Senior Network Engineer – DoD Cybersecure Data Center

Amentum company; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Paid time off

Stock purchase plan

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support the Next Generation Environment (NGE) on the IRES contract. You will engineer, configure, implement, and secure high-speed data center fabrics and SDN enclaves for DoD networks, working with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities include Spine-Leaf EVPN‑VXLAN, NSX, Versa SD‑WAN, F5 BIG-IP, Infoblox, automation as code, and enforcing Zero Trust and RMF/DI SA compliance across hybrid cloud and on‑prem environments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of general (full-time) work experience
• 6+ years of directly related experience
• 1+ year in a leadership role
• Experience with Cisco Nexus spine-leaf EVPN-VxLAN networking
• Experience with VMware NSX and F5 BIG-IP in enterprise environments

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and secure spine-leaf EVPN-VxLAN fabrics
• Deploy VMware NSX components and micro-segmentation
• Manage F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM and iRules
• Administer Infoblox DDI/IPAM and automate DNS/IP allocation
• Implement Zero Trust controls and DoD security standards

Skills

Network engineering

Zero Trust

Security compliance

Collaboration

Education

DoW Secret security clearance

IAT Level II certification

Tools

Cisco Nexus (NX-OS)

VMware NSX

F5 BIG-IP

Infoblox DDI/IPAM

Versa SD-WAN

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support the Next Generation Environment (NGE) on the IRES contract. You will engineer, configure, implement, and secure high-speed data center fabrics and SDN enclaves for DoD networks, working with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities include Spine-Leaf EVPN‑VXLAN, NSX, Versa SD‑WAN, F5 BIG-IP, Infoblox, automation as code, and enforcing Zero Trust and RMF/DI SA compliance across hybrid cloud and on‑prem environments.