Telecom Network Engineer – Lab, Linux, Kubernetes

Booz Allen Hamilton; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Financial benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Telecommunications Network Engineer to build and harden next-generation lab networks. You will configure timing, VLANs, QoS, and IP networking, while deploying virtual network functions on virtualization platforms and managing Kubernetes networks.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, rapid troubleshooting, and clear technical documentation to support demos, pilots, and reviews. A Secret clearance may be required as part of the job.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of network engineering experience in telecom, defense, or enterprise networks.
• Strong Linux server and network administration skills with hardening and monitoring.
• Ability to read packet captures (Wireshark, tcpdump) and document procedures clearly.

Responsibilities

• Build and configure lab network stack, including GPU servers and hardware.
• Configure precision timing distribution and verify timing chain.
• Design VLAN segmentation for management, control, user, and timing traffic.
• Configure QoS/CoS for latency-sensitive traffic.
• Deploy IP networking for platform interfaces and Kubernetes networks.
• Stand up virtualized network functions on hypervisor VMs and verify end-to-end connectivity.
• Deploy container workloads on Kubernetes and validate interface connectivity.
• Provision and validate end-user devices and credentials; run throughput tests.
• Write and maintain MOP/SOP and troubleshooting guides.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into configurations.

Skills

Layer 2/3 networking

Linux administration

Documentation

Troubleshooting under pressure

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related field

Tools

VMware

Proxmox

KVM

Docker

Kubernetes

Wireshark

tcpdump

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Telecommunications Network Engineer to build and harden next-generation lab networks. You will configure timing, VLANs, QoS, and IP networking, while deploying virtual network functions on virtualization platforms and managing Kubernetes networks.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, rapid troubleshooting, and clear technical documentation to support demos, pilots, and reviews. A Secret clearance may be required as part of the job.