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LightGrid is located in a region of Virginia Beach, VA certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone. HUBZone concerns like ours are eligible for preferential placement of government contracts. We are particularly interested in recruiting employees who are already located in HUBZones. The SBA maintains a convenient map of certified locations. More information can be found on the SBA web site. Take a look; you might be just who we’re searching for.
However, LightGrid is always looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team.
“LightGrid, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status”
Enterprise Architect
Position Title: Enterprise Architect
Location: Arlington, VA
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: LightGrid is seeking a qualified Enterprise Architect to provide IT strategic guidance and support for the Joint Staff J6 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/C4 Cyber Directorate. Demonstrate knowledge of DoD and Joint IT future transformation goals. Apply knowledge of the Joint Information Environment and ability to advise on DoD enterprise services, including collaboration, content discovery and delivery, and enterprise functions, systems, standards, and processes in support of the Joint community.
Job Requirements:
- Develop appropriate methodologies, frameworks, and approaches to address client objectives and drive the organization toward business results, reinforce the organization’s strategic information sharing objectives and achieve improvements in effectiveness, gain efficiencies and increase security.
- Develop, analyze, and maintain as-is and to-be Enterprise Architecture operational, system, and capability viewpoints using DoD Architecture Frameworks (DoDAF) to support decision making and transformation efforts across the organization specifically related to the Joint Staff J6 Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) Net Readiness-Key Performance Parameters (NR-KPP).
- Provide recommendations for migrating systems and applications to DoD-level enterprise capabilities and services. Support and document changes to the IT investments, and update architecture artifacts, as required. Create and maintain Fit for Purpose views and dashboards that present key Enterprise Information in consumable and meaningful formats for the client using SharePoint and MS Access.
- Provide assessment support for Information Support Plans (ISP) with compatibility to the Warfighter Mission Area (WMA) Architecture Development Standard Version 4.0 of 1 April 2018.
- Assist clients with Joint Information Environment IT system migrations consisting of applications, operational baselines, and decommissioning of the legacy network environment.
- Other tasks as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of experience with providing DoD IT consulting support in a specialized area, including enterprise architecture, IT road mapping, enterprise services, SOA and service governance, or knowledge management
- Experience in the preparation and execution of detailed C2 system architecture, including interim and final architecture documentation and presentation
- Experience with evaluation of C2 system architectures
- Ability to show flexibility, initiative, and innovation in dealing with ambiguous, fast-paced situations
- Experience with providing high-level systems analysis and tracking
- Experience with applying industry best practices to architecture design and data capture
- Experience with IT Service Management activities focusing on the plan and design phases
- Experience with command staff in the US military
- Ability to work independently with minimal intervention
- Ability to work collaboratively with a multi-disciplined team
- Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
- S. Citizenship required
Certifications: N/A
Clearance: Top Secret
UC Engineer
Position Title: UC Engineer
Location: Columbia, MD
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: LightGrid is seeking a qualified candidate with a highly professional demeanor, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize work to meet strict deadlines. He/she should have high-level engineering and integration expertise for VoIP, Voice messaging, Video, Web conferencing, Chat, and Presence. The selected candidate will be required to work with engineers at the customer locations to assist with integration required for local devices as needed, schedule and coordinate life cycle configuration changes, including configuration changes and service patches.
Job Requirements:
- Integration of legacy voice systems with cloud and hardware-based VoIP solutions
- During the Design Phase, the Integration Engineer will:
- Review and analyze the Architecture and Design provided by the UC Architect team
- During the Integration Phase, the Integration Engineer will
- Work to stage the equipment and install it at the Data Centers
- Perform the user onboarding and user troubleshooting process
- Assist in integrating ECVoIP, a managed secure voice capability utilizing both the SIPRNET and VoSIP architectures
- Work to ensure that the Site Readiness and Cutover milestones are met
- Other tasks as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience
- 6+ years industry experience in large scale UC and network transformation, architecture, design and implementation encompassing all facets of IP and UC Services
- Strategic IT Consulting experience desired
- Specific Infrastructure experience and certifications a Plus
- S. Citizenship Required
Certifications: N/A
Clearance: Secret
AISR Controller
Position Title: AISR Controller
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: Employee will be responsible for enabling various ISR assets leveraging the DoDIN infrastructure to accomplish their mission. The AISR Controller functions as the end to end AISR call center and first level incident manager for AISR transport issues. Requirements include current DoD 8570 IAT-II certification, knowledge of IP circuits and routers, 2 years of working knowledge of Remedy Global Ticket Management System, and relevant expertise with at least one transport technology (OTN, MSPP, ATM).
Duties:
- Support the Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) Operations Support Center (OCS).
- Focus on triaging network/system issues, identifying the best course of action to restore service, directing the issue to the correct system tier II technician/service desk, and tracking/reporting restoration and mission impact to the DISA Global leadership.
- Maintain situational awareness and report health, status, and availability of critical AISR transport terrestrial, satellite gateways and Full Motion Video (FMV) and other sensor data distribution to include identifying hazardous conditions (HAZCON).
- Assess and report unscheduled outages to the DISA Global watch desk and provide simultaneous near-real time situational awareness to the AISR community via the government provided collaboration tools.
- Dissemination of relevant AISR information, coordinate, support, and de-conflict scheduled maintenance and report unscheduled events to strategic and regional AISR mission partners in coordination with the DISA ASI manager.
Education: N/A
Experience:
- A minimum of two years of working knowledge of Remedy Global Ticket Management System
- Relevant experience and expertise with at least one transport technology, i.e. OTN, MSPP, or ATM,
- Basic knowledge of IP circuits and routers.
Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT-II certification: (Security+, CCNA-Security, etc.)
Clearance: Personnel shall possess a Top Secret security clearance.
Gigamon Taps Engineer (SME)
Position Title: Gigamon Taps Engineer (SME)
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: Employee will be responsible for securing and protecting networks through the use of the JRSS system. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field with 8 years of job experience, DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification, active Secret security clearance, experience with network visibility and monitoring using Gigamon Gigavue and Riverbed solutions, Enterprise Gigamon Gigavue visibility fabric, alarm surveillance, fault and performance management, and LAN maintenance.
Duties:
- Configure and troubleshoot Map Rules, port-pairs, Gigamon User Interface, and CLI.
- Configuration, performance, availability, and security of JRSS network architecture.
- Identify and document errors and solutions within the network.
- Analyze network and telecommunications alarms and identify potential or present issues.
- Configure, test, install, troubleshoot, and maintain network devices such as firewalls, cryptographic devices, and routers for best performance and ensure accurate security posture is reached and maintained.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline with 8 years of overall
related experience.
4+ years of additional related years of experience is accepted in lieu of a degree
Experience: Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy, Experience with network visibility and monitoring using Gigamon Gigavue and Riverbed solutions
Certifications: ITIL v3 Foundation certified
Clearance: Personnel shall possess a Secret security clearance (upgradeable to TS).
Intrusion Protection System (IPS) SME
Position Title: Intrusion Protection System (IPS) SME
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: Employee will be responsible for securing and protecting security networks through the use of JRSS systems. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in a related technical field with at least 8 years of experience, DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification, active Secret security clearance, knowledge of CISCO, Juniper, Firewalls, Tipping Point, F5 LTM, WAN IP routing protocols, IPsec, traffic shaping, firewalls, IPS/IDS systems, Crypto network appliances, and WAN traffic acceleration, alarm surveillance, fault and performance management, and LAN maintenance.
Duties:
- Advanced firewall management including Cisco, Juniper, PAN, and Tipping Point.
- Install, configure, and tune Tipping Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and SourceFire.
- Tipping Point SMS configuration as well as IPS configuration and management.
- Knowledge of intrusion detection methodology, basic operation and management of Tipping Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) like network appliances.
- Configuration, performance, availability, and security of the JRSS network architecture.
- Identify and document network errors and solutions.
- Analyze network and telecommunications alarms and identify potential issues.
- Configure, test, install, troubleshoot, and maintain network devices such as firewalls, cryptographic devices, and routers to optimize performance and maintain proper security.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline with 8 years of overall
related experience.
4+ years of additional related years of experience is accepted in lieu of a degree
Experience: Experience with Cisco Sourcefire, Tipping Point Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), and Bivio, experience with the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management
Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT-II (Security+ CE, CCNA Security,
experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy), ITIL v3 Foundation certified
Clearance: Personnel shall possess a Secret security clearance (upgradeable to TS).
IP Network Controller
Position Title: IP Network Controller
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: Employee will be responsible for monitoring, operating and managing, troubleshooting and restoring to service any of the components comprising the DoD Information Network (DoDIN) and associated IP networks. These include data/voice communications equipment, routers, crypto devices (KG-340, KG-175A/D/G, KIV-7, KIV-19), routing, network appliances (CSU, DSU). Requirements include IAT Level II requirements of 8570, at least 3 years of experience working with transport/networking technologies, and strong communication/reporting skills.
Duties:
- Support the IP Desk within DISA’s 24×7 Network Operations Center on Scott AFB.
- Ability to work nights and weekend duty as required through shift work.
- Monitor network element alarms and alerts to identify those components/elements that may lead to or already are causing network degradation or failure. Accomplishes this through use of network management system(s) and associated assets on a continuous (rotating shifts) basis. Performs fault isolation, diagnostic, and assessment functions to include determination and execution of corrective action(s) on real-time basis.
- Interface with functional users as well as remote operations centers in both routine and reactive monitoring situations.
- Keep logs and records for reported problems or situations.
- Execute all reporting functions and data input associated with network management.
- Monitor security stance of network(s); report suspected violations to authority.
- Coordinate with configuration management and implementation entities to ensure optimum dissemination of information and network efficiency.
- Perform operator level maintenance on all components/assets within network management systems.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Preferred course of study in: IT field or cyber security
or other technical discipline but not required.
Experience: Must have a minimum of three years’ experience working with transport/networking technologies, Prior Military preferred or experience working in a military govt. environment.
Certifications: Security + CE, CISSP or equivalent, ITIL V3 Foundation
certified.
Clearance: Personnel shall possess a Secret security clearance.
Taleo Arcsight Application Administrator
Position Title: Taleo Arcsight Application Administrator
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: The employee will be responsible for configuration, implementation, testing and performance enhancements for ArcSight appliances (loggers, smart connectors, forwarders, ArcMCs, and ESM). Requirements include bachelor’s degree in relevant technical field with 5 years of work experience, shell scripting, knowledge of Arcsight systems, DoD 8750 certification at least IAT level II, and active Secret security clearance with acquisition of Top Secret clearance.
Duties:
- Independently work in a rapid paced environment.
- Maintain operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators.
- Configuration, implementation, testing, and performance enhancements for ArcSight appliances.
- Work with system engineers, enterprise architects, systems administrators, and other technical staff on the implementation, testing, deployment and integration of computing systems.
- Evaluate vendor products and communicate with users.
- Create, maintain, and implement detailed documentation and maintain standard operating procedures.
- Application of security settings and other commercial practices such as DISA STIGS.
- Reviewing and advising work of lower technical staff.
- Able to work a M-F business hour schedule as well as required on-call, extended hour, and weekend support for emergency situations.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline and 5 years of overall related experience with HP ArcSight and its components is required.
4+ years of additional related years of experience is accepted in lieu of a degree.
Experience: Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy, ITIL v3 Foundation certified, Experience with support systems to include enclave Ethernet switches, storage area networks (SAN), and network attached storage (NAS)
Certifications: DoD 8750 certification at least IAT level II (Security+ce)
Clearance: Personnel shall posses a secret security clearance.
UC Integration Engineer
Position Title: UC Integration Engineer
Location: Columbia, MD
Reports to: Alan Sekelsky, Principal
Reporting to this position: N/A
Job Summary: The UC Integration Engineer executes the design of the solution. During Design Phase, the UC Integration Engineer will work review and analyze the Architecture and Design provided by the UC Architect team. They will assist with developing Detailed Design and Testing documentation. They will then be responsible for testing in the Lab environment. During the Integration Phase, they will work to stage the equipment and to install it at the Data Centers. The UC Integration Engineer Will perform the user onboarding and user troubleshooting process. They will also work with engineers at the Customer locations to assist with integration required for local devices is needed. They will work to ensure that the Site Readiness and Cutover milestones are met. The UC Integration Engineer will schedule and coordinate lifecycle configuration changes, including configuration changes and service patches.
Primary Duties and Resposibilities:
- High-level engineering and integration expertise for VoIP, Voice messaging, Video, Web conferencing, Chat, and Presence.
- Integration of legacy voice systems with cloud and hardware based VoIP solutions.
- Execute installation plans provided by program leadership.
- During the Design Phase, the Integration Engineer will review and analyze the architecture and design provided by the UC Architect team.
- Provide design input through peer reviews as requirements are turned into design documentation.
- Support the design, test, and integration initiatives.
- Perform specific site and core system tests including installation test, deployment tests, functional test, and production release test and finally, acceptance testing for customer signoff
- Provide expert-level troubleshooting and configuration for multiple technologies associated with unified communications product and services.
- Assist in integrating ECVoIP, a managed secure voice capability utilizing both the SIPRNET and VoSIP architectures.
- Support the planning and migration efforts.
- Work to ensure that the Site Readiness and Cutover milestones are met.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience.
Required Experience and Certifications:
- 6+ years industry experience in large scale UC and network transformation architecture, design and implementation encompassing all facets of Internet Protocol (IP) and UC services.
- Hands-on experience in DoD Unified Capabilities (UC) and network transformation in a large-scale production environment.
- Requires outstanding communication skills and ability to work well with different personalities.
Desired Experience and Certifications:
- Strategic IT Consulting experience desired.
- Specific infrastructure experience and certifications a Plus.
- Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
- Strategic IT Consulting experience desired.
- Specific Infrastructure experience and certifications a Plus.
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
- Session Border Controller (SBC)
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- Microsoft Office for Business including Skype
- Defense Information System Network (DISN)
- Softswitch
Vender Experience:
- Acme Packet
- Oracle (as related to VoIP)
- Avaya
Clearance: Personnel shall possess a Secret security clearance.
Unified Capabilities (UC) Controller
Position Title: Unified Capabilities (UC) Controller
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Reports to: TBA
Reporting to this position: TBA
Job Summary: Employee will be responsible for integration of various communication methods. Requirements include IAT Level II requirements of 8570, 3 years of experience with UC technologies, and strong communication and reporting skills, experience with KG-340, KG-175A/D, KIV-7, KIV-19. Expertise in two or more of the following: CISCO, Avaya, Nortel, ACME Packet, Oracle, Palo Alto, Juniper, TDM switching; Optical Devices; SONET; DWDM; Digital Cross Connects; Crypto; SATCOM, Network appliances (CSU, DSU), alarm surveillance, fault and configuration management, LAN maintenance, and performance and firewall management.
Duties:
- Support the Unified Capabilities (UC) Desk.
- Ability to work nights and weekend duty as required through shift work.
- Monitor UC capabilities and services (legacy and current offerings): Enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) Voice, Enterprise Classified VoIP, Voice over Secure IP (VoSIP), DoD Enterprise Classified Travel Kit (DECTK), Voice Internet Service Provider(VISP), Global Video Services (GVS), Secure Mobile Environment-Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED), as well as the Defense Switched Network (DSN) and Defense Red Switched Network (DRSN).
- Identify and recommend solutions for continuing operation of network as capacity needs change.
- Make corrections to network configurations to ensure efficient operation.
- Monitor and document network/traffic analysis.
- Work with, maintain, and efficiently improve the performance of SBU Voice, Voice over Secure IP (VoSIP), Voice Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Preferred course of study in: IT field or Cyber Security or other technical discipline but not required.
Experience:
- Must have a minimum of three years’ experience working with UC technologies, Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, configuration management, LAN maintenance, performance management, and
firewall management. - Expertise in one or more of the following: TDM switching; Optical Devices; SONET;
DWDM; Digital Cross Connects; Crypto; SATCOM, Network appliances (CSU, DSU, etc). - General understanding of network topologies, both transport and IP.
- Requires expertise in one or more of the following devices/vendors: CISCO, Avaya, Nortel, ACME Packet, Oracle, Palo Alto, and Juniper.
- Requires experience in one or more of the following Crypto devices: KG-340, KG-175A/D, KIV-7, KIV-19.
- Prior military experience or experience in a gov’t or military environment preferred.
Certifications: N/A
Clearance: Personnel shall possess Secret security clearance.