Senior Network Architect & Technical Leader

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life/Disability insurance

401(k) savings plan

ESPP

Paid time off

Holidays

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions in the United States seeks a Senior Network Architect and Technical Leader with 15+ years of experience to design, implement, and modernize large-scale, remote mission-critical networks for government customers.

You will lead teams, drive security hardening, and ensure DoW compliance, while mentoring engineers and delivering high-availability data center and virtualization expertise. Colorado Springs-based role with DoD requirements.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM degree field.
• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Cisco CCNP (Required) or CCIE (Preferred) certification.
• DoDM 8140.03 Certification (Security+, CASP+, CEH, CISM, CISSP, or equivalent).
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in network architecture, engineering, and technical leadership.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or DoW networks, ideally including the U.S. Air Force.
• Hands-on experience with network security technologies including ASA firewalls, hardening, and access control systems.
• Expertise with routing and switching technologies including OSPF, BGP, multicast protocols, LAN switching, and advanced WAN solutions (DMVPN, SD-WAN, SD-Routing).
• Strong data center experience across SAN, storage networking, HA, power, and virtualization (VMware, Linux).
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams through complex network deployments and upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Work with Program and Customer Leadership to ensure Network Engineering requirements are understood and defined.
• Architect, design, implement, and support scalable and secure WAN/LAN network solutions for DoW environments.
• Lead network modernization efforts, including device refreshes, routing changes, software deployments, and security hardening.
• Prototype network designs and issues using modeling environments to validate architectures.
• Serve as a technical lead guiding teams through design, configuration, and stabilization of complex networks.
• Provide proactive consulting, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers and support knowledge transfer.
• Ensure secure system configuration and compliance with DoW and security standards.
• Participate in CDRL and technical artifact generation.

Education

BS in STEM degree field

Tools

Cisco CCNP/CCIE certification

DoDM 8140.03 Certification (Security+ etc)

Job description

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions in the United States seeks a Senior Network Architect and Technical Leader with 15+ years of experience to design, implement, and modernize large-scale, remote mission-critical networks for government customers.

You will lead teams, drive security hardening, and ensure DoW compliance, while mentoring engineers and delivering high-availability data center and virtualization expertise. Colorado Springs-based role with DoD requirements.