Senior DNS Architect for DoD Enterprise | Hybrid

System One; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a senior DNS Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a DoD environment responsible for enterprise DNS infrastructure and related services. This hybrid Fort Meade-based role offers a path to technical leadership and high-impact, mission-critical operations.

The candidate will own complex DNS environments, advise leadership, and help shape the future direction of enterprise DNS services while serving as the go-to expert during outages, security events, and vulnerability

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical authority for enterprise DNS architecture, operations, and engineering.
• Share ownership of a large-scale, mission-critical DNS environment supporting government operations.
• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize highly available DNS services.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex DNS incidents, outages, and service disruptions.
• Assess and respond to emerging DNS vulnerabilities, threats, and operational risks.
• Support perimeter and border-network initiatives, ensuring secure and resilient service delivery.
• Provide technical guidance and recommendations to engineering teams and program leadership.
• Brief technical and non-technical stakeholders on DNS architecture, operational health, risk posture, and remediation strategies.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, network engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• Drive improvements in service reliability, resilience, monitoring, automation, and operational readiness.
• Support accreditation, information assurance, and compliance-related initiatives as needed.

Skills

DNS Architecture

Incident Response

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

Infoblox

Job description

System One is seeking a senior DNS Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a DoD environment responsible for enterprise DNS infrastructure and related services. This hybrid Fort Meade-based role offers a path to technical leadership and high-impact, mission-critical operations.

The candidate will own complex DNS environments, advise leadership, and help shape the future direction of enterprise DNS services while serving as the go-to expert during outages, security events, and vulnerability