Systems Network Engineer II

Qualifications

• REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have an Active Secret clearance to start
• Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI after start
• Strong foundational experience in network engineering, network administration, systems networking, infrastructure engineering, or related technical roles.
• Experience configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, including switching, routing, VLANs, subnets, and network segmentation.
• Understanding of core networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, ports and protocols, and network addressing.
• Experience configuring or supporting firewalls, ACLs, VPNs, traffic filtering, network access controls, or other network security technologies.
• Experience troubleshooting network connectivity, performance, latency, routing, and configuration issues using network monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Experience developing or maintaining network diagrams, topology documentation, configuration records, data-flow diagrams, or other network engineering documentation.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, network hardening, least-privilege access, vulnerability remediation, and secure network configuration practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues across networks, systems, applications, and infrastructure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with network, cloud, cybersecurity, software, infrastructure, and engineering teams.
• DESIRED SKILLS:
• Experience supporting distributed computing, edge computing, robotics, unmanned platforms, or other complex technology environments.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms and networking constructs such as VPCs/VNets, subnets, route tables, peering, private endpoints, gateways, and cloud security controls.
• Familiarity with enterprise network monitoring and diagnostic technologies such as SNMP, NetFlow/sFlow, Wireshark, packet analyzers, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container networking concepts, including Container Network Interfaces (CNIs), Pod-to-Pod communication, Services, Ingress controllers, and containerized microservice connectivity.
• Familiarity with network or infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, or similar automation and Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures, network segmentation, identity-aware networking, or other modern network security approaches.
• Familiarity with CIS Benchmarks, NIST guidance, STIGs, or other security baselines applicable to network infrastructure.
• Experience supporting hybrid environments connecting on-premises infrastructure, cloud services, distributed computing platforms, and geographically distributed systems.
• Experience supporting government, defense, classified, or other mission-critical network environments.
• Demonstrated ability and interest in expanding technical expertise across cloud infrastructure, container networking, automation, and emerging network technologies.