CCIE Enterprise Network Architect – DoD WAN Leader

Age Solutions; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days Paid Leave

Performance Bonuses

401(k) with Match

Health Benefits

Parental Leave

Military Differential Pay

Professional Growth

Shared Success

Job summary

AGE Solutions is seeking a CCIE-certified Enterprise Network Architect to lead enterprise network architecture for a DoD agency WAN and related modernization initiatives. You will provide technical leadership, design expertise, and strategic guidance to a team supporting classified and unclassified networks, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and cloud environments.

Primary work will be from a contractor-owned facility near Fort Belvoir, VA with onsite responsibilities and opportunities to influence security,

Qualifications

• Eight years of relevant experience including experience with network WAN/LAN hardware and software and firewalls.
• US Citizenship is required.
• DoD Top Secret clearance or Secret clearance with favorably adjudicated Tier 5/SSBI investigation.
• DoD 8570/8140: IAT Level III baseline certification such as CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH.
• CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise network architectures, technical designs, and infrastructure modernization roadmaps.
• Provide senior technical guidance to network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and Government leadership.
• Evaluate existing network architecture and recommend improvements to performance, security, availability, and resilience.
• Design solutions integrating Cisco routing and switching, Check Point firewalls, and enterprise telecommunications technologies.
• Assess interoperability between agency classified and unclassified networks as well as with NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and cloud-hosted environments.
• Lead technical assessments of emerging network technologies, platforms, and architectures.
• Develop high-level and detailed network designs, engineering specifications, and implementation strategies.
• Support architectural planning for IPv6, MPLS, multicast, QoS, and enterprise network segmentation.
• Evaluate hardware and software acquisitions for architectural compatibility, lifecycle suitability, and security compliance.
• Provide architectural guidance for enterprise cloud connectivity, SCCA integration, and application delivery.
• Review engineering changes, technical proposals, and major network modernization initiatives.
• Develop technology assessments, analyses of alternatives, and technical recommendations for Government stakeholders.
• Support laboratory evaluations, proof-of-concept testing, and technical design validation.
• Provide expert technical support for complex network performance, interoperability, and security issues.
• Ensure proposed architectures comply with applicable DoD, DISA, and agency technical and security standards.
• Advise on selection of technological purchases with regards to processing, data storage, data access, and applications development.
• Advises of feasibility of potential future projects to management.

Skills

Eight years experience

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

DoD Top Secret clearance

IAT Level III baseline certs

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

AGE Solutions is seeking a CCIE-certified Enterprise Network Architect to lead enterprise network architecture for a DoD agency WAN and related modernization initiatives. You will provide technical leadership, design expertise, and strategic guidance to a team supporting classified and unclassified networks, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and cloud environments.

Primary work will be from a contractor-owned facility near Fort Belvoir, VA with onsite responsibilities and opportunities to influence security,