Network Plan Engineer

Location: Onsite at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Dahlgren, Virginia, US. Up to 10% travel may be required; after-hours maintenance and on-call response may be needed.

Salary: $88,500–$164,500 per year in Virginia's Greater D.C. area.

Company

hirify.global develops defense technology and end-to-end solutions connecting space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for national security missions.

What you will do

• Design, implement, maintain, administer, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure across classified and unclassified environments.
• Support routing and switching operations, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, segmentation, and enterprise-scale switch provisioning.
• Perform root cause analysis for complex network incidents and monitor network health, availability, and performance.
• Plan and execute upgrades, patching, lifecycle refreshes, and high-availability changes with minimal operational impact.
• Automate configuration, compliance, and deployment tasks; maintain network diagrams, SOPs, TTPs, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
• Support DISA STIG compliance, Zero Trust initiatives, vulnerability remediation, technical escalations, stakeholder briefings, and coordination with cybersecurity, systems, COMSEC, and external organizations.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI access within 6 months of hire.
• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field plus at least 4 years of relevant experience; or a graduate degree plus at least 2 years of related experience; or at least 8 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 6 years of experience supporting enterprise network infrastructure in a DoD, federal, or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong hands-on experience configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and managing the lifecycle of Juniper and Cisco network devices.
• Experience applying and maintaining DISA STIG compliance across network devices.
• Experience leading technical training, mentoring junior staff, or serving as a team subject-matter expert.
• Experience with network automation using scripting, templates, or similar tools.

Nice to have

• Experience troubleshooting complex network issues across multi-site or large-scale environments and working with thousands of endpoints and hundreds of network devices.
• Experience producing technical documentation, managing multi-vendor network fabrics with Apstra Data Center Director, and supporting network audits, IP space analysis, and address management.
• Experience with fiber optic infrastructure, fiber patching, light-level verification, and circuit handoff coordination with DISA or other government and commercial entities.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust Architecture with Cisco ISE or similar technologies; configuring Arista and Dell devices; and using monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds.
• Experience with zero-downtime upgrades, classified networks, PL1 or similarly controlled facilities, and operationally sensitive environments.
• Experience installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting ViaSat and GDMS Type 1 encryptors, including COMSEC and keying coordination.
• Experience coordinating planned changes, emergency remediation, and mission-critical maintenance windows; submitting vendor support cases for immediate resolution.
• Active Security+ CE certification.

Culture & Benefits

• 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.
• Health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
• Inclusive workplace focused on professional growth, community commitment, work-life success, and technical excellence.
• Employment may include background checks, drug testing where permitted, and government security investigations.