Company Overview
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) is a global leader in the design, engineering and production of munitions, energetics, weapons, armaments, and missile subsystems around the world. OTS empowers the U.S. military and its allies with an extensive range of overarching product segments applied across all levels of strategic and tactical operations, providing a cutting-edge advantage to our warfighters. Our Ethos of Honesty, Trust, Transparency, and Alignment, are the guiding principles that form the foundation of everything we do. Integrity is paramount, innovation fuels our passion, customer satisfaction is at the core of our mission, and collaboration is key to our success - fostering a culture of teamwork and mutual respect among employees, partners, and stakeholders. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits that include career development and recognition programs. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Job Summary
Provides technical expertise in the oversight of a public and/or private network such as Internet protocol (IP) networks, wide, local and storage area networks (WANs, LANs, SANs) and public switched telephone networks | Plans, designs, installs, maintains, monitors, analyzes, troubleshoots, modifies and supports network communications systems to provide maximum performance and availability | Plans, designs, implements and supports LANs/WANs/SANs in the areas of Internet connectivity, capacity planning, routing, switching, server load balancing, network security and wireless | Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities
Impact of the Role
General Profile
- Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines
- Solves complex problems
- Works independently, receives minimal guidance
- May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
- Consistent exercise of discretion & judgment
Essential Functions
- Deploys and implements plans and designs of network systems that will meet an organization's requirements for performance, security, and compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
- Conducts network architecture design, feasibility, and cost studies.
- Defines monitoring, maintenance, expansion, contingency, and recovery plans and strategies to ensure the network is responsive to changes in demand.
- Troubleshoots network issues and develops appropriate solutions, resources, and deployment processes.
- Keeps informed of the latest technologies to enhance knowledge of networking hardware, software, and best practices.
- May be certified in vendor-specific products.
- May also have responsibility for Network Administration including:
- o Responsible for the daily administration of a network and server environment.
- o Installs, configures, and maintains system software.
- o Monitors network performance, troubleshoots issues, and deploys solutions.
- o Documents network issues and events using standard formats.
- o Plans and implements upgrades, patches, and new applications and equipment installation.
- o Uses scripting and writes basic programs to automate processes.
- o Maintains and follows disaster recovery, security, backup, and restore plans.
- o May evaluate new tools or equipment and perform analysis/feasibility studies to guide decisions on optimizing network performance.
Required Qualifications
- Required education and experience: Associate's Degree and 5-7 years' experience Associate's Degree
- Critical professional related technical skills; computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred education and experience: Bachelor's Degree
- Discipline/Major: Information Technology or related discipline preferred.
- Knowledge, skills & abilities: Disaster Recovery Planning. Capacity Planning. Cloud Computing. Feasibility Study. Network Analysis. Network Engineering. Network Monitoring. Network Operations. Network Optimization. Technical Project Management. Network Troubleshooting. IT Network Software. Network Routers. Network Switches.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.
- Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
Travel Requirements
Less than 25% travel likely.Pay Range (USD)
$81,209-$109,871Pay Transparency Statement
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