Engineering Technician

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The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability.

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Please Note: This position is currently contingent upon customer approval. The selected candidate(s) will not begin work until funding and customer approval is received.

Leidos is seeking an Engineering Technician!

Job Overview:

The Engineering Technician performs tasks at the NASA Centers for both Enterprise and Center specific projects and day to day maintenance activities.

• This role requires theutilizationof test equipment to perform network video and othertelecommunicationsperformance measurements to ensure services are meeting positionprovidesimplementation support for Change Requests (CRQ) and touch support for Enterprise and Center operationsactivities.

• May require working within the Center demarcation facility toterminatecommercial carrier circuits and services.

• Will provide installation and maintenance support for Center WAN routers switches wireless access points perimeter security equipment video conferencing equipment (multipoint control units (MCU) encoders/decoders) and other telecommunications devices as required.

• Will require skills such as cable fabrication and basic soldering skills for specialized cables and an understanding of documentation standards for rack and floor layouts for telecommunications equipment and how to estimate for size weight and power requirements within telecommunications racks.

• This role may serve as a supervisory or lead role for other Engineering Technicians.

Some of the specific duties to be performed may include:

• Provide operational and technical field support tomaintainservice performance requirements ateach Center and associatedcomponentfacilities or asdesignatedby the COR or designee.

• Provide heightened operational and technical field support during NASA-defined mission critical periods. Heightened support could include dedicated support reducedresponsetimes etc.

• Operate andmaintainnetwork servicesin accordance withPerformance Specifications as called out in Attachment J-12 Performance Measures.

• Participate in program flight operational readiness reviews and certification of flight readiness reviews toascertainwhether WAN/LAN services are ready to support missions programs flight and operational users.

• Implement new infrastructure components related to infrastructure changes andchange requests (CRQs).Perform Remedial Maintenance (RM) and ensure that the maintenance tools spares procedures skills and response times meet performance metrics.

• Operate andmaintain to include installation and removal the cable plant infrastructure including UPSs supporting AEGIS Components.

• Maintain communicationsmanholes(exclusive of structural maintenance) ducts handholds and cable pathways.

• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance of IP digital and analog telephone instruments and cable drops.

• Provide end-to-end support equipment and services for moves adds and changes. These services include instrument placement and relocation infrastructure management and other required services to provide telephone-related connectivity within and external to the Center such as moving a users telephone to a new location changing a users extension and changing a users name in telecommunication systems.

• Provide and/or ensure coordination of telephone operator services including placement of international calls collect calls conference calls other operator-assisted calls and directoryassistance.

Required Qualifications:

• Familiar with operating network analysis software such as Wiresharkand test equipment such as Fluke network test kits.

• Solid understanding of key communications tools such as Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

• US Citizenship is required and able to obtain at minimum Public Trust clearance.

To Be Considered For the Following Levels:

• Level 2: High school diploma or equivalent and 1 3 years of prior relevant experience.

• Level 3: HS and 2 to 4 years of relevant experience.

• Level 4: HS and 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.

• Level 5: HS and 5 years of relevant experience.

We are specifically looking for candidates in the following locations.

• Cleveland OH

• New Orleans LA

• Washington DC

• Greenbelt MD

• Edwards CA

• Huntsville AL

• Houston TX

• Hampton VA

• Las Cruces NM

• Wallops Island VA

• Merritt Island FL

• Moffett Field CA

Why Leidos

• Grow with Us: Be part of a company that values innovation and encourages professional development.

• Make a Difference: Your work will directly contribute to safer more efficient airspace for everyone.

Ready to take your career to new heights Join Leidos and help us transform the future!

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.