Network Architect
$77,600–$176,000 year
HybridSan Antonio, Texas, United States or Columbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Design enterprise-wide network infrastructure and troubleshoot complex network issues to support the Department of Defense's evolving mission needs. Develop routing and switching architectures using multi-protocol label switching, gateway protocols, and virtual routing and forwarding while optimizing client operations and modernization efforts. Serve as a trusted advisor on critical projects involving Cisco, Palo Alto, and Juniper hardware, firewalls, and optical infrastructure. Guide the team in deploying new capabilities and technologies, ensuring increased security, reliability, and availability for critical systems. Apply expertise in Zero Trust principles and network segmentation to protect national security missions.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting network and security architectures within DoD hybrid environments, including implementing Zero Trust principles
- 2+ years of experience implementing and configuring network segmentation or micro segmentation solutions, including Software‐Defined Networking or (SDN) technologies, SD-WAN, container networking, or virtualization platforms
- 2+ years of experience documenting complex network and security architectures, procedures, and troubleshooting workflows, including Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) implementations and detailed documentation of BGP policy behavior, NGFW IDS/IPS configurations, or NAT and SNAT translation flows
- 2+ years of experience with security, routing, and switching protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, VPLS, STP, or L3VPNs
- Ability to effectively engage and collaborate with senior leadership
- Secret clearance
- HS diploma or GED
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting and operating DoD networks
- Experience developing enterprise-level architectures
- Experience deploying, upgrading, and troubleshooting multivendor network and security platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, or Versa
- Experience applying STIGs and performing system security hardening
- Experience with commercial and DoD cloud networks
- Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering
- CCNP or JNCP Certification
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