PACOM J2 Network Engineer (Intelligence Center)

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Within MITRE’s Intelligence Center, the Defense Intelligence Department’s mission is to enhance our sponsors’ policy formulation, planning, and strategy execution across the national security enterprise through all-source intelligence and resource analysis that informs decision-making to address threats in an era of strategic competition. We mitigate critical gaps and shortfalls, identify relevant emerging technologies, and create novel solutions to address mission challenges to advance the missions of our sponsors. The Department is accountable and responsible for intelligence programs with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security (OUSW I&S), the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), and the Combatant Command Intelligence Directorates (J2). 

Roles & Responsibilities:  

In this role, you will serve as a Lead network engineer, working to resolve the most difficult mission challenges faced by the US Pacific Command (PACOM) J2’s military and civilian staff.  You will serve as a member of a team of MITRE professionals focused on identifying, evaluating, and implementing resilient joint intelligence communications systems to support modernization of the Combined and Joint C4ISR systems architecture across the PACOM theater. 

Additionally, you will work to ensure the PACOM Intelligence Enterprise is fully interoperable to support the mission, including partner capability integration. You will be assigned in direct support of the PACOM J26 Intelligence Systems Division, supporting efforts to evolve, test, and evaluate the intelligence architecture, tools, and tradecraft.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop novel approaches to increase resiliency of SATCOM and RF signals in contested and congested electromagnetic environments including the design and engineering support for a resilient communications experimentation lab
• Leverage the latest networking technology and communication data transport networks to provide diverse communication pathways and allow uninterrupted communications
• Deliver recommendations for resilient C4ISR communications strategy
• Establish redundant and resilient communications plans for Joint, Service, National, and Coalition C4ISR capabilities to support critical intelligence operations
• Write test and evaluation plans, conduct experimentation, and deliver capability assessments of experimental architectures and assessment methodologies
• Collaborate with Combat Support Agencies and Industry to provide network engineering recommendations on ISR data storage, processing, and dissemination strategies to enable machine learning and artificial intelligence
• Develop theater intelligence architecture for Joint and Coalition ISR collections, battlespace awareness, and targeting missions
• Serve as a trusted advisor, recommending solutions to Command Intelligence analysis and dissemination challenges

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires minimum of 8 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree; 6 years of experience with a master’s degree; 3 years of experience with a Ph.D.; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• A strong understanding of intelligence support to the warfighter, the organizations of the Intelligence Community, and their responsibilities in support of intelligence collection, analysis, processing, and dissemination
• Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal, written, presentation, and communications skills
• Strong organization skills with the ability to collaborate across a broad range of stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI  w/ Polygraph U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering (or related science, technology, engineering, or math field)
• A clear understanding of the PACOM mission and related intelligence activities
• Experience directly supporting and operating independently for a sponsor
• Demonstrated technical skills as applied to intelligence communications requirements with a strong knowledge of the intelligence community, intelligence processes and architectures
• Intelligence communications expertise to explore solutions to transport data, including TS/SCI, to the tactical edge
• Knowledge of wideband SATCOM (X, Ku, Commercial and Military Ka), Radio Frequency (RF) expertise with the ability to architect, evaluate, and implement complex RF and SATCOM systems
• Experience writing capability development requirements, rapid acquisition strategies, and test/evaluation plans 
• Cloud (AWS, Azure, Oracle, Google etc.), Cisco, Juniper, Security+, CISSP certifications

This position is eligible for participation in the Hawaii Rotational Program, which is designed to attract top-tier, mission-critical talent to support work in Hawaii.  The program offers a three-year participation period and includes an annual incentive payment for eligible employees.  To qualify, employees must relocate to Hawaii and charge at least 75% of their time to designated projects at the MITRE Hawaii site.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$147,200 - $184,000 - $220,800 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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