Senior Federal Network Architect – Hybrid Cloud & On-Prem

Ignite IT, LLC

Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Referral program
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Job summary

Ignite IT, LLC is seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Network Architect to join a large-scale federal modernization program in Washington, DC. This hands-on role designs secure, resilient networks across cloud and on-premises environments and guides modernization roadmaps.

You will produce real technical designs, participate in architecture reviews, and collaborate with cross-domain teams to ensure successful implementation and operational handoff. U.S. Citizenship required.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in network engineering with enterprise-scale responsibility.
  • Strong fundamentals in TCP/IP, routing, switching, segmentation, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, and security.
  • Experience producing technical network designs and supporting implementation, testing, and operations.
  • Ability to work across cloud and on-premises boundaries and through security/architecture reviews.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills; able to present designs and tradeoffs to engineers and leadership; U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

  • Design, review, and implement secure, resilient enterprise network architectures for mission systems and shared services.
  • Produce and assess diagrams, routing/segmentation, interfaces, connectivity, capacity, availability, and monitoring needs.
  • Design hybrid connectivity spanning on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Define and maintain network architecture standards, reference patterns, and technical decisions.
  • Set target-state direction and modernization roadmap with balance of scale, security, resilience, and performance.
  • Support technical reviews, governance, risk assessments, and implementation-readiness evaluations.

Skills

TCP/IP fundamentals
Routing & switching
Security & resiliency design
Documentation & stakeholder comms
Cloud & on-premises integration

Tools

Cisco equipment
Juniper equipment
Cloud networking (AWS/Azure)
SD-WAN

Job description

Ignite IT, LLC is seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Network Architect to join a large-scale federal modernization program in Washington, DC. This hands-on role designs secure, resilient networks across cloud and on-premises environments and guides modernization roadmaps.

You will produce real technical designs, participate in architecture reviews, and collaborate with cross-domain teams to ensure successful implementation and operational handoff. U.S. Citizenship required.

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