Senior Government Network Engineer - Zero-Trust & Secure

World Wide Technology; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

401k plan with company matching

Paid time off var perks

Job summary

World Wide Technology seeks a Network Engineer for Government Services, focusing on engineering and design while supporting Tier 1-2 escalations within a global network environment. Locations include Chantilly, VA or Washington, D.C. Capital region.

The role emphasizes zero-trust design, secure communications, and multi-enclave interoperability across mission-critical systems. Requires Top Secret clearance and extensive networking expertise.

Qualifications

• Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 6+ years of network engineering experience.
• Associate's degree in information technology or related field.
• Vendor Associate or higher-level network certification.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise networks.
• Experience with secure, regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise network architectures supporting mission-critical operations.
• Lead zero-trust design initiatives and cross-enclave interoperability.
• Optimize network performance, reliability, and security across multi-enclave environments.
• Establish and enforce network security standards and governance.
• Drive modernization aligned with enterprise strategy and zero-trust.
• Ensure secure communications across classified environments.
• Provide technical leadership for network planning and implementation.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, and operations teams.

Skills

Enterprise network design

Routing & Switching

Network security

Zero-trust architectures

VPNs & secure comms

Technical leadership

Documentation & governance

Cisco/SD-WAN

VMware/Nutanix/Proxmox

Education

Associate's degree in information technology or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cisco (Switching/Routing/Firewall)

Arista (Switching)

IPSEC/GRE/DMVPN/SSL OpenVPN Wireguard

VMware ESXi/VCenter/Nutanix

Proxmox/Nutanix cluster management

Job description

World Wide Technology seeks a Network Engineer for Government Services, focusing on engineering and design while supporting Tier 1-2 escalations within a global network environment. Locations include Chantilly, VA or Washington, D.C. Capital region.

The role emphasizes zero-trust design, secure communications, and multi-enclave interoperability across mission-critical systems. Requires Top Secret clearance and extensive networking expertise.