Network Engineer with Security Clearance

In this fast paced, innovation driven environment, the incumbent will

• Design, implement, and secure next generation IT infrastructure solutions.
• Standardize and streamline processes across classified environments.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to accelerate product development for U.S. Department of Defense missions.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant security policies and industry best practices. Responsibilities
• Perform routine updates, major upgrades, patching, and vulnerability scanning
• Maintain asset inventory and ensure hardware/software lifecycle compliance
• Enforce DoD policies, including STIG and RMF requirements
• Implement security hardening, remediate findings, and conduct technical security implementations
• Provide timely resolution of infrastructure issues (hardware, software, networking)
• Update Service Central tickets, JIRA issues, and Confluence pages with accurate status, work performed details, and any changes to scope, priority, or assignment; attach relevant artifacts and ensure traceability to requirements or incidents.
• Coordinate with stakeholders (customers, engineers, and support leads) to verify resolution, close tickets or issues promptly, and communicate any follow up actions or documentation updates across all three platforms.
• Design and implement innovative technical solutions to complex problems
• Support classified customer demonstration environments and lab testbeds, ensuring readiness and performance for stakeholder reviews
• Document system configurations, procedures, and lessons learned
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to knowledge base growth
• Participate in a 24 × 7 on call rotation; work off shift hours and weekends as needed
• Work onsite full time with occasional travel to other facilities or customer sites

Basic Qualifications

• Top Secret Clearance Required with the ability to Obtain and Maintain a CI Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience with configuring and maintaining Network devices (Switches, Firewalls and Routers).
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper and Palo Alto network devices and creating firewall rule Policies.
• IAT Level II (8570 compliant) certification (Security+ or equivalent certification)
• Proven classified infrastructure support and administration experience
• Experience with DoD requirements and processes including Risk Management Framework requirements within classified environments.

Desired Skills

• IAT Level II (8570 compliant) certification (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)
• Network security certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, JNCIA, Palo Alto Networks)
• 4 + years experience administering and supporting enterprise class, classified IT infrastructure
• Hands on experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto devices; Cisco ACI, CUCM, Unity Connection, Voice/VTC deployments
• Configuring, installing, deploying, and maintaining switches, routers, firewalls, WAN optimizers, encryption appliances (TACLANE), and optical transport equipment
• Strong knowledge of the OSI model, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, GRE tunnels, UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, and Layer 2/3 VLAN design
• Network traffic analysis, diagnostics, and troubleshooting expertise
• Virtualization & cloud platforms: VMware (NSX, vSAN, Horizon, ARIA), private/public clouds, SAN/NAS, VDI, NetApp storage, Dell VxRail/HCI
• Scripting/automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar)
• Firewall rule creation and policy management
• Familiarity with STIGs, RMF, vulnerability management, patching, and security hardening processes
• Experience with ITSM/ITOM tools (e.g., Aria Operations) and DoD Cloud Computing SRG compliance
• Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation, and mentoring skills
• Active Top Secret (or higher) clearance required at hire; must remain eligible throughout employment , U.S. citizen, candidates must also be eligible to undergo a Counter Intelligence (CI) polygraph.
• Growth mindset with willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to a fast changing, mission critical environment