Principal Network Architect – Enterprise & Security

Trace3; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) employer match

Snacks and beverages in major offices

Training and development programs

Paid time off

Collaborative culture

Work-life balance

Job summary

Trace3 in Baltimore is seeking a Principal Network SME to serve as the technical authority for enterprise network architecture, modernization, resiliency, security, and performance on a high-priority federal infrastructure program. The SME will set technical direction, establish standards, and advise leadership across mission-critical environments.

This onsite role blends strategic oversight with hands-on design, migration planning, and root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and supporting complex enterprise networks.
• Experience as network architect, technical authority, or senior escalation resource.

Responsibilities

• Serve as onsite network technical authority to customer program leadership.
• Define network architecture principles, engineering standards, and roadmaps for mission-critical environments.
• Develop and approve target-state architectures, BOMs, migration strategies, and test plans.
• Lead architecture reviews, risk assessments, and design trade-offs with authoritative recommendations.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate cross-functional execution onsite.
• Ensure solutions meet routing, switching, security, high availability, remote access, and observability requirements.

Skills

Network architecture

Cisco networking

BGP OSPF

Security policy

Zero Trust

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

Python

Ansible

OpenShift

VMware

Kubernetes

Tanzu

AWS

Job description

Trace3 in Baltimore is seeking a Principal Network SME to serve as the technical authority for enterprise network architecture, modernization, resiliency, security, and performance on a high-priority federal infrastructure program. The SME will set technical direction, establish standards, and advise leadership across mission-critical environments.

This onsite role blends strategic oversight with hands-on design, migration planning, and root-cause analysis.