Location: Kuwait
Required Clearance: Secret
Certifications: DoD 8570.01 M compliance for IAT Level III with a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Collaboration certification or higher
Required Education: HS Diploma/GED
Required Experience: Minimum of five years of experience in a strategic DoD position engineering I.T. solutions for NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and CPN-X

Position Description:  

PingWind is seeking a Voice Systems/Network Engineer Lead responsible for the planning, design, integration, and operational management of Army voice communication systems supporting command and control across tactical and enterprise environments. This role provides senior technical leadership for voice infrastructure, ensuring secure, reliable, and resilient communications for mission-critical operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
•    Manage all call routing and set up from the DISA Tier 0 hierarchy down to individual strategic sites. 
•    Provide secure and non-secure voice system/network engineering, integration, and installation services.
•    Plans, implements, and manages the theater voice architecture to include: upgrades to Gatekeepers, Voice Gateway Routers (VGR), Cisco Unified Call Managers (CUCM), and VoIP/VoSIP firmware across the strategic network. 
•    Manages a traditional Defense Switched Network (DSN) network that provides traditional voice T-1 and SIP trunks terminating at Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) switches, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Private Branch Exchange (NATO PBXs), and Internet Gateway Exchange (IGX) Commercial providers.
•    Provide engineering services for the installation and upgrading of voice and data systems/networks.
•    Coordinate with other stakeholders operating in the CENTCOM AOR on behalf of the Government to manage implementation processes as applicable to VoIP, VoSIP, and POTS, and document and support the engineering transition from traditional switches POTS to VoIP and VoSIP.
•    Provide engineering expertise in meeting and sustaining USARCENT requirements for installation, operation, maintenance, and protection (IOMP) of voice systems/networks.

Required Qualifications

•    Secret
•    DoD 8570.01 M compliance for IAT Level III with a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Collaboration certification or higher

Desired Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s Degree

Salary Range

$111K - $155K

The pay range for this job 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) job responsibilities, education, certifications, experience, as well as internal equity mapping and alignment with market data, or other applicable laws.