Infrastructure / Networking Engineer I (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-11-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT207: 1127 West 2320 South , West Valley City, UT, 84119 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking engineers who strive for excellence and have a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world.

AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners.  AST’s work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place.  AST’s work environment is dynamic, highly collaborative and provides engineers the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation’s finest service members all while embracing integrity, diversity and work-life balance.  AST offers generous reward and recognition programs in compensation, broad career development opportunities, excellent health care options, educational assistance, parental leave, flexible work schedules, 401(k) with matching, paid holidays and paid time off.

**This position will be staffed in Salt Lake City, UT **

Key responsibilities for the qualified candidate:

Typical job functions for the Infrastructure Engineer I include participation on collaborative, cross-disciplined integrated product teams, often employing agile software development techniques and tools to plan, design, develop, test, and integrate complex software and systems solutions. Responsibilities span the full lifecycle of product development, from architecture and design, through integration, flight test, and field support.

What You Will Do:

• Work on complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative while participating on collaborative, cross-disciplined integrated product teams 

• Once cleared, work on actual field deployments of the product under development, ensuring proper setup, configuration, and functionality of systems being deployed. 

• Work will be performed with guidance of a product lead and team members who will assist in establishing an approach, perform code review and support in testing to achieve long-range goals and objectives

What You Will Learn:

• Strategies for effective and professional collaboration within a team-oriented development setting, utilizing structured engineering methodologies.

• Master effective DevOps practices by gaining proficiency in coding languages, managing servers and networks efficiently, and handling system setup and configuration.

• Techniques for designing and maintaining complex Linux-based systems.

• Exposure with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Git, Python, BASH, and Ansible.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 12 months or less of relevant professional work experience (excluding internships).

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Experience with Linux and scripting languages

• Experience with Python or other scripting languages

• Experience with networking protocols

• Experience with System Administration

• Experience with Configuration Management tools, such as Puppet, Chef, or Salt

• Experience verifying and validating the software and system work as intended

• Ability to work non-traditional hours, and weekends as needed

• Experience with networking concepts such as OSI model

• Experience with C/C++ or other object oriented programming languages

• Experience with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing

• Experience with distributed or networked systems

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized systems.

• Existing security clearance w/Poly (Active within the last 24 months)

What We Offer