Senior Network Engineer

Concept Plus, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Concept Plus, LLC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate a hybrid network spanning AWS, OCI, and an on-prem data center for a client with federal security requirements. You will lead secure connectivity, speed onboarding into OCI, and troubleshoot cross-environment issues while maintaining network diagrams for security authorization under NIST 800-53 and CMS AR.

This role requires US citizenship, 6+ years in enterprise network engineering, and the ability to

Qualifications

• US Citizen.
• 6+ years in enterprise network engineering, including designing hybrid cloud networks.
• Hands-on production networking experience in both AWS and OCI.
• Expert-level BGP; strong OSPFv2/v3; IPv4 and IPv6.
• Site-to-site and remote-access VPN.
• Experience designing networks in a federal environment (FISMA / NIST 800-53).
• Able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement connectivity between the data center, AWS, and OCI (Direct Connect, FastConnect, Transit Gateway, DRG, IPsec VPN), including BGP policy, redundancy, and failover.
• Design and deploy tenant network architectures (VCN/VPC, hub-and-spoke, segmentation, hybrid DNS) to speed up onboarding into OCI.
• Support the maintenance of the network as code (Terraform) and automate routine configuration and validation.
• Implement network security controls (firewalls, segmentation, IPsec and MACsec encryption) and a Zero Trust architecture aligned with OMB M-22-09 and TIC 3.0.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across on-prem and cloud.
• Maintain network diagrams and documentation for the security authorization process under NIST 800-53 / CMS AR.
• Recommend improvements, plan capacity, and support IPv6 adoption.

Skills

Hybrid cloud networking

AWS

OCI

Network design

BGP

OSPF

IPv6

VPN

Security compliance

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

Python

Ansible

Job description

About the role

Concept Plus is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate a hybrid network spanning AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and an on-premises data center for a client. You will design secure connectivity between these environments, speed up tenant onboarding into OCI, and lead troubleshooting of complex issues that span them, all within federal security and compliance requirements.

What you’ll do

• Design and implement connectivity between the data center, AWS, and OCI (Direct Connect, FastConnect, Transit Gateway, DRG, IPsec VPN), including BGP policy, redundancy, and failover
• Design and deploy tenant network architectures (VCN/VPC, hub-and-spoke, segmentation, hybrid DNS) to speed up onboarding into OCI
• Support the maintenance of the network as code (Terraform) and automate routine configuration and validation
• Implement network security controls (firewalls, segmentation, IPsec and MACsec encryption) and a Zero Trust architecture aligned with OMB M-22-09 and TIC 3.0
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across on-prem and cloud
• Maintain network diagrams and documentation for the security authorization process under NIST 800-53 / CMS AR
• Recommend improvements, plan capacity, and support IPv6 adoption

Required Qualifications

• US Citizen
• 6+ years in enterprise network engineering, including designing hybrid cloud networks
• Hands-on production networking experience in both AWS and OCI
• Expert-level BGP; strong OSPFv2/v3; IPv4 and IPv6
• Site-to-site and remote-access VPN
• Experience designing networks in a federal environment (FISMA / NIST 800-53)
• Able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP (Enterprise or Security); CCIE a plus
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty and/or OCI Networking Professional
• Terraform; Python or Ansible
• MACsec, VXLAN/EVPN, QoS
• TIC 3.0 or federal Zero Trust implementation experience

Concept Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we will give your application full consideration without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.