Senior Telecommunications Engineer

Senior Telecommunications Engineer / Technical Advisor

Lawelawe is a Native Hawaiian Owned Small Disadvantaged Business (NHO SDB) that specializes in providing a range of services to federal government clients, including program management, digital solutions, human capital and training. Lawelawe leverages our NHO status to secure federal contracts that not only drive business success but also support our overall mission to uplift economically disadvantaged Native Hawaiian families and preserve the Native Hawaiian heritage.

The Senior Telecommunications Engineer / Technical Advisor serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) supporting the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This position provides senior-level technical and advisory oversight for the design, testing, integration, and sustainment of telecommunications networks and systems across a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee and participate in the design, testing, upgrade and integration of new or existing telecommunication networks, systems and equipment in accordance with the organization's business requirements.
• Plan and lead major technology assignments. Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• Work with other senior technical and user staff to complete projects.
• Document all aspects of the engineering process as it relates to build and configuration, testing, and deployment of telecommunication networks, systems, and equipment.
• Coordinate changes such as implementation of new telecommunication networks, systems and equipment, upgrades, or version increments to existing telecommunication networks, systems, and equipment with stakeholders.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard telecommunication networks, systems, and equipment.
• Perform telecommunications modeling, analysis, and planning. Coordinates with architecture and evaluate new and emerging telecommunication technologies and make recommendations for selection of these products.
• Manage Change Control Board SharePoint site and workflow.
• Provide a wide range of technical and planning expertise to assist senior leadership in shaping and achieving the organization's strategic vision, operational and tactical goals.

Lawelawe Defense Inc ("LDI") is an SBA Certified 8(a) Native Hawaiian Owned (NHO) SDB. Lawelawe Defense offers an outstanding record of delivery on various projects encompassing: Program and Portfolio Management; Systems Engineering and Architecture; Network Engineering and Operations; Data Center Optimization and Operations; Desktop/Server and Application Virtualization.

Here's what you need:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Knowledge of cabling standards, Outside/inside plant (OSP/ISP) to include Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) and DHA Facilities Enterprise (DHA-FE) criteria and standards.
• Experience with conduit verification, OSP planning, OSP technologies such as aerial and direct bury.
• Must have knowledge of Structured Cabling, understanding of BICSI TIA/EIA 568 and specifically TIA 1179 standards.
• Ability to read engineering diagrams for buildings and cable plant.
• Skilled in applying systems design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools; systems design standards, policies, and authorized approaches; and systems design precedents or alternative approaches.
• Knowledge of system testing and evaluation principles, methods, and tools; IT security principles and methods; requirement analysis principles and methods.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to resolve issues through coordination with clients, vendors, and facilities personnel.
• Security+ Certification.
• Must possess and maintain one (1) of the following current certifications: COPT, CCNA, CCTT, CNCDP, or CEP.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Additional qualifications include:

• Knowledge of fiber splicing.
• Experience with construction planning and scheduling.
• Intermediate to advanced skill with MS excel. Ability to use complex formulas to manipulate OSP/ISP data storage; solid understanding of database structure.
• Experience with deployment and sustainment of new or existing information networks, such as local area networks (LAN).
• Knowledge of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), intranets, extranets, and other communications networks.
• Knowledge of network performance monitoring, capacity analysis, and security posture.
• Knowledge of CAD software.
• Project management experience, including using MS Project.

Lawelawe Defense Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a comprehensive background verification, inclusive of a criminal record check. Employment may be subject to other background checks, as required by the position.