Mission Network Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, construct, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot intricate commercial, classified, controlled, and mission-specific network environments.

• Provide support for network infrastructure pertaining to enterprise information systems, remote ISR systems, and distributed operational settings.

• Configure and oversee routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, secure remote access, wireless networking, virtual networking, Linux networking, and network security appliances.

• Implement secure tunneling, remote access, mesh VPN, site-to-site VPN, overlay networking, and resilient communications solutions.

• Develop and sustain secure network architectures that support segmentation, access control, traffic protection, low-signature communications, obfuscation, monitoring, and operational security.

• Troubleshoot connectivity and performance challenges across physical and virtual networks, Linux systems, VPNs, cloud services, endpoints, servers, security tools, ISR systems, and mission applications.

• Monitor network performance, analyze traffic, conduct packet captures, and recommend enhancements for reliability, capacity, security, and quality of service.

• Plan and carry out network upgrades, expansions, lifecycle management, configuration modifications, and technical improvements.

• Assess, test, and integrate network technologies, communications tools, open-source platforms, appliances, and services.

• Support network security, compliance, and incident response, which includes firewall policy management, segmentation, logging, IDS/IPS integration, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and audit support.

• Create and maintain network diagrams, technical documentation, configuration baselines, standard operating procedures, implementation guides, records, and reports.

• Collaborate with systems administrators, cybersecurity teams, vendors, technical teams, and mission stakeholders.

• Offer technical guidance to less-experienced staff as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, Communications Systems, or a related field; relevant military, government, or industry experience may substitute for a degree.

• At least 7 years of experience in designing, administering, securing, and troubleshooting complex network environments in secure, classified, mission-critical, operational, or highly technical contexts.

• Extensive hands-on expertise across networking, Linux, virtualization, secure communications, systems integration, and operational infrastructure.

• Strong proficiency with TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, NAT, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networking, secure remote access, Linux networking, and command-line troubleshooting.

• Experience in designing and supporting physical, virtual, cloud, hybrid, distributed, Linux-based, or mission-specific network architectures.

• Familiarity with tools such as Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, Ubiquiti, MikroTik, pfSense, OPNsense, WireGuard, NetBird, Tailscale, OpenVPN, IPsec, or equivalent.

• Knowledge of secure tunneling, overlay networks, mesh VPNs, redundant connectivity, failover, virtual appliances, and resilient communications architectures.

• Understanding of OPSEC-informed network design, traffic protection, infrastructure concealment, anonymity, obfuscation, low-signature communications, and secure communications techniques.

• Proficient in network monitoring, packet capture, logging, SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability remediation, scripting, automation, technical documentation, and compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, CMMC, or RMF.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently in ambiguous situations.

• Must be a U.S. citizen and legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Must qualify to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government TS/SCI security clearance.

• Additional eligibility criteria include experience with secure/classified networks, U.S. Government/DoD/military/intelligence/SOF/ISR/EW/cyber, OPSEC, incident response, audit, vulnerability management, and accreditation; relevant certifications and an active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options.

• HSA/FSA accounts.

• Dental and vision coverage.

• 6% employer 401(k) match.

• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents.

• Generous PTO.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Long-term and short-term disability coverage.

• AD&D Coverage.

• Pet Insurance.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Subsidized gym membership/plans through Wellhub.