Senior Network Engineer – SDN & DoD Security

KIHOMAC; Byron (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

401k, IRA

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

KIHOMAC is seeking a senior network engineer to design, architect, and maintain Ethernet and virtual networks across mission system environments. The role requires implementing security controls, scripting for automation, and close collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

The candidate will support daily operations, on-site work, and occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations while communicating complex architecture to non-technical stakeholders. A strong DoD background is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science required.
• Master's degree preferred for advanced roles.
• Security+ certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and maintain Ethernet or virtual networks across mission system networks (L2/L3).
• Provide technical expertise to solve complex networking and software engineering problems.
• Implement network security best practices (segmentation, firewalls, ACLs, port security).
• Monitor network performance, availability, and optimize throughput.
• Script device configuration, data collection, monitoring, reporting and file transfers (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Maintain documentation and configuration control of network design and architecture.
• Support DoD cybersecurity instructions and directives; collaborate on security controls.
• Provide daily network engineering support with customer engineering personnel.
• Onsite support with possible CONUS/OCONUS travel to resolve mission network issues.
• Communicate network architecture to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Networking design

SDN

Network security

Scripting (PowerShell/Python)

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science

Master's Degree preferred

Security+ certification preferred

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

KIHOMAC is seeking a senior network engineer to design, architect, and maintain Ethernet and virtual networks across mission system environments. The role requires implementing security controls, scripting for automation, and close collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

The candidate will support daily operations, on-site work, and occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations while communicating complex architecture to non-technical stakeholders. A strong DoD background is highly valued.