorate and 8 years of experience OR masters and 10 years, bachelors and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years). Additional required qualifications include:
- Technical knowledge of network infrastructure and hardware (such as routers, switches, firewall, and other networking appliances).
- Prior experience facilitating and leading meetings, such as readiness review gates.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills as evidenced by delivering presentations, writing engineering documents, procedures, and other key artifacts used for the successful design, implementation, and maintenance of information systems.
- Capable of multi-tasking, persuading others, and guiding teammates to overcome obstacles.
- Attention to detail, quality of deliverables.
- Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities and programming techniques and controls.
- Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of systems and perform system capacity analysis and planning.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering.
- Demonstrated leadership in technical readiness reviews including System Requirements Review (SRR), Engineering Design Review (EDR), Technical Requirements Review (TRR), and Operational Readiness Review (ORR).
- Engineering best practice knowledge such as International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and ITIL Foundations certification or higher.
- Meet DOD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 certification requirements.
- Program Management Institute certificate (i.e., Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM); Project Management Professional (PMP); PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP); et cetera) or project manager experience.
Ready to join our team? Apply today!
Our Network Systems Engineer (IT SE III) (Government) earns between $98,100 - $170,000 yearly. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays) *Pro-rated when working less than 40 hrs/wk.
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected · Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
Chantilly, VirginiaIt is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-68900 Date posted 06/03/2025
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