Senior Advisory Network Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the architectural design, configuration, and operational deployment of enterprise routing, switching, and firewall infrastructures.

• Design and implement multi-tenant environments along with segmentation strategies using VRF-Lite, VLANs, and routing policy controls.

• Create and enforce high-availability topologies, failover mechanisms, disaster recovery plans, and resilient backup procedures.

• Collaborate with Navy customer stakeholders, technical leadership, and system owners to gather operational requirements.

• Facilitate technical interchange meetings and spearhead network implementation strategies.

• Install, upgrade, and integrate enterprise networking platforms, security appliances, and identity/policy management frameworks, including Cisco ISE.

• Deliver DISA STIG-compliant security-hardened configuration templates for network infrastructure components.

• Generate architectural diagrams, engineering design packages, technical specifications, SOPs, and build guides.

• Diagnose complex Layer 2/Layer 3 and security policy issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and optimize system performance.

• Work closely with ISSM and ISSO personnel on network artifacts and documentation for Authority to Operate (ATO) packages.

• Provide support to a United States Navy customer by ensuring resilient, mission-critical network infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.

• Must possess an active Department of Defense Secret clearance.

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in Network Engineering, Network Architecture, and/or Information Assurance.

• Proven experience with VRF-Lite configurations, macro/micro-segmentation, and multi-tenant enterprise network design.

• Demonstrated ability in designing High Availability (HA) architectures, stateful failover, and redundancy protocols, including HSRP/VRRP, dynamic routing, and dual-homing.

• Strong consultative and customer-facing skills, along with experience leading requirements gathering and architectural design sessions.

• Practical experience with Cisco routing/switching, next-generation firewalls, and DISA STIG implementation.

• Active DoD 8570/8140 baseline certification: CompTIA SecurityX, CCNA, CCNP Security, CCSP, GDSA, or equivalent Cyber Workforce training per DCWF 441.

• Willingness to support up to 35% travel on average.

🏝️ Benefits

• Up to 35% travel support requirement (not a benefit; no employer-provided benefits are specified in the posting).