**Description** **JOB DESCRIPTION:** SAIC is seeking a long-haul fiber Telecommunications Engineer in **Aurora, CO** area to support a government customer. The successful candidate will support an array of high-speed engineering design and implementation efforts, as well as program office support on behalf of this customer. Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with current polygraph (TS/SCI with polygraph) is required to start and must be maintained. Targeted salary is $150,0001- $160,000. **DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:** The successful candidate must be able to: + Provide strategic systems engineering support to ensure the delivery of bandwidth for a service infrastructure architecture. + Define circuit specifications and employ test methodology industry best practices to ensure a satisfactory delivery of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Layer 1 and 2 transport solutions. + Perform as a technical representative with internal and external customers. + Support design reviews, to include development of technical analysis of alternatives to meet customer needs. + Conduct technical risk assessments of proposed and deployed architectures in search of mitigations that will minimize the risk of service outages. + Perform requirements analysis, schedule review, and cost estimation for long-haul bandwidth service requests. + Develop and deliver formal updates to network designs that describe, and capture proposed/approved architectural changes. + Provide technical support for reviews of third-party vendor proposals. **Qualifications** **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** + Bachelors in a STEM related field and nine (9) years or more years relevant experience; Masters in a STEM related field and seven (7) years or more years of relevant experience. + Six (6) plus years experiences working Tier 3 anomaly resolution. + Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph required to start. + US Citizen. + Demonstrated working knowledge of test methodologies, verification/troubleshooting of telecommunications circuits. + Demonstrated working knowledge of Optical Line System (OTN, OC-192, 10/100/400GE) circuits. + Demonstrated working knowledge of MEF 2.0 Carrier Ethernet (E-LINE, EVC) circuits. + Demonstrated ability to work multiple efforts concurrently with shifting priorities. Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. REQNUMBER: 2504972 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability