Principal Network Engineer III responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise-level data center network infrastructure for a cleared defense contractor. Ideal for experienced network architects seeking to impact national security missions with advanced Cisco and SDN technologies.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and maintain multi-data center network infrastructure including switches, firewalls, load balancers, and SDN solutions
- Serve as subject matter expert and provide Tier 3 support for complex network issues, performance optimization, and failure recovery
- Configure and manage bare-metal and virtual machine networking (LAN, WAN, VLAN), including automated provisioning of addresses and VLANs for IaaS
- Monitor network availability, performance, and security; implement proactive remediation, redesigns, and technology refreshes
- Develop automation scripts and manage system tools to improve operational efficiency and ensure redundancy/resilience
- Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, security strategies, and provide knowledge transfer to government staff through training and guidance
Mission
Agile Defense supports the nation's critical defense and national security missions through advanced technology integration. This role directly enables secure, resilient data center operations essential to protecting vital U.S. interests and supporting defense operations.
Required skills
- Data center network design and deployment
- Cisco networking (switches, firewalls, load balancers)
- Software-defined networking (SDN)
- Network troubleshooting and performance optimization
- LAN/WAN/VLAN configuration
- Firewall and load balancer administration
- Network automation scripting
- System management tools
- Security assessment and implementation
- Documentation and technical writing