Senior Mission Network Engineer for DoD Systems

Socket.dev; Byron (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

Socket.dev in Byron, GA seeks a senior network engineer to design, implement, and maintain Ethernet and SDN networks for mission systems. You will ensure security, performance, and documentation across complex environments.

You will script configuration and monitoring tasks, collaborate with cybersecurity teams, and support on-site operations with possible CONUS/OCONUS travel. A strong ABET degree, 12+ years of experience, US citizenship, and active clearance are required or will be obtained.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering or science discipline from an ABET accredited program required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Security+ certification preferred.
• 12+ years of professional experience in the required task area.
• Must be a US citizen; Secret Clearance or higher preferred; if not, clearance will be obtained on hire.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and maintain Ethernet or virtual networks across mission system networks.
• Provide technical expertise to solve complex networking and software engineering problems.
• Implement network security best practices including segmentation, firewalls, and ACLs.
• Monitor performance, availability, and optimize throughput for current and future needs.
• Script for configuration, data collection, monitoring, reporting, and file transfers.
• Maintain documentation and configuration control of network design and troubleshooting actions.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity personnel to implement security controls.
• Provide daily network engineering support with customer’s engineers; travel to CONUS/OCONUS as needed.
• Communicate network architecture to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Networking

Security

Scripting

Documentation

Communication

Education

ABET-accredited degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Socket.dev in Byron, GA seeks a senior network engineer to design, implement, and maintain Ethernet and SDN networks for mission systems. You will ensure security, performance, and documentation across complex environments.

You will script configuration and monitoring tasks, collaborate with cybersecurity teams, and support on-site operations with possible CONUS/OCONUS travel. A strong ABET degree, 12+ years of experience, US citizenship, and active clearance are required or will be obtained.