Peraton Labs Hiring for On-Call Resource- Telecommunications Infrastructure Analyst Job at Chantilly, VA Full Time

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Responsibilities

Peraton Labs delivers world class cyber research and engineering to government agencies, telecom carriers, utilities, and commercial enterprises. Drawing on its Bell Labs heritage, Peraton Labs excels at creating innovative technologies and services to solve the most difficult and complex problems, shaping the state of the art in government and commercial cybersecurity.

We are looking for candidates with a background in telecommunications cellular and wireline (fiber and metallic) networks and equipment upgrade experience for a casual/on-call employee position for short-term work ranging from several hours per week to 40 hours per week for a 4-to-5-month project in our professional services group beginning in early December 2021 and ending in the April to May 2022 time frame.

Candidates will work with teams to

• Provide telecom engineering expertise and consulting services to Peraton Labs for a project related to the FCC Supply Chain Reimbursement Program for small carriers to remove, replace, and dispose of Covered Communications Equipment and services from their networks.
• Review carrier replacement equipment plans and their related cost estimates and provide an evaluation for reasonableness based on generally accepted telecom engineering principals after reviewing publicly available vendor product documentation summaries and an FCC commissioned replacement device industry average Cost Catalog.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate has the following experience.

• Basic knowledge of cellular and / or wireline carrier network basic designs for voice and broadband services, high level architectures and network component types of systems, devices, servers, firewalls, routers, switches, relays, 3G/4G/5G transmitters, antenna, antenna and equipment mountings and towers/poles and fiber / microwave facilities. High level understanding of the magnitude of costs of network components and software applications related to provisioning, configuring, operating and maintenance and related professional services for planning, designing, engineering and project management of carrier Covered Equipment and costs for dismantling and disposal of various equipment and installation of replacement equipment.
• Strong technical analytical skills.

• Work in teams and under general supervision, providing solutions to technical problems of moderate scope/complexity.

• Ability and desire to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas.
• Wireless RF design experience is not required.

Qualifications

On-Call Employee – Responsibilities will vary

Preferred Credentials

• Bachelors degree + 2 years experience.
• U.S. Citizens strongly preferred – permanent residents may be considered if highly qualified.
• No travel is required. Remote work is allowed
• Candidate must be able to submit and pass FCC background check, FCC forms A-600 and OF306, and be free of any conflict-of-interest issues with applicant carriers.
• Security clearance is not required.