Enterprise Engineering Architect (Networking)

Location: Alexandria, Virginia, United States; hybrid position. The role supports teams across Alexandria, Virginia, Kearneysville, West Virginia, and nationwide telework locations.

Salary: $200,000–$260,000 annually.

Company

Government IT services and solutions are delivered to support the modernization and operation of government agencies.

What you will do

• Lead a cross-functional engineering and operations team of 65 personnel across multiple locations and support upcoming Microsegmentation projects.
• Manage enterprise network operations, including a 24/7/365 Tier 2/3 helpdesk across NIPRNet and SIPRNet environments.
• Approve, implement, test, and maintain network architectures, configurations, upgrades, and modernization deployments.
• Direct network engineering, security, and operations activities, including deployment scheduling, troubleshooting, compliance remediation, and operational issue resolution.
• Maintain test environments, configuration records, network topologies, procedures, maintenance logs, and compliance reports.
• Represent the network team in Change Control Board meetings and brief corporate and government leadership on network health, deployments, and security activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience, or commensurate experience.
• Active Secret clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE or CySA+.
• Experience leading technical teams in architecting and managing large-scale enterprise network environments.
• Strong understanding of secure networking platforms, SIPRNet, and cryptographic services, including configuration, management, and topology mapping of TACLANE KG-175D and KG-175F models.
• Foundational command-line interface knowledge of Cisco 4K and 8K routers and Cisco 29XX, 38XX, 49XX, 6K, 7K, and 9K switches.
• Proficiency with Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco ISE, and Cisco SD-WAN implementation, management, reporting, and enhancement.
• Foundational implementation knowledge and architectural understanding of Zero Trust requirements, including Thunderdome, Comply to Connect, SD-WAN, and Microsegmentation.
• Experience building and maintaining lab and test environments, managing modernization life cycles and upgrade deployments, and producing compliance reports.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, including cross-disciplinary coordination, technical discussions, and translating requirements between stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office 365 and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Visio for documentation and topology diagrams.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard or Department of Homeland Security programs and understanding Coast Guard culture and IT operational and project management environments.
• CCNA or higher-level Cisco certification.
• Knowledge of load balancing, EVOIP, CORA security inspections, LAN/WAN upgrades, content distribution challenges, and high-level project oversight.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement mindset.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative team environment focused on meaningful government IT work.
• Flexible work environment for full-time employees.
• Employee Assistance Program, corporate discounts, pet insurance, and referral bonus program.
• Learning and Development platform, training, education, and certification assistance.
• Internal Mobility Program.

Hiring process

• Virtual video interview with the hiring manager and/or team; camera use and valid photo ID are required.
• Enhanced biometric identity verification screening.
• Background check covering criminal history, highest education level, and employment history for the past seven years.