Sr. Network Engineer - Secret - Onsite in Orlando, Fl

Network Engineer

Lockheed Martin's EBDT Classified IT Transformation team is modernizing the delivery of classified IT services for Business-Area partners and DoD programs. We seek an experienced Network Engineer to join the Classified IT Center of Excellence (CoE). In this fast-paced, innovation-driven environment, the incumbent will:

• Design, implement, and secure next-generation IT infrastructure solutions.
• Standardize and streamline processes across classified environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to accelerate product development for U.S. Department of Defense missions.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant security policies and industry best practices.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform routine updates, major upgrades, patching, and vulnerability scanning.
• Maintain asset inventory and ensure hardware/software lifecycle compliance.
• Enforce Lockheed Martin and DoD policies, including STIG and RMF requirements.
• Implement security hardening, remediate findings, and conduct technical security implementations.
• Provide timely resolution of infrastructure issues (hardware, software, networking).
• Update Service Central tickets, JIRA issues, and Confluence pages with accurate status, work-performed details, and any changes to scope, priority, or assignment; attach relevant artifacts and ensure traceability to requirements or incidents.
• Coordinate with stakeholders (customers, engineers, and support leads) to verify resolution, close tickets or issues promptly, and communicate any follow-up actions or documentation updates across all three platforms.
• Design and implement innovative technical solutions to complex problems.
• Support classified customer demonstration environments and lab testbeds, ensuring readiness and performance for stakeholder reviews.
• Document system configurations, procedures, and lessons learned.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to knowledge-base growth.
• Participate in a 24 × 7 on-call rotation; work off-shift hours and weekends as needed.
• Work onsite full-time with occasional travel to other Lockheed Martin facilities or customer sites.

Basic qualifications include:

• Demonstrated experience with configuring and maintaining Network devices (Switches, Firewalls and Routers).
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper and Palo Alto network devices and creating firewall rule Policies.
• IAT-Level II (8570-compliant) certification (Security+ or equivalent certification).
• Proven classified infrastructure support and administration experience.
• Experience with DoD requirements and processes including Risk Management Framework requirements within classified environments.

Desired skills include:

• IAT-Level II (8570-compliant) certification (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA).
• Network-security certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, JNCIA, Palo Alto Networks).
• 4 + years experience administering and supporting enterprise-class, classified IT infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto devices;
  Cisco ACI, CUCM, Unity Connection, Voice/VTC deployments.
• Configuring, installing, deploying, and maintaining switches, routers, firewalls, WAN optimizers, encryption appliances (TACLANE), and optical-transport equipment.
• Strong knowledge of the OSI model, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, GRE tunnels, UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, and Layer-2/3 VLAN design.
• Network traffic analysis, diagnostics, and troubleshooting expertise.
• Virtualization & cloud platforms: VMware (NSX, vSAN, Horizon, ARIA), private/public clouds, SAN/NAS, VDI, Net App storage, Dell VxRail/HCI.
• Scripting/automation (Power Shell, Bash, Python or similar).
• Firewall rule creation and policy management.
• Familiarity with STIGs, RMF, vulnerability management, patching, and security hardening processes.
• Experience with ITSM/ITOM tools (e.g., Aria Operations) and DoD Cloud Computing SRG compliance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.

Pay Information:

Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00

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