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All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.\nDescription\nRoles and Responsibilities:\nAnalyze complex local and wide area network systems, including planning, designing, evaluating, and configuring operating systems and protocol suites for virtualized and containerized systems\nResolve difficult interoperability problems to obtain operation across host, hypervisor, and guest nodes\nLoad and configure cloud servers and vendor (e.g., Cisco, Juniper) or white box routers and switches\nSupport the acquisition of hardware and software and subcontractor services\nAct as a technical project leader or provide work leadership to junior employees, as needed\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n8 years of experience with providing technical support for the engineering and testing of complex software and hardware systems in the communication field\nExperience with network planning for telecommunications switches\nExperience with conducting integration and system level testing of telecommunications systems or platforms\nExperience with Kubernetes\nExperience with Cisco, Juniper or equivalent networking equipment\nExperience with VMWare, QEMU, KVM, or Docker\nExperience with Linux or OpenStack\nKnowledge of telephony and telecommunication\nKnowledge of networking services\nKnowledge of software defined networking\nCisco CCNA or equivalent preferred\nRHCSA preferred\nHS diploma or GED\n\nClearance: TS/SCI clearance with FS polygraph is required.","company":"Root Source","rawCompany":"root source","city":"Annapolis Junction","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:27:08.466Z","occupations":[{"code":"49-2022.00","title":"Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers","slug":"telecommunications-equipment-installers-and-repairers-except-line-installers"},{"code":"15-1241.01","title":"Telecommunications Engineering Specialists","slug":"telecommunications-engineering-specialists"},{"code":"15-1231.00","title":"Computer Network Support Specialists","slug":"computer-network-support-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"517111","title":"Wired Telecommunications Carriers","slug":"wired-telecommunications-carriers"},{"code":"517810","title":"All Other Telecommunications","slug":"all-other-telecommunications"},{"code":"517121","title":"Telecommunications Resellers","slug":"telecommunications-resellers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Telecommunications Technician","description":"Root Source is seeking a Telecommunications Technician to analyze complex local and wide area network systems, including planning, designing, evaluating, and configuring operating systems and protocol suites for virtualized and containerized systems\nAbout Join our team at Root Source!\nThank you for taking the time to explore opportunities with Root Source. 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