Network Engineer - Senior

Your Impact

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals in Fort Meade, MD
. In this role you will support challenging, mission‑critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

In support of DISA, the Intel and Cyber Division is assembling a team to support a program that provides critical network capabilities to the Department of Defense. We are committed to recruiting and retaining this team for prototype development, test, and demonstration, as well as making this team available long term for integration, deployment and sustainment as needed.

Candidates must be critical thinkers, have a strong work ethic, and be able to work independently or as part of a team in a dynamic environment that supports a critical and rewarding mission. They should be detail‑oriented while also able to think and react quickly to emerging and unique problem sets, rapidly adapt and learn to operate the front and back end of new products and processes.

• Perform as senior‑level contributor, able to operate and troubleshoot autonomously and independently, whether customer‑facing or with other engineering team members.
• Design, build and troubleshoot network and network security architecture.
• Analyze and develop new hardware requirements and prepare specifications for hardware acquisitions.
• Provide engineering escalation support for all network and network security operations activities including LAN/WAN operations and troubleshooting, network automation and tooling, and network security appliances.
• Coordinate with the Information Assurance Security Engineers to validate all designs against required security controls to maintain Authority to Operate of each enclave; implement and maintain DISA STIG requirements.
• Create, review, and update technical documentation in support of integration projects.
• Provide full implementation documentation and templates for all phases of deployment and sustainment of network equipment and services.
• Identify and diagnose complex performance, security, and technical issues.

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing IS‑IS and/or OSPF networks
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing MP‑BGP underlays and overlays
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing MPLS networks: RSVP‑TE, LDP, and SR‑MPLS
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing routing policy and redistribution
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing DMVPN and/or SD‑WAN
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing different flavors of STP
• Experience standing up and troubleshooting new circuits with the ability to fault isolate issues to CE equipment, demarc and/or carrier
• Experience building, troubleshooting and testing network security technologies including but not limited to SSH, WAN MACsec, IPsec, RADIUS, TACACS+, firewall NAT, security policies and end‑point security
• Experience with MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, Outlook, and Share Point
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a dynamic environment
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Must have active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

10 years.

• Must meet DoD 8570.01‑M IAT‑II or IAM‑I baseline certification requirements

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
• Extensive experience designing and building network and network security architecture so different segments in underlay and overlay partitions work together holistically to balance customer experience with security policy compliance.
• Extensive experience designing, building and troubleshooting Palo Alto and/or FMC/FTD NGFWs performing DPI.
• Extensive experience designing, building and troubleshooting ISE and/or other end‑point security appliances.
• Experience with network tooling such as Cisco NSO, Catalyst Center, Splunk and Stealth Watch.
• Experience with automating repetitive tasks using tools and/or…