[6288] SATCOM Engineer

Start date: Negotiable
Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent
Location: Mons, Belgium

Requirements:
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in IP networking, including routing, switching, WAN technologies, and troubleshooting of complex network environments.
• Experience supporting SATCOM, WAN, or deployed communication systems in operational or mission-critical environments.
• Proven understanding of network concepts, including TCP/IP, IPv4 addressing and subnetting, TCP and UDP protocols, MTU and MSS considerations, and Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking fundamentals.
• Practical experience with routing and switching technologies, including static routing, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, and the ability to analyse routing tables, forwarding decisions, routing convergence issues, and end-to-end traffic paths.
• Basic understanding of BGP fundamentals and route redistribution concepts.
• Practical experience with tunnelling technologies, including GRE, IPSec, GRE over IPSec, and L2TP.
• Ability to deploy, troubleshoot, and validate tunnelled environments, including diagnosis of encapsulation issues, connectivity problems, MTU and MSS-related issues, and end-to-end communication across multiple network domains.
• Proven understanding of SATCOM architectures, including SCPC and MCPC systems, SATCOM transport characteristics, satellite latency and bandwidth constraints, and integration of SATCOM transport into enterprise IP networks.
• Experience with VLAN tagging, mapping, trunking, traffic segmentation, SD-WAN technologies, and hybrid WAN architectures.
• Understanding of the impact of packet loss and jitter on operational services and applications.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve end-to-end connectivity issues, including routing issues, tunnel failures, packet loss, high latency, application connectivity problems, and asymmetric routing.
• Experience supporting operational deployments, exercises, and mission-related activities.
• Experience with Cisco routing and switching platforms.
• Understanding of network monitoring and performance management tools.
• Experience with service management processes, including incident management, problem management, and operational support processes.
• CCNA certification, or equivalent practical experience.

General Technical Qualifications
• Solid understanding of NATO operational standards, procedures, responsibilities, and communication protocols.
• Experience with SATCOM operations, engineering support, deployed communication systems, or related defence communication environments.
• Strong analytical capability applied to system performance, interoperability, troubleshooting, technical assessments, and fault isolation activities.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms and service reporting tools in complex enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of SLA, OLA, and underpinning service management concepts.
• Proficiency in service performance reporting, trend analysis, and customer communication.
• Familiarity with network and unified communications technology domains to provide technically credible service support.