Engineering Technician

Location: Washington, DC, 0559 NASA Glenn Research Ctr Cleveland OH, 5670 NASA Kennedy Space Center FL, 0254 Goddard Space Flight Ctr NASA Greenbelt MD, 0763 NASA Armstrong Flight Research Ctr Edwards CA, 5898 NASA Ames Research Ctr Moffett Field CA, 2673 NASA White Sands Complex, 2672 NASA Wallops Flight Facility, 9307 Marshall Space Flight Ctr AL Non-specific Customer Site, 2666 NASA Langley Research Center Hampton VA, 0370 Stennis Space Ctr MS, 2664 NASA Johnson Space Center Houston TX

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability.

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Please Note: This position is currently contingent upon customer approval.  The selected candidate(s) will not begin work until funding and customer approval is received.  

Leidos is seeking an Engineering Technician!

Job Overview:

The Engineering Technician performs tasks at the NASA Centers for both Enterprise and Center specific projects and day to day maintenance activities.  

• This role requires the utilization of test equipment to perform network, video, and other telecommunications performance measurements to ensure services are meeting SLAs.  This position provides implementation support for Change Requests (CRQ) and touch support for Enterprise and Center operations activities.  

• May require working within the Center demarcation facility to terminate commercial carrier circuits and services.  

• Will provide installation and maintenance support for Center WAN routers, switches, wireless access points, perimeter security equipment, video conferencing equipment (multipoint control units (MCU), encoders/decoders), and other telecommunications devices as required.   

• Will require skills such as cable fabrication and basic soldering skills for specialized cables and connectors.  Requires an understanding of documentation standards for rack and floor layouts for telecommunications equipment and how to estimate for size, weight, and power requirements within telecommunications racks.  

• This role may serve as a supervisory or lead role for other Engineering Technicians.   

Some of the specific duties to be performed may include: 

• Provide operational and technical field support to maintain service performance requirements at each Center and associated component facilities or as designated by the COR or designee. 

• Provide heightened operational and technical field support during NASA-defined mission critical periods. Heightened support could include dedicated support, reduced response times, etc. 

• Operate and maintain network services in accordance with Performance Specifications as called out in Attachment J-12, Performance Measures. 

• Participate in program, flight, operational readiness reviews, and certification of flight readiness reviews to ascertain whether WAN/LAN services are ready to support missions, programs, flight, and operational users. 

• Implement new infrastructure components related to infrastructure changes and change requests (CRQs).  Perform Remedial Maintenance (RM) and ensure that the maintenance tools, spares, procedures, skills, and response times meet performance metrics. 

• Operate and maintain, to include installation and removal, the cable plant infrastructure, including UPSs supporting AEGIS Components. 

• Maintain communications manholes (exclusive of structural maintenance), ducts, handholds, and cable pathways. 

• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance of IP digital and analog telephone instruments and cable drops. 

• Provide end-to-end support equipment and services for moves, adds, and changes. These services include instrument placement and relocation, infrastructure management, and other required services to provide telephone-related connectivity within, and external to, the Center such as moving a user's telephone to a new location, changing a user's extension, and changing a user's name in telecommunication systems. 

• Provide and/or ensure coordination of telephone operator services including placement of international calls, collect calls, conference calls, other operator-assisted calls, and directory assistance. 

Required Qualifications:

• Familiar with operating network analysis software such as Wireshark and test equipment such as Fluke network test kits. 

• Solid understanding of key communications tools, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. 

• US Citizenship is required and able to obtain at minimum Public Trust clearance.

To Be Considered For the Following Levels:

• Level 2:  High school diploma or equivalent and 1 – 3 years of prior relevant experience.

• Level 3:  HS and 2 to 4 years of relevant experience.

• Level 4:  HS and 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.

• Level 5: HS and 5+ years of relevant experience.

We are specifically looking for candidates in the following locations.

• Cleveland, OH

• New Orleans, LA

• Washington, DC

• Greenbelt, MD

• Edwards, CA

• Huntsville, AL

• Houston, TX

• Hampton, VA

• Las Cruces, NM

• Wallops Island, VA

• Merritt Island, FL

• Moffett Field, CA

Why Leidos?

• Grow with Us: Be part of a company that values innovation and encourages professional development.

• Make a Difference: Your work will directly contribute to safer, more efficient airspace for everyone.

Ready to take your career to new heights? Join Leidos and help us transform the future!

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.