Chief Engineer

**Location:** Kuwait **Required Clearance:** Top Secret **Certifications:** DoD 8570.01 M compliance for IAT Level III with one of the following: Virtual Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or a higher-level Virtual Certification, or NetApp Certified Engineer (NCIE). **Required Education:** HS Diploma/GED **Required Experience:** Minimum of 10 years in IT; 3 years in a Combatant Command, 2 years in DoD, 5 years in commercial. **Position Description:** PingWind is seeking a Network Engineer Lead to provide senior-level technical leadership for the design, implementation, security, and maintenance of enterprise network infrastructure. This role leads a team of network engineers and administrators, ensuring high availability, performance, and security of network systems that support organizational operations and mission-critical applications. **Primary Responsibilities:** Typical Responsibilities/Tasks: • Experience in network, systems, transmissions, and architecture design to support USARCENT G6 FWD strategies and goals. • Ability to provide technical assistance and advice to USARCENT G6 FWD Operations Leadership on engineering solutions to enhance warfighter capabilities. • Strong leadership skills to supervise all networks, systems, transmissions, and voice contract workforce within USARCENT G6 FWD. • Effective communication skills to support stakeholder meetings, staff meetings, and engineering discussions. • Design networks, systems, transmissions, and voice architecture that are modular in nature and enable USARCENT G6 FWD to reduce IT systems implementation costs and provide a means of incrementally scaling services as needed. • Support stakeholder meetings, staff meetings, and engineering meetings for the USARCENT G6 FWD E&I. **Required Qualifications** • Top Secret • DoD 8570.01 M compliance for IAT Level III with one of the following: Virtual Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or a higher-level Virtual Certification, or NetApp Certified Engineer (NCIE). **Desired Qualifications** • Bachelor’s Degree **About PingWind** PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cybersecurity, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is an SBA certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with offices in Northern Virginia and Huntsville AL. [](http://www.PingWind.com) Our benefits include: · Eleven Federal Holidays · Paid Time Off accrued each pay period · Parental Leave · Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution · Dental and Vision Insurance · Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability · Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance · 401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule · Continuing education assistance · Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance · Medical, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts · Employee Assistance Program · Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass) · 529 College Savings Plan · Legal Insurance · Pet Insurance **Salary Range** $86K - $120K 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. Veterans are encouraged to apply PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms, and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law.