Senior Network Architect – Mission-Critical Radar Systems

V2X Inc; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

V2X Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Architect to design and mature the network architecture underpinning GBRD’s mission systems, labs, and radar sites.

You will enable a secure, resilient back-end platform hosting containerized radar applications and integration with multiple laboratories supporting operational radar locations. The role requires deep expertise in routing, switching, security, and lab-to-site integration, with occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or related technical discipline required with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced degree may substitute for up to 4 years of experience.
• Additional directly relevant network engineering experience may substitute for degree or generalized experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain network architecture for development labs, systems integration environments, computing platforms, and radar sites.
• Define network requirements for routing, switching, segmentation, redundancy, latency, and QoS.
• Design secure, MOSA-aligned network solutions with routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, and management services.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, rack elevations, cable schedules, addressing plans, and implementation packages.
• Develop standards, templates, backup procedures, and baseline documentation for networks.
• Plan high-availability and failover capabilities using routing, switching, and redundancy technologies.
• Coordinate interfaces with compute, storage, virtualization, container platforms, cybersecurity tools, and external mission systems.
• Travel occasionally to CONUS/OCONUS facilities and radar sites.

Skills

TCP/IP networking

Subnetting

VLANs

Routing

Switching

Multicast

DNS

DHCP

NTP

DoD clearance

BGP/OSPF/VRRP/HSRP

Network segmentation

Addressing plans

Network diagrams

Configuration management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering or related field

Advanced degree in related discipline

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Palo Alto

Fortinet

F5

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker

Job description

V2X Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Architect to design and mature the network architecture underpinning GBRD’s mission systems, labs, and radar sites.

You will enable a secure, resilient back-end platform hosting containerized radar applications and integration with multiple laboratories supporting operational radar locations. The role requires deep expertise in routing, switching, security, and lab-to-site integration, with occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS facilities.