The Systems Integrator is responsible for maintaining integrity of systems-of-systems by defining requirements architecture and interfaces while planning, implementing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions to total systems or subsystems using internally created and/or commercial off the-shelf products.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Project management support of the systems development life cycle.
• Provides a total systems perspective including a technical understanding of relationships, dependencies and requirements of hardware and software components.
• Coordinates with the COTR and other team members and ensures problem solution, appropriate risk reduction, and user satisfaction.
• Makes recommendations, if needed, on test and evaluation strategies for major systems installations.
• Analyzes, designs, tests, and evaluates systems such as local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, intranets, and other data communications systems ranging from a connection between two offices in the same building to distributed networks, voice mail, and e-mail systems of a large organization.
• Performs network modeling, analysis, and planning including research related products and make necessary hardware and software recommendations.
• Installs, configures, and supports an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system.
• Monitors network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.
• Prepares engineering plans and site installation technical design packages.
• Provides coordination and planning in the analysis, acquisition and installation of hardware and software.
• Manages efforts of a staff engaged in facility additions, moves or changes including analysis, telecommunications (LAN, WAN, voice, video) planning, cabling, IT requirements, etc.
• Performs site surveys. Assesses and documents current site network configuration and user requirements.
• Establishes functional and technical specifications and standards, solve hardware and software interface problems, define input/output parameters, and ensure integration of the entire systems or subsystem.
• Works with other engineers, systems analysts, programmers, technicians, scientists and top-level managers in the design, testing and evaluation of systems.
• Tests and evaluates hardware and software to determine efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with existing system, and make purchase recommendations.
• Provides frequent contact with customers including consulting, traceability within program documents, and the overall computing environment and architecture.
• Estimates software-testing costs and schedule; including the master schedule.
• Provides direction to test and evaluation support staff.
• Performs data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Maintains and administers computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Plans, coordinates, and implements network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware including supervising other personnel.
• Performance monitoring of computer systems and networks, coordinating computer network access and use.
• Recommends changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
• Trains people in computer system use.
• Gathering network and system requirements based on customer needs.
• Analyzes equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement.
• Maintains logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records.
• Researches new technology, and implement it or recommend its implementation.
• Coordinates with vendors and with company personnel to facilitate purchases.

QVine Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer—M/F/D/V