TS/SCI Cleared Network Architect - Tactical Edge Ops

LMI

Tampa (FL)

On-site

USD 165,000 - 183,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

LMI in Tampa, FL is seeking a Network Architect to design and integrate resilient networks supporting autonomous operations across Joint, allied, and partner systems. This on-site role requires TS/SCI clearance and periodic travel to supported commands.

You will work hands-on to design, test, troubleshoot, document, and operate complex communications solutions, coordinating interfaces from enterprise networks to tactical edge platforms in contested and low-bandwidth environments.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in network engineering, CS, IT, electrical engineering, cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
Four or more years of experience in network engineering, tactical communications, systems integration, enterprise networking, or a related discipline.
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Hands-on knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, wireless networking, network services, and performance troubleshooting.
Experience integrating networks across enterprise, cloud, edge, tactical, or coalition environments.
Experience developing network diagrams, configurations, test plans, interface documentation, and technical implementation guidance.
Understanding of cybersecurity, encryption, access control, monitoring, vulnerability management, and Department of Defense network authorization requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot complex multi‑vendor and multi‑transport connectivity issues in laboratory and field environments.
Strong written communication, documentation, briefing, and customer engagement skills.

Responsibilities

Design and integrate network architectures supporting autonomous platforms, tactical edge compute, sensors, mission applications, command and control, and data exchange.
Assess and integrate terrestrial, satellite, radio frequency, wireless, mesh, cellular, tactical data link, and other available transport options.
Engineer resilient connectivity for contested, disconnected, intermittent, and low‑bandwidth conditions, including failover, redundancy, prioritization, and degraded‑mode operations.
Coordinate network interfaces with Joint, Service, coalition, partner, commercial, and program‑specific environments.
Develop network diagrams, interface control documentation, addressing plans, routing designs, configuration baselines, bills of material, and test procedures.
Plan and execute laboratory, range, exercise, and field integration testing; troubleshoot connectivity, performance, interoperability, and configuration issues.
Coordinate network security, identity, encryption, firewall, virtual private network, cross‑domain, access, and monitoring requirements with cybersecurity and authorization stakeholders.
Support spectrum coordination, network access requests, account provisioning, site surveys, equipment staging, and deployment preparation.
Monitor network performance and develop recommendations to improve availability, latency, throughput, observability, and operational resilience.
Translate operator mission needs into network requirements and explain technical constraints and tradeoffs to non‑network stakeholders.
Coordinate with platform integrators, vendors, government engineers, operational units, and communications organizations.
Prepare technical status, risk, readiness, and decision briefings for leadership.