What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):

• Design, implement, operate, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure to support availability, scalability, performance, and resilience.

• Implement and maintain network security controls aligned to federal security standards, Zero Trust architecture, and vendor best practices.

• Engineer secure network access controls, including 802.1X, role-based access, and identity-aware models.

• Manage routing, switching, virtual local area networks (VLANs), Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and edge infrastructure.

• Integrate monitoring, logging, and alerting with security information and event management (SIEM) and network detection and response tools.

• Lead or participate in security assessments, audits, and compliance reviews.

• Perform root cause analysis for incidents and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Serve as a senior technical advisor, coordinating with cybersecurity, cloud, and operations teams.

What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):

• Eight years of experience in network engineering, including enterprise or federal network environments.

• Experience implementing Zero Trust network principles, segmentation, access control, and continuous monitoring.

• Experience with centralized logging, vulnerability management, hardening, and incident support.

• Experience with formal change control, documentation, compliance support, and operational continuity.

• Ability to meet federal screening and suitability requirements prior to start.