Senior Cloud & Hybrid Network Engineer (AI)

Location: On-site, at least 4 days per week in Arlington, VA or Mount Laurel, NJ. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

Salary: $135,000–$273,000 per year; additional disclosed ranges are $135,000–$231,000 and $164,000–$273,000 depending on experience, skills, and education.

Company

hirify.global delivers mission-critical software and systems solutions, automation, digital engineering, and advanced capabilities for U.S. government weapon and combat systems.

What you will do

• Architect and implement secure networking across IL-5 CUI, IL-6 Secret, classified cloud enclaves, and on-premise environments.
• Configure hybrid connectivity between classified infrastructure and cloud providers using transport systems such as STREN and SDREN.
• Design virtual networks supporting communication between legacy VMs, cloud-based VMs, and localized tactical hardware.
• Configure Kubernetes routing, ingress/egress, network policies, load balancing, and service-mesh connectivity across isolated systems.
• Support cross-domain solutions for secure data flow between unclassified, CUI, and classified environments.
• Collaborate with software and systems engineering teams to modernize tactical combat systems into microservices and cloud-native deployments.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-time professional experience.
• Experience configuring networking and security in major cloud providers, preferably Azure, including government or classified regions.
• Deep knowledge of VNETs, VPCs, peering, VPNs, ExpressRoute, hardware-based routing, and connectivity between highly secured environments.
• Experience with more than two networking protocols or technologies, including QoS, Multicast, BGP, OSPF, VRFs, VXLAN/EVPN, or IPv6; MPLS is optional.
• Hands-on Kubernetes networking experience with CNI, load balancers, network policies, and service mesh.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting networking for legacy hypervisors and VMs alongside modern containerized workloads.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with Navy combat system networks, especially Aegis or Ship Self-Defense System.
• Active U.S. Government Secret-or-higher clearance, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Ansible, and DoD 8570/8140 certifications such as Security+ or CISSP.
• Experience leading technical teams, developing strategic plans, and communicating with engineering, security, compliance, government program offices, and other stakeholders.
• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another technical field.
• Familiarity with Agentic AI, LLMs, Jenkins, Jira, Atlassian tools, VMware vSphere, Azure VM or container deployment, routing, switching, identity services, intrusion detection, and firewalls.
• Experience designing complex software development environments with submodules, remote dependencies, and mixed-code deployments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organization, planning, teamwork, initiative, creativity, reliability, ownership, and attention-to-detail skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation, rigorous problem-solving, and collaboration across multifaceted teams.
• Competitive benefits package, PTO, paid holidays, and 401(k) with immediate vesting and matching.
• Optional 9/80 schedule with the second and fourth Friday off each month.
• Tuition assistance, professional development resources, and pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Monthly technology events, employee recognition awards, social events, and catered lunches.