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Staff Network Communications Engineer - EADGE-T EXPAT UAE

Staff Network Communications Engineer - EADGE-T EXPAT UAE

Lockheed Martin Corporation

King Of Prussia, PA

Other

Posted 10 days ago

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8.2

Company rating: 8.2 out of 10

Based on 389 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

37th of 71 rated aerospace companies

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION REQUIRES A FULL-TIME EXPATRIATE ASSIGNMENT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 YEARS.


WHAT WE'RE DOING
Join the EADGE-T team and help modernize an integrated air and missile defense and air battle management capability for the United Arab Emirates. As part of the UAE Tech Refresh, you'll support hardware modernization and foundational cybersecurity enhancements while helping deliver the next generation of this mission-critical system.
Working alongside an international customer, you'll help develop and deploy secure communications infrastructure supporting one of Lockheed Martin's premier international defense programs.
THE WORK
As a Staff Network Communications Engineer, you'll lead the design, integration, security, and optimization of high-performance communications networks supporting mission-critical air and missile defense operations.
Working across systems, software, cybersecurity, hardware, and integration teams, you'll develop resilient network architectures, guide technical implementation, mentor engineers, and help ensure secure, reliable communications across multiple security domains.
PLEASE NOTE
  • This position requires a government security clearance at the Secret level; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.

  • This position is a full-time expatriate assignment based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is 100% onsite.

  • This position may require travel to customer locations throughout the UAE and occasional support for overnight or weekend integration and test activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Lead the design and development of secure network architectures by translating system requirements into scalable, resilient, and mission-ready network solutions.

  • Develop network infrastructure strategies, including LAN/WAN architecture, firewall policies, IP addressing, Quality of Service (QoS), encryption, authentication, and network monitoring.

  • Lead the integration of routers, switches, firewalls, and supporting infrastructure while ensuring compliance with applicable DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

  • Optimize network performance through capacity planning, traffic engineering, latency analysis, proactive monitoring, and resolution of complex network issues.

  • Implement cybersecurity best practices, including Zero Trust principles, NIST 800-53 controls, firewall management, and secure communications across multiple security domains.

  • Drive network automation and configuration management using technologies such as Ansible, Python, SNMP, NETCONF, CLI tools, and scripting to improve deployment consistency and operational efficiency.

  • Develop technical documentation, mentor junior engineers, and provide technical leadership throughout the network design, integration, and deployment lifecycle.

WHO WE ARE
EADGE-T is a geographically dispersed Agile engineering team delivering the UAE Tech Refresh. Our engineers collaborate across systems, software, hardware, cybersecurity, networking, and integration disciplines to deliver next-generation air and missile defense capabilities.
This role offers the opportunity to work directly with an international customer while leading the delivery of advanced communications infrastructure supporting critical mission systems.
WHY JOIN US
Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life - At Lockheed Martin, we invest in our people by offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, career development opportunities, and the chance to solve complex engineering challenges while supporting missions that matter.

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As a global security and aerospace company, the majority of Lockheed Martin's business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies.The remaining portion of Lockheed Martin's business is comprised of international government and commercial sales of products, services and platforms.

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Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Bethesda, MD, US

Year founded

1912

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