Network & Systems Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Network & Systems Engineer to design, automate, and scale critical infrastructure across multi-cloud and on-prem environments. You will implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, integrate cloud workloads, and ensure secure, compliant deployments while solving complex, distributed challenges.

The role requires deep networking knowledge, strong automation skills, and the ability to translate high-level designs into robust implementations with minimal oversight.

Qualifications

• At least 4+ years in network or systems engineering, with enterprise routing, switching, subnets, and segmentation.
• Proven automation/configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, or Python.
• Experience deploying workloads across AWS or Azure and Linux systems.
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring tools.
• Strong deep-dive troubleshooting with Wireshark, tcpdump, and centralized logs.
• Ability to translate high-level designs into production-ready implementations with minimal oversight.
• Collaborative work in Agile teams while enforcing standards and documentation.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• HS diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and automate enterprise network and systems infrastructure across multi-cloud and on-prem environments.
• Standardize deployments to reduce drift and ensure compliance with architectural baselines.
• Translate strategic architectures into repeatable IaC implementations using Terraform and Ansible.
• Troubleshoot complex distributed environments using diagnostic tools.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Subnets

Firewalls & Segmentation

Network troubleshooting

CI/CD integration

Education

HS diploma or GED

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

AWS

Azure

Wireshark

tcpdump

Job description

Network & Systems Engineer The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to build, automate, and scale critical infrastructure? As a Network and Systems Engineer, you understand that robust, predictable infrastructure is the backbone of mission-critical operations. You know how to bridge the gap between traditional networking, cloud environments, and modern automation to turn complex architectural designs into reality. At Booz Allen, you can apply your networking expertise, infrastructure-as-code skills, and systems knowledge to engineer reliable environments that support our nation's most critical missions. On our team, you'll be trusted to implement, automate, and standardize enterprise network and systems infrastructure across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. You'll leverage automation frameworks and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible to build repeatable, consistent platforms while eliminating configuration drift. Using deep diagnostic skills, from low-level packet captures to centralized log analysis, you'll troubleshoot complex and distributed environments and ensure system resiliency. In this role, you will take high-level, strategic technical architectures and independently execute them with precision and minimal oversight. You will champion design standardization across dynamic engineering teams, ensuring that infrastructure deployments strictly adhere to baseline architectural patterns and rigorous compliance standards. Safeguard the future with us and develop mission-critical infrastructure engineered for stability, scale, and repeatability. Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 4+ years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations including enterprise networking concepts such as routing, switching, subnets, firewalls, and segmentation
• Experience developing automation and configuration management solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Python
• Experience deploying, managing, and maintaining workloads across cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure and Linux operating systems
• Experience supporting and integrating CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure monitoring tools
• Experience performing deep-dive troubleshooting across complex, multi-tiered systems using network packet captures such as Wireshark and tcpdump and centralized log analysis tools
• Ability to interpret high-level, strategic architectural designs and translate them into standardized, production-ready technical implementations with minimal day-to-day oversight
• Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional, Agile teams while enforcing architectural standards, configuration consistency, and documentation baselines
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with container orchestration and microservices architectures such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and defensive cyber operations principles
• Ability to identify and remediate configuration drift across hybrid cloud and on-premises footprints
• Industry Certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA/CCNP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Certification
• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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