Front End Processor - Aurora, United States - Information Technology Engineering Corporation

Description

Front End Processor (FEP) Engineer – Infrastructure

Location:
Aurora, CO.

Required Clearance:
Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly U

S Citizenship Mandatory:
Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation


Job Description:
ITEC is seeking a talented Sr.

Front End Processor (FEP) Engineer with experience in traditional infrastructure design to support our Linux based Front End Processing (FEP) system.

The FEP Engineer would be engaged in the design and architecture of the system and will interface both with Program IPT Management as well as team members in Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) to help develop the environment from requirements.

The Sr. Front End Processor (FEP) Engineer will support design, development, and implementation of traditional compute/network/storage systems for this effort.

This includes getting familiar with existing operating systems and existing server hardware designs; to emulate what is needed in the FEP environment.

The Ideal candidate will be well versed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) based environments, have a good understanding of traditional on premises Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) infrastructure systems to design, develop, and maintain the program's FEP equipment used as the interface between satellite command and control systems and Ground Terminal (GT) equipment.

Note:
Some travel (up to 10%) to customer sites may be required to support deployed systems/configurations and testing


Job Responsibilities:

• Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to assist with design, development, implementation, and support of the on-premises Front End Processor (FEP) solution, to include Software-based FEPs (

AKA:
SoftFEP) or hardware-based appliance FEPs implementations.

• Configure & implement Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) scripts to manage the configuration and troubleshoot the FEP.
• Design, implement, generate code through scripting tools, test, document, and maintain the system.
• Assist with development of test and integration configurations, optimizing FEP performance across the environment.
• Provide guidance on FEP resource allocation & utilization.
• Assist engineers with tool usage and issues, leveraging standards and best practices.
• Configure and manage network connectivity for the FEP system.
• Operate FEP hardware / software diagnostic tools.
• You will setup and configure the FEP software simulator tools.
• Provide support maintenance & test activities for the factory and within operational facilities.

Required Skills:

• Experience with on premise RHEL Based infrastructure design.
• Experience designing an integrated system that includes network, compute, and specialized FEP equipment.
• Experience with common information system (compute and network) hardware interfaces.
• Experience with configuring and maintaining Common Cryptographic equipment in a secure environment.

Required Education:

• Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, OR
• Physics and 5+ years of related work experience

Since 1999, ITEC has maintained a strong and reputable presence in support of DoD and Intelligence community mission-critical programs.

At ITEC, we take excellent care of our employees with competitive salaries, an employee care program and a great benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off and 401k.

We are proud of our amazing Company culture.