Switch Technician
Wallops Island, VAJobSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Wallops Island, VA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
Switch Technicians operate, test, troubleshoot, repair, and install switches at Aegis and SSDS facilities, maintaining network support for testing events at SCSC. The role includes comprehensive equipment- and system-level troubleshooting and configuration and operational support for deployed AEGIS and SSDS variants. Technicians work varied shifts and occasional weekends, including quarterly maintenance weekends.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Job Description
Switch Technicians operate and troubleshoot various switches at the Aegis and SSDS facilities. Switch technicians will also be required to perfor a daily switch test to make sure that all switches are operational for customer use. These switches consist of NTDS A, B, D, and E interfaces, that reside on Data Terminal Switch (DTS), XCOM, Purvis, and NOSC. Our Fiber and CAT-5/CAT-6 interfaces reside on APCON, NetScout and Curtiss Wright switches. These are controlled via our Next Generation Switch Controller (NGSC). Our job is to troubleshoot, repair, and install new switches, and maintain a working network to support testing events at SCSC. Trouble shooting various switch paths for system interfaces such a bulleting/hard wiring an interface to remove the switch from the cable path to determine where the problem lies with the site equipment or the site switching. We support SCSC events working on two shifts and sometimes weekends, with a quarterly switch weekend for maintenance and repair.
The selected candidate will perform comprehensive equipment and system level trouble shooting. Successful candidates will provide system/equipment configuration and operational support for all deployed baseline AEGIS and SSDS variants.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Minimum education and years of service required: High School/GED and at least 2 years demonstrated experience assessing and troubleshooting cable interface issues on Navy computer suites. Switch technicians will be required to work varied shifts based on the project needs and monthly switch weekends that allow for maintenance on varied switch types. Basic electronics knowledge and the ability to think outside the box to create switching runs for new equipment.
Security clearance requirement: This position requires the successful candidate to be able to obtain a Secret level clearance. The criteria for obtaining and holding a clearance are driven by US government requirements. You must be a US citizen to obtain a security clearance. Selected candidate will receive a contingent offer and start date will be delayed until an interim Secret clearance is granted.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Highly desired, but not required:
Active DoD Secret security clearance
Certified ETA Fiber Optic Installer
Security Certification
Experience with Network devices and an understanding of Operating Systems, preferably RedHat or UNIX
Pay Information
This position is covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA). The wage range for this position is determined by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor on a contract-by-contract basis.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Switch Technician
132087BR
EEO Career Site Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities . females . veterans . individuals with disabilities . sexual orientation . gender identity . gender expression
How this job compares
Set against the 632 open Network Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$73–133K/yr92 salary ranges
- Virginia median$30–54/hr76 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 95 open Network Technician jobs in Virginia and 632 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amazon70 open
- Leidos6 open
- BAE Systems (this employer)4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Network Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (508 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 360 of the 632 open Network Technician jobs (57%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.
